Cameron C. Winfrey
Commercial Real Estate Transactional and Finance Attorney
T 919.277.9134
F 919.277.9177
E ccwinfrey@wardandsmith.com
O Raleigh, NC
Practice Areas:
Financial Transactions and Regulation, Real Estate, Real Estate Development
Cameron C. Winfrey
Commercial Real Estate Transactional and Finance Attorney
With an understanding of the legal and economic implications of each transaction for his clients, Cameron serves as a trusted advisor to companies, developers, investors, and financial institutions in purchasing, leasing, planning, financing, constructing, and selling retail developments, mixed-use projects, self-storage facilities, fuel stations/convenience stores, automotive dealerships and office and industrial buildings.
Companies turn to Cameron for creative and practical solutions in developing and implementing efficient systems for their existing and growing real estate portfolios. He has extensive experience working with those companies and their stakeholders (e.g., AEC professionals) in implementing processes to most efficiently manage contemporaneous real estate projects from start to finish. He also draws on his experience as general counsel to better understand the internal workings and organizational governance of his clients in providing counsel to address their specific needs.
Honors and Distinctions
- “Legal Elite,” Real Estate, Business North Carolina, 2024-2026
- “Best Lawyer,” The Best Lawyers in America®, 2025-2026
Please see the following websites for an explanation of the membership standards for the following recognitions: www.bestlawyers.com; businessnc.com/special-sections/legal-elite/; and www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina.
- B.A., Southern Methodist University, 2003
- J.D., University of Arkansas School of Law, 2006
- North Carolina Bar
- Texas Bar
- Arkansas Bar
- Urban Land Institute
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Arkansas
Representative Experience
- Represented a Fortune 100 retail company in ground-up retail developments throughout North Carolina.
- Represented a build-to-suit developer in its acquisition, development, leasing, and disposition of 50+ projects throughout the country.
- Represented a Fortune 300 company in 100+ ground-up development acquisitions and ground leases throughout the country. Services provided included:
- Analyzing preliminary legal and site-specific issues and leading kick-off calls with client and client’s consultants (e.g., engineering, construction, signage, and environmental) to advise client and consultants on preliminary site-specific issues to be addressed for successful development projects.
- Drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and ground leases for each project.
- Preparing site updates and leading weekly project update calls with client’s real estate and engineering groups to ensure that all legal, real estate, and engineering action items are being addressed in a timely manner.
- Analyzing title, surveys, site investigation reports, site plans, environmental reports, and other site-specific reports, and preparing development memorandums to provide counsel on the viability of each development and establish remaining action items for project completion.
- Drafting and negotiating development agreements, declarations, reciprocal easement agreements, easements, and vendor contracts on a site-specific basis.
- Facilitating all aspects of closing.
- Advising client on post-closing and construction issues on a site-specific basis.
- Represented a Fortune 150 financial services company in its office leases throughout North Carolina.
- Represented an automotive company in redevelopment projects throughout the country and over $100 million in financing and re-financing transactions.
- Represented an international real estate investment company in acquiring and financing/re-financing self-storage portfolios in excess of $100 million.
- Represented clients in negotiating construction and development agreements in connection with their development projects.
