Joseph B. Dempster, Jr., Managing Partner

3600 Glenwood Avenue

Raleigh, NC 27612

Direct: 919.783.1016

Fax: 919.783.1075

jbdempster@poynerspruill.com

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Areas of Practice

Financial Services, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law

Education

J.D., Wake Forest University, 1990

B.A., University of North Carolina, 1987

Representative Experience

Represented investor group in sale of $65 million dollar office park to an institutional investor

Represented lead participating bank in $85 million construction/permanent loan on a regional mixed use project

Represented investor group in acquisition of multiple tax credit/low-income housing properties and qualification of the same with HUD and USDA

Represented developer/owner in a property “rollup” transaction, equity raise, and $50 million securitized financing

Represented institutional client in acquisition, development, and permitting of $25 million medical office facility

Represented private investors in acquiring and developing $30 million medical office facility including a private placement capital raise and taxable bond financing

Represented retail client in negotiating and closing $100 million line of credit to finance operations

Represented numerous investors from tenant in common structures to acquire and close financing of income producing properties and reinvestment of IRC 1031-qualified funds

Professional/Community Activities

North Carolina Bar Association

Wake County Bar Association

Prevent Child Abuse, North Carolina

  • Member, Board of Directors, 1995 – present
  • President, 1999; 2007 – 2008

RBC Centura Bank Board of Advisors

  • Member, 1996 – present
  • Chairman, 2000 – 2002

Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

  • Member, Board of Directors, 1995 – 1996; 2006 – 2007 
  • Executive Committee, General Counsel, 2006 – 2007

Boy's and Girl's Clubs of Wake County

  • Board of Directors, 2007 – 2008

Poyner & Spruill LLP Management Committee, Managing Partner

Notable Accomplishments

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (Real Estate Law), 2008

Recognized in Business North Carolina Magazine's "Legal Elite" (Business Law), 2007 – 2008

Ranked among Law & Politics magazine's North Carolina “Super Lawyers” (Business and Corporate Law), 2006 – 2007

Named one of the “40 under 40” honorees by the Triangle Business Journal, 2001

Ranked among “Impact 100” by Business Leader Magazine, 1999