Intro
David offers a broad array of transactional and counseling skills to our clients. He specializes in complex real estate secured transactions and related debt and equity financing arrangements. He is also an experienced business attorney, providing corporate, tax, and international licensing and distribution experience to the firm's agribusiness and other transactional clients. David is an adjunct professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), where he teaches Commercial Real Estate Transactions. Having qualified as a LEED® accredited professional, he provides specialized green building services to owners and developers. David leads in our organization as Real Estate Partner and Chair of our Agile Workforce Committee.
Areas of Focus
Education
Admissions and Courts
Role
Food & Beverage Practice Co-Leader
Finance Committee, Member
$100M LEED® Silver food processing facility (Developer's Counsel)
$120M line of credit loan facility (Borrower's Counsel)
$35M purchase loan secured by 9 properties in 5 states (Lender's Counsel)
$20M construction loan (Lender's Counsel)
$238M sale leaseback of 32 property portfolio (Seller's Counsel)
$144M loan restructuring transaction (Borrower's Counsel)
$54M purchase of 10 property portfolio (Buyer's Counsel)
$40M mezzanine financing transaction (Borrower's Counsel)
State Bar of California (Real Estate Section)
Urban Land Institute (Associate Member)
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
United States Green Building Council
U.S. Green Building Council LEED® Accredited Professional
Northern California Super Lawyers (2006)
"Nine Keys to Navigating a JV Development Deal," Seniors Housing Business Magazine (March 2014)
"The New Wave of Misbranding Cases and Implications of Proposition 37," Special Report to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Legal and Tax Committee (October 2012)
"California’s Proposition 37 would Require Strict GMO Food Labeling," Food and Beverage Law Alert (October 2012)
"Allocating Risk in the Sale of a Business," The Marin Lawyer (July 2007)
"Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate," Future Leaders Institute (October 2015)
"The New Wave of Misbranding Cases and Proposition 37 as a Cautionary Tale," Special Report to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Governmental Affairs Committee (November 2012)
"Green Leases: Evolving Legal Issues for Commercial Landlords and Tenants," Strafford Webinar (November 2012)
"Demystifying CALGreen," USGBC GreenerBuilder Conference (June 2011)
"Negotiating a Green Lease Rider in Today's Marketplace," BOMA (March 2010)
"How Emerging Green Building Laws Impact Project Underwriting," USGBC, The Competitive Edge Series (March 2010)
"Preparing Green Leasing Strategies Following an Energy Retrofit," USGBC, The Competitive Edge Series (February 2010)
"San Francisco's Green Building Ordinance: The New LEED Gold Standard," BOMA Lunchtime Workshop Series (October 2008)
"Secured Loan Remedies," Lorman Seminar (October 2005)
"A Primer on Leasing Economics," Lorman Seminar (July 2004)
"The Art of Negotiation," San Francisco Barristers (February 2003)
"A Ticket To Ride: Transit Oriented Development," California Redevelopment Agency Legal Developments Seminar (2002)