Adrienne Bell

Practice Areas

Adrienne represents the real estate, land use, and development needs of clients in a wide variety of industries.

Strategic Real Estate Development Advisor: Adrienne draws on her experience as a community planner and development director to provide clients with valuable perspective and insight to navigate obstacles, evaluate risks, and complete transactions. She regularly represents real estate developers and builders, traditional and renewable energy companies, hotels and resorts, and healthcare companies.

Real Estate Advice for the Renewable Energy Industry: Adrienne regularly serves as lead real estate and development counsel and strategic advisor to renewable energy developers in connection with the development, financing, buying and selling of utility-scale wind, solar, storage, and geothermal energy projects. She has worked on projects within our footprint as well as across the country and assists with every stage of the project development cycle - from early-stage site control through commercial operations. Adrienne also provides counsel on land use and zoning matters, including subdivision and boundary line adjustments, conditional use permits, rezoning, and other land use approvals, and other permitting matters, including public lands issues. Along with attorneys from our state and local tax practice group, she assists clients with obtaining state and local tax incentives for renewable energy projects around the county and is regularly engaged on financing transactions for renewable energy projects as both lead and local real estate counsel.

Adrienne currently serves as a member of Holland & Hart’s Management Committee, which oversees the management and strategic direction of the entire firm.

Prior to her law career, Adrienne served as a development director for a multi-million dollar real estate development and construction company. She also earned a master's degree in urban planning and served as a community planner for the City of Baltimore.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Utah; Salt Lake County Bar Association; Women Lawyers of Utah; CREW; Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City

Personal

J.D. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; M.Sc. University of Texas at Austin; B.A. University of Chicago