Blair Carpenter focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance, advising clients on a range of properties including hotels, retail, office buildings, multi-family complexes, and self-storage facilities. She represents financial institutions in a variety of transactions, such as construction loans, acquisition and development loans, term financing, and revolving credit facilities. Blair also represents financial institutions and businesses in purchasing, leasing, and selling real estate. In addition, Blair advises funders, law firms, and companies in the evolving world of litigation finance.
Blair is also a member of Parker Poe’s Corporate Leasing Team, preparing lease abstracts, addendums, and assignments in connection with corporate acquisitions and mergers.
She has an active pro bono practice where she represents abused and neglected children through the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem appellate program and she supports survivors of domestic violence by reviewing and drafting protective order pleadings through a partnership with Safe Alliance. She also works with nonprofit organizations to prepare wills and other legal documents for low-income individuals in our community.
Blair earned her law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Davidson College. Before beginning her legal career, Blair worked in the nonprofit sector and saw firsthand the importance of compassion and competence in the legal field. She also worked as a paralegal before attending law school.