Jennifer L. Oxford

Jennifer Oxford is a commercial real estate attorney practicing in the Raleigh, North Carolina office. A native of the Triangle area, she is licensed in both North Carolina and Connecticut. She has experience representing a range of clients – from land developers to landlords, small tenants to large landowners, families, restaurateurs, farmers, medical practitioners, and others. Jennifer’s passion for real estate and the law, combined with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in regional planning (and prior careers in both fields), positions her to understand her clients’ needs and provide relevant, real-world advice from her unique perspective.

Some of her recent transactions include:

• Represent redeveloper in acquisition, finance, and subsequent re-sale of industrial parcel converted to bio-tech use in east Durham, NC
• Represent developer in acquisition of large assemblage in Eastern North Carolina, and subsequent sale of ready-to-build lots
• Represent landlord in lease negotiations for multi-tenant shopping center in Connecticut
• Represent various restaurant, retail, and warehouse tenants throughout the Triangle area of North Carolina
• Represent medical practice in purchase and finance of medical space in the Triangle area of North Carolina
• Represent various 1031 Exchangors in acquisitions of replacement properties. Examples include: a multi-tenant retail facility in Mebane, NC, a single-tenant restaurant parcel in Greensboro, NC, a single-tenant retail parcel in the Outer Banks, and a large farm.
• Condominium counsel for several transactions, including the development of a large multi-family parcel, the redevelopment and associated tax-credit financing of a historic hotel, and the development of a vacant parcel into mixed-use.

Jennifer has been practicing with MacDermid, Reynolds & Glissman, P.C.’s Raleigh office since 2021. Prior to that, she practiced in the Triangle area for nearly 10 years with several other Raleigh-based firms.

Before turning to a career in law, Jennifer earned her undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and afterwards spent a year as an engineer with the large international engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglass, now WSP.  She then earned her master’s degree in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and took a role as an urban planner with the Louis Berger Group, also now part of WSP, rising to the level of Senior Transportation Planner before attending law school.

Jennifer enjoys drawing on her experience as an engineer and urban planner – the time spent analyzing plans for development, and presenting before City and Town Councils – when she practices law and in her efforts to help her clients.

Jennifer has previously been designated as a North Carolina Rising Star in Real Estate in the 2019 and 2021 Issues of the North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine, and has been included in the 2024 and 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for her practice in Real Estate Law. The Super Lawyers designation is based on regional balloting by attorneys, third-party research, and a peer review process encompassing myriad practice areas. The Best Lawyers designation is based on a peer review methodology. An explanation of the Best Lawyers methodology can be found here, and the Super Lawyers methodology can be found here.

Jennifer is a member of T-CREW (the Triangle Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women) and ULI Triangle (the Triangle Chapter of the Urban Land Institute). She previously served as co-chair for ULI Triangle’s WLI (Women’s Leadership Initiative) group from 2023-2025, and currently serves as a mentor in the WLI Circle Mentor Program. A native of Durham, and a graduate of Durham Academy, Jennifer enjoys swimming, running, and spending time with her family.