Payne is a member of the firm’s real estate practice. He represents institutional real estate investors, development companies, sovereign wealth funds and real estate investment trusts in a wide variety of real estate transactions, including financings (acquisition and construction), refinancings, real estate joint ventures, loan assumptions, loan originations and related securitization matters, loan purchases, acquisitions, dispositions and leasing matters relating to real property located throughout North America, with a particular focus on transactions involving single-tenant net lease assets, multifamily properties and hospitality properties. He also represents corporate clients in the real estate aspects of their asset and equity transactions.

Payne has experience representing both borrowers and lenders in the origination and refinancing of commercial real estate loans across many asset classes, including logistics and distribution centers, data centers, multifamily properties, office buildings, and warehouse and industrial properties.

Payne also maintains an active pro bono practice, including participation in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Expunction Expo and the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program’s intake clinics, as well as the Housing Crisis Center and wills clinics.