Member

Atlanta Office Executive Member

Harold E. Gill Jr. (Hal)

Atlanta office:
404-739-8859

Hal Gill is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Service Group in the Atlanta and Nashville offices. Over his career, Hal has developed a multifaceted, nationwide real estate and finance practice. Hal represents numerous local, regional and national banks throughout Georgia, Tennessee and the Southeast in closing bilateral and syndicated loans secured by commercial real estate, and loans secured by the business assets of corporate borrowers. He also maintains a significant practice focusing upon the closing and subsequent development of land assemblages for residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. In addition, Hal represents a variety of companies and investors across many industry sectors.

Hal served as the Office Executive Member of Stites & Harbison’s Atlanta office from 2019-May 2025. Under his leadership, the Atlanta office has tripled in size, becoming a true full-service office representing the firm’s growing client base in the region.

Recent Assignments

Closing of a $47,000,000 loan to refinance 13 retail properties in seven states for a large national tire distributor

Closing of a $95,000,000 syndicated credit facility secured by the assets of a financial services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia

Closing of a bilateral credit facility for a national bank secured by the assets of a prominent national building products supplier

Closing of a $72,000,000 loan for the acquisition of a luxury multifamily project in Atlanta, Georgia for a major national bank; project was the most expensive multifamily purchase, per door, in Atlanta history at the time of closing

Led team of outside counsel in advising a North Georgia poultry processing company in the acquisition of a competitor

Outside general counsel for southeastern-based digital marketing company

US counsel for the world’s largest engineered stone manufacturer

Counsel for developer of mixed-use real estate projects in downtown Roswell, Acworth and Auburn, Georgia

Local counsel for developers of a large solar power facility with a transaction value exceeding $750,000,000

Development and implementation of loan program for a Florida-based national bank in closing multiple loans to a build-to-suit developer of properties for credit tenants throughout the southeastern United States.

Bar Admissions

Georgia

Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Firm Leadership

Office Executive Member, Atlanta, GA Office (2019-May 2025)

Opinions Committee, Member

Atlanta Office Recruiting Committee, Member (ex officio)

Lateral Recruiting Committee, Member

Memberships

American Bar Association

State Bar of Georgia

Community Involvement

Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Alumni Advisory Board Member

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Fellow

Clan Campbell Society (North America), Georgia Deputy Commissioner

Education

J.D.,

1981

University of Georgia School of Law

A.B.,

1978

University of Georgia

More Than Stites & Harbison

In addition to working at several prestigious Atlanta law firms, Hal’s career also included four years as Atlanta Regional Partner of RealtiCorp Commercial Investment Fund. Hal has been actively involved in a variety of civic, charitable and church activities, including: Presbyterian deacon and elder, youth sports coach and member of various school booster clubs. He is a past board member of the Gwinnett YMCA. Hal is a seventh-generation native of Woodbury, Georgia. He is an avid fan of the Georgia Bulldogs and is passionate about all aspects of Scottish and Irish history, culture and music. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, serves as Georgia Deputy Commissioner of the Clan Campbell Society (North America), and participates in Scottish Highland festivals whenever possible.

Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law (2021-25)

Georgia Trend Legal Elite, Business Law (2013)