Overview

Doug advises institutional investors and other clients on a broad range of commercial real estate and corporate transactions, including loans, leases, joint ventures, and other investments. His deep understanding of corporate finance, economic incentives, and evolving technology helps him deliver efficient and effective results for clients.

Doug’s real estate practice includes a particular emphasis on representing publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) and institutional investors. He has significant experience in the structuring and operation of domestic and international joint ventures that combine institutional partners with developers. In addition, Doug’s practice includes experience with all types of leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions.

Doug’s corporate practice has allowed him to provide innovative solutions to clients that range from institutional investors to principals of technology start-up companies to executives at Fortune 500 companies. Much of his work has involved structuring transactions ranging from establishing complex joint ventures to working with entrepreneurs to create new companies. Additionally, Doug’s corporate practice has included the negotiation of distressed debt transactions and equity and asset purchases.

Credentials

Admissions

  • State of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - 7th Circuit

Clerkships

  • Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 1992
  • Dartmouth College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1989

Experience

Joint Ventures

  • Extensive experience representing pension investors and REITs in connection with transactions well in excess of $5 billion.
  • Transactions have included tax-exempt entities and REITs in the U.S. and abroad and have involved representing these entities in roles as sponsors and as capital providers.

Commercial Lending

  • Represented lenders with respect to creation of a half-billion dollars in credit facilities for land to be used by homebuilders.
  • Represented pension fund investors in connection with loans to their property owning entities secured by a diverse array of project types throughout the U.S.

Senior Housing

  • Represented a prominent senior housing REIT in connection with the purchase of over $1 billion of new senior housing facilities in a novel RIDEA structure. This included negotiating the terms of transferring facility operations to a taxable REIT subsidiary and entering into management agreements with a third-party manager.
  • Represented a well-known senior housing REIT in connection with the creation of a Canadian joint venture to own and develop several dozen projects in Canada.

Newsroom

Organizations

  • Member, Chicago Bar Association
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