David is a well-known real estate attorney with more than three decades of experience advising sophisticated clients on complex commercial real estate transactions and corporate transactions involving real estate assets.
He represents clients in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions and dispositions; development; financing; workouts of debt and credit facilities involving distressed real estate; and all types of leasing, including long-term ground leases. Corporate clients rely on David to advise on real estate matters in connection with mergers, asset sales, or stock sales in which the underlying assets include owned or leased real estate.
David has earned particular renown as go-to real estate counsel on large-scale mixed-use development projects that require extensive site analysis and multi-parcel assemblage. He has deep experience implementing sitewide covenant declarations and reciprocal easement and similar agreements, facilitating parcel-by-parcel multi-use development and financing, and implementing horizontal and vertical ownership regimes. David is also known for providing counsel in connection with long-term ground lease transactions, including with respect to legal agreements involving landlord and tenant capital stack participants.
In addition to his real estate practice, David advises non-profit and tax-exempt organizations on a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including formation and structure; corporate governance; donation policies; fundraising and cause-related marketing; federal tax law compliance; and all manner of contracts and business agreements.
David earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.