Ashley is a member of Winstead’s Construction Practice Group. Her practice is industry focused and encompasses both transactional matters as well as dispute resolution and litigation. She primarily represents owners and developers on a variety of commercial developments, with an emphasis on complex sports, hospitality, and entertainment developments. Ashley provides day-one support to her clients with discussions on risk mitigation contracting strategies, assisting on a wide variety of projects from beginning to end. Her experience spans a broad range of project types, including industrial developments, hotels, high-end health and wellness facilities and clubs, multi-family and mixed-use developments, residential condominiums, sports and entertainment facilities, and office buildings. She weaves an understanding of the overall deal dynamics into her preparation and negotiation of each project’s highly specialized design and construction contracts, aiding clients in navigating even the most complicated deal. 

Ashley assists her clients in drafting and negotiating a wide range of agreements commonly found on complex construction projects, including architect agreements, construction contracts, contract manager at risk agreements, preconstruction agreements, design-build agreements, professional services agreements, project management/owner’s representative agreements, crane swing agreements, construction easements, purchasing agent agreements, and purchase orders. She works closely with real estate counsel to advise clients on construction-related issues found within loan documents, joint venture agreements, development agreements, incentive agreements, and similar deal documents. She also advises clients on current events and emerging issues, including issues related to tariffs impacting the construction industry.

Going beyond single projects, Ashley assists many clients in drafting suites of custom design and construction contracts for company-wide use on construction deals of various sizes, with agreements specialized for projects ranging from less than $100,000 to over $100 million. 

Ashley is Board Certified in Construction Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a designation held by only 160 lawyers in the State of Texas. 

Representative Experience

Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment 

• Represents owner in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for a new stadium development with construction costs of over $300 million. The project consists of a ground-up stadium and both onsite and offsite infrastructure, requiring the coordination of numerous design and construction-related agreements.
• Represents owner in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for a new training facility with significant local government involvement and complex ownership and insurance issues. 
• Represents owners in preparing and negotiating design and construction contracts for components of the mixed-use development surrounding new and redeveloped sports districts, including retail and hospitality components.
• Represents owner of a new signature family entertainment facility with multiple attractions and construction costs expected to exceed $100 million.
• Represents developer in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for an out-of-state multi-hotel project with construction costs of approximately $200 million.
• Represents owner in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for a landmark luxury hotel project with office and multi-family components and overall development construction costs in excess of $150 million.
• Represents owner in lawsuit concerning design and construction defects impacting the HVAC system servicing a convention center hotel. 

Multi-Family and Mixed-Use

• Represents developer in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for a mixed-use project with various components, including multi-family and office space, with construction costs in excess of $100 million.
• Represents developer in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for a high-end multi-family development in a dense urban setting, requiring significant coordination with neighboring properties and adjacent ongoing development, with construction costs in excess of $100 million.
• Represents multi-family developer and its captured general contractor in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for projects of various sizes in multiple Texas markets, taking into account the complexities associated with utilizing a related contractor.
• Represents multi-family owner in lawsuit concerning construction defects resulting from improper floor installation, with an amount in controversy exceeding $5 million.
• Represents multi-family owner in lawsuits concerning design and construction defects within project amenities, with an amount in controversy exceeding $3 million.

Condominiums

• Represents multiple developers in negotiating design and construction contracts for both residential and non-residential condominium projects, both of which demand unique considerations in the drafting and negotiation process.
• Represents high net worth individuals in the finish out of multiple high-end, luxury residential condominium units, with construction cost of approximately $150 million. 
• Represents developer in lawsuit concerning construction defects throughout a high-end high-rise tower project, requiring significant coordination with unit owners