Spenser Owens

Spenser is a results-focused real estate attorney focusing on transactions involving construction, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, real estate lending, tax credits and development incentives and land use and zoning. He represents owners, developers, general contractors and construction managers, subcontractors, real estate lenders and investors across the entire spectrum of the real estate industry, including in the educational, restaurant, entertainment, multi-family housing, retail and industrial sectors.

Spenser assists clients at every step of their transactions, from structuring, negotiation, documentation and administration, all while keeping the end-result of the transaction in focus. Spenser's guidance maximizes value through providing creative solutions to difficult problems and mitigating risk.

Spenser counsels cannabis-related business with respect to licensing, compliance and real estate transactions. He has spoken at Missouri cannabis business conferences and led continuing legal education seminars regarding cannabis laws and regulations.

A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Spenser worked as a legal assistant and paralegal for a solo practitioner during his undergrad studies at the University of New Mexico. In law school, he was editor in chief of the Washington University Jurisprudence Review, served as a mock trial judge for the university's undergraduate mock trial program, co-founded the Community Development, Housing, and Real Estate Law Society, and was a member of the Black Law Students Association.