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About Joel
Joel Swider represents nonprofit and for-profit health care providers in commercial real estate, construction, development and tax matters. Joel’s practice often includes:
- Representing providers on either side of commercial leasing negotiations with an emphasis on hospital-physician leasing arrangements, sale-leasebacks, and timeshares;
- Handling purchase and sale transactions, development, zoning and financing arrangements, with an emphasis on ground-up construction and portfolio transactions;
- Consulting on legal issues related to property tax exemption and drafting/reviewing exemption applications and appeals for nonprofit clients;
- Counseling hospitals on health care regulatory compliance, including fair market value, commercial reasonableness and the development of real estate compliance programs;
- Navigating corporate governance issues (such as board structuring and open door laws) and the related tax challenges; and
- Advising clients on risk management issues, including corporate structuring and insurance matters.
Joel oversees the work of Hall Render Title Support Services, which provides the various legal documents required for title companies to facilitate the closing of residential real estate transactions.
Joel is a frequent writer and speaker on health care real estate matters. Additionally, Joel serves as the Co-Service Line Organizer of the firm’s Real Estate Service Line. Prior to his legal career, he served as Agency Coordinator in the Office of Presidential Correspondence at the White House.
Joel is a voracious reader (mostly nonfiction). He also enjoys playing tennis and spending time with his wife and sons in Indianapolis.
