Charles Landry is a Partner with Fishman Haygood and practices in the areas of real estate development, real estate finance, land use and zoning. He has represented numerous parties in a wide range of real estate transactions, which have included residential developments, office buildings, shopping malls and centers, hotels and medical facilities, golf course communities, and industrial developments. He is widely recognized as one of Louisiana’s leading land use attorneys. He was a founding member of the East Baton Rouge Zoning Advisory Committee and served as the Chairperson from its formation in 2003 to 2017. Landry was instrumental in the formation of the Louisiana Technology Park and serves as General Counsel to the Research Park Corporation. He is the Co-Editor of The Foreign Investor’s Guide to the Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Louisiana, an extensive analysis of the laws of the United States and the State of Louisiana, as those laws may impact a party wishing to invest in Louisiana. Landry holds a Bachelor of Business and J.D. from Louisiana State University.
Landry was appointed to the Build Baton Rouge Board of Directors in 2019 by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
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