Carlisle Packard represents institutional and private clients in a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including financings, purchases and sales, development projects, equity investments, leases and workouts. His recent practice has focused on representing investors in buying and selling office, industrial and retail properties in California and other states, and representing borrowers and lenders in a variety of real estate, public and commercial finance transactions. Carlisle has significant experience representing credit enhancers and bond buyers in the financing of affordable housing with tax-exempt bonds.

Before joining Nevers Palazzo in 1998, Carlisle practiced with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and Cox, Castle & Nicholson in Los Angeles and was general counsel of East West Bank, Pasadena, California.