Tonya Powell concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial real estate, banking and finance and general corporate law. In addition to more than fifteen years of commercial real estate and lender representation experience, Tonya has worked as in-house corporate counsel where she gained valuable experience in the formation, restructure and operation of limited liability companies, including complex joint venture entities created for ownership and development of real estate projects, as well as working closely with lenders on complex debt restructures and workouts. She is a board-certified specialist in commercial real property law: business, commercial and industrial transactions.
Tonya has been named among North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina in both the real estate and corporate counsel categories. She is a member of the American and North Carolina Bar Associations and has served on the Real Property Section Council for the N.C. Bar Association. She received her B.A., summa cum laude from Wake Forest University, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of North Carolina, where she was a member of the Holderness Moot Court National Team and The Order of the Barristers.
Tonya is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and has been involved with numerous professional, community and civic organizations including NAIOP, chambers of commerce, town zoning boards and Rotary.
