Fawaz’s practice focuses on the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of real estate nationwide, financing of projects secured by real estate, originating commercial mortgage-backed securities and balance sheet loans, and implementing private equity investment strategies and advising on organizational structure and entity formation.

Fawaz is a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Leadership Team and he chairs the Pro Bono Committee in the Dallas office. He devotes time to several pro-bono efforts such as launching and leading the Dallas Attorney Volunteer Program’s virtual legal clinic platform, leading the small business clinics in the Dallas area and volunteering at the DBA Legal Lines. He also externed with the Honorable Catharina Haynes, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

He was named 1 of the 20 Most Inspiring Leaders of 2020 by the Dallas Business Journal and 2021 Lawyer of the Year by the Dallas Bar Association, Legal Aid of Northwest Texas and DVAP for his pro bono service accomplishments and community advocacy. He was awarded the Rick Palmore LCLD Alumni Award in 2022 by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, SMU Dedman School of Law, cum laude, Administrative Managing Editor, SMU Law Review, 2013

BA, Economics, Political Science, and Public Policy, Southern Methodist University, cum laude, 2008

Fawaz’s recent relevant experience includes:

• Represented a national lender in connection with a refinancing with a $140 million mortgage loan secured by a five-star hotel located in California and a $45 million senior mezzanine loan with multiple notes and a $35 million junior mezzanine loan secured by ownership interests.
• Represented a national lender in connection with the origination of a $14.1 million loan for an office complex located in New Hampshire.
• Represented a national lender in connection with a $36 million loan for an apartment complex spanning twenty-two buildings located in Texas.
• Represented a national lender in connection with a $10.3 million loan for an apartment complex located in Oklahoma.
• Completed multiple sub and non-performing commercial loans portfolio acquisition transactions of $330 million with collateral in multiple jurisdictions throughout the United States for a global private equity firm
• Concluded dispositions of various properties nationwide, including REO properties, office buildings, retail centers, apartment complexes, condominiums, hotels, industrial sites, land, and subdivisions

• Member, Dallas Bar Association
• Member, Dallas Asian American Bar Association
• Member, Texas Young Lawyer Association
• Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

• Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2014–2016
• Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, 2014–2016

• Calif. Ruling Shows Limits Of Exculpatory Lease Clauses, Law360