Taft partner Kiamesha Colom co-presented at a webinar titled “How Commercial Real Estate Tenants/Landlords are Navigating the Effects of COVID-19 in their ‘Renewed’ Lease Negotiations” hosted by the Indianapolis Bar Association on Sept. 16. The panel of real estate attorneys provided insight on how to navigate the challenges facing landlords and tenants from the COVID-19 pandemic and how to resolve potential issues.

Colom is chair of Taft’s COVID-19 SBA Task Force. She focuses her practice in the areas of real estate transactions, real estate lending and commercial finance transactions, and related business transactions. Colom has extensive experience closing SBA, USDA, and conventional commercial loans for commercial lenders and borrowers related to real estate, equipment, machinery, and C&I lending. Her extensive base of knowledge covers an array of commercial loan types, including government guaranteed lending, asset based line of credits, term loans, real estate transactions, and construction loans. Additionally, Colom has assisted banks with recovery of yearly financial documents, past due funds, liquidation, and government guaranteed purchasing processes.