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Education

  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., high honors
  • Davidson College B.A. in English
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Melissa Bandy

Member
Email:mbandy@mwlaw.com
Phone:(501) 688.8865
Location: Little Rock
Bar Admissions: Arkansas, Texas

Melissa Bandy advises businesses and individuals on commercial transaction matters including lending, real estate, corporate governance, entity formation and general business. 

Experience

  • Represents banks and other financial institutions in documenting and structuring secured and unsecured loans including asset-based financing, working capital revolving credit financing and real estate finance transactions.
  • Represents real estate developers, real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity investors, property managers, construction contractors, and retailers concerning the conveyance, financing, purchase, development and leasing of real property.
  • Advises clients in real estate and like-kind Section 1031 exchange transactions.
  • Serves as counsel to multifamily property owners in connection with property acquisition financing and management, including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and HUD financing.
  • Counsel to various business entities with respect to the formation, merger, restructuring, acquisition and sale of businesses.

Professional Recognition

  • Chambers USA: Ranked in Corporate/Commercial (2024)
  • Chambers USA Up & Coming: Ranked in Corporate/Commercial (2021-2023)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Real Estate Law (2025)
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® - Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law (2021-2024)
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star: Business/Corporate (2013, 2017-2021)
  • Little Rock Soirée's Best Lawyers In Little Rock: Commercial Real Estate (2017-19, 2022)
  • Graduate, Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XXX (2016)
  • Arkansas Business Twenty in Their Twenties Honoree (2012)

Involvement

  • Chair, Mitchell Williams DEI Council
  • Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals
  • National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals
  • National Multifamily Housing Council
  • Arkansas Bar Association
  • Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers
  • Board of Directors, Museum of Discovery
  • Served as Editor-in-Chief, UA Little Rock Law Review

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