Larry B. "Ben" Alexander, Jr.

Ben, a firm shareholder, is a member of the firm's Real Estate, Business/Corporate Services, Agricultural Law and Private Client Services practice groups.  Ben has performed sophisticated legal transactions for a broad range of clients, including retail, office and community developers, business entities, entrepreneurs, lenders and agricultural users. 

Ben graduated with high honors from the University of Florida College of Law, where he was named to the Order of the Coif.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, cum laude, from Wake Forest University.  Prior to joining Jones Foster in 2004, Ben was an attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP in Atlanta, Georgia and at Carlton Fields, P.A. in West Palm Beach, Florida.
 

Ben's community involvement includes serving on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, the Board of Governors of the Sailfish Club of Florida and the Community Advisory Board of the First Bank of the Palm Beaches and serving as an executive committee member for the Young Friends of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and the Young Friends of the Norton Museum of Art.

Practice Highlights:

• Represented a national real estate investor in the acquisition and development of approximately 4,100 acres in Martin County, Florida.

• Represented real estate investors in the acquisitions of surgical centers and medical office buildings throughout Florida.

• Handling of transactional and securities aspects of multi-million dollar joint ventures for real estate and business entity clients, including company formations and securities offerings.

• Representation of several companies throughout various industries in connection with their creation and operation and their merger, acquisition and sale transactions.

• Represented a national real estate investor in the development of an equestrian residential community with private club facilities in Hobe Sound, Florida.

• Represented a national real estate investor in the leasing, operation and sale of a first-class office building in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida containing approximately 240,000 rentable square feet.

• Represented national real estate investors in the leasing, operation and management of various first-class office buildings throughout Florida. 

Practice Groups
Agricultural Law

Business/Corporate Services
Financial Institutions
Private Client Services
Real Estate

Education
J.D., high honors, Univ. of Florida, 2001
B.S., cum laude, Wake Forest Univ., 1998
    

Bar Admissions
The Florida Bar
The State Bar of Georgia
American Bar Association
Palm Beach County Bar Association

Court Admissions
All Florida State Courts