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Ashley Laughlin Duff

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Senior Managing Associate
Columbus
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614.223.9311
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Ashley focuses her practice on a wide range of commercial real estate matters in various asset classes. 

She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating commercial leases (both landlord and tenant representation) as well as handling complex acquisition, disposition, and development transactions. Ashley supports her clients by drafting and negotiating documents, identifying and resolving title issues, and working through site development hurdles. She works closely with her clients to achieve client goals and encourage efficient deal flow.

Ashley is a member of the Columbus chapter of CREW Network, the Columbus Bar Association, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Blue Marlin Partners in acquiring a stake in Mo' Bettahs, a Hawaiian-Style Barbecue restaurant chain.
  • Represented one of the largest multifamily developers in the country as the seller in its disposition of an affordable housing property in Michigan, structured as a partnership interest entity sale.

  • Represented a national, mixed-use developer in its leasing of end cap space to an expanding national veterinary services chain.
  • Represented a leading international investment and management firm by performing all diligence and related needs for their purchase of loans in default for a total of over $600 million and subsequent foreclosures, involving over 70 properties in California.
  • Represented a national banking institution in connection with leasing, buying, and selling property for branch locations in the Midwest.
  • Represented owner and operator of big box shopping centers across the country.
  • Represented national grocery chain in connection with leasing, acquisition, and disposition of property across the country.
  • Represented one of the nation’s largest multi-family developers in the acquisition, development, and subsequent sale of property in southern California.
  • Real Estate
  • The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, 2017, Juris Doctor
    • CALI Awards in Drafting Business Contracts and Mediation Clinic
  • Miami University, 2014, Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, minor in Political Science
  • Ohio
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, 2023-2025
  • Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
  • Member, Columbus Bar Association
  • Member, CREW Network
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December 17, 2024
49 Benesch Attorneys Selected to 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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Benesch Advises Blue Marlin Partners on Acquiring Strategic Stake in Mo’ Bettahs
December 30, 2023
41 Benesch Attorneys Selected to 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

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