Theodore Robert Walters is a principal in Cummings & Lockwood’s Commercial Group resident in the Naples office. He is a transactional and trial lawyer focusing his practice in banking, lending, real estate, and general corporate matters. Ted is board certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in international law. Ted’s real estate practice encompasses residential and commercial projects, representing lenders and developers in multi-family housing projects, planned communities, shopping centers, and lease transactions. Banking transactions include negotiation and drafting for construction lending, secured lending, asset-based lending, bridge financing, leasing, securitizations, syndications, participations, letters of credit, and Export-Import Bank guarantees. Ted also advises financial institutions on compliance issues, including the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Federal Reserve regulations, and state regulations. Ted earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, and his Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs, German, and International Economics from The American University. Ted is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court for International Trade, and the U.S. Tax Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Collier County Bar Association, and the Lee County Bar Association. Ted’s civic activities include being on the Board of Directors and an Officer of the Collier County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and a member of the Government Affairs Committee of the Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce. |