Areas of Practice
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions
- Corporate and Commercial Law
Practice Description
Representation of national real estate developers in
connection with office, retail, residential and industrial properties
and portfolios, including: acquisitions, development, management and
sales; loan and equity financings, restructurings and settlements;
mezzanine and UCC financings; asset management agreements; owners'
associations and restrictive covenants; and ownership structures and
general corporate counsel work associated with such developers.
Recent Representative Matters
- Negotiation and documentation of $250 million
European investment fund for projects in the U.S.
- Negotiation and documentation of mezzanine
financing for $30 million residential project in Boston,
Massachusetts.
- Structuring and documentation of refinancing
of $28 million, luxury mixed -use project in Dallas, Texas with
multiple, unaffiliated owners.
- Negotiation and documentation relating to acquisitions, loan and
equity financings, and sales of multi-phrase office complex with
restrictive covenants in Austin, Texas.
- Documentation of over-arching agreements for investments by a
REIT in portfolio of multi-family projects in the U.S.
- Documentation of high-level employment engagement and
termination settlement agreements.
Activities and Affiliations
- Member, State Bar of Texas, Real Property,
Probate, Trust and Intellectual Property Sections
- Chairman of the Board, Video Association of Dallas, 1996-98;
former Board member of that organization, the McKinney Avenue
Contemporary and other arts organizations.
Publications and Presentations
- Various articles and presentations for
Southwestern Law Journal, the Advanced Real Estate Law Course,
Advanced Business Drafting Course, Texas Independent Banker, and
other venues.
Education and Experience
- University of Rochester (B.A., cum laude,
with high distinction,1976)
- Southern Methodist University School of Law
(J.D., 1986); Barristers; Phi Delta Phi; Associate Editor,
Southwestern Law Journal (1985-1986).
- Law Clerk for the Honorable H. Barefoot
Sanders, District Judge for the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Texas (1987).
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