People

Connie Simmons Taylor Baker Botts Houston
Consuella Simmons Taylor
Partner | Section Chair - Real Estate & Construction (Firmwide)

Overview

Connie Simmons Taylor is firmwide Chair of the Real Estate & Construction Practice. She focuses on commercial real estate transactions of all asset types, representing primarily developers/owners. Clients rely on Connie for a wide variety of matters relating to office and retail leasing; acquisition, disposition and financing and development of real property.

Clients across numerous U.S. metropolitan markets, such as Houston, Miami, San Francisco and Washington D.C., rely on her significant office leasing experience.

Admission & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers
  • Houston Bar Association, Real Estate Section
  • Member, ICSC U.S. Law Conference Planning Committee
  • CREW - Houston
  • Texas Executive Women
  • J.D., Tulane University Law School 1994
    magna cum laude

    Order of the Coif

  • B.A., English, University of Houston 1991
    magna cum laude

Experience

Financing

  • Financing, refinancing and loan assumptions regarding office buildings, regional shopping malls and retail shopping centers in Houston, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Cincinnati including several portfolio financings for development funds

Landlord Representations

  • Various office leasing transactions involving up to 1,000,000 square feet of office space in a single transaction
  • Retail leasing and development of shopping centers in Houston's Baybrook area, including numerous leasing transactions with national retailers

Tenant Representations

  • Lease of approximately 500,000 square feet of space for a major utility company
  • Leases of square footage ranging from 10,000 to over 100,000 square feet of space for energy companies and other corporate clients

Acquisitions and Dispositions

  • Represented buyers and sellers of office and retail assets in major metropolitan areas and suburban areas in all parts of the United States on a simple asset and a portfolio basis


Awards and Community

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) as "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law, 2023

Recognized in Chambers USA, 2011-2023

Recognized as one of Houston Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business," 2022

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2018

Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters), 2018

Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer-Rising Star (Thomson Reuters), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009