Jeff’s primary practice focuses on representing private equity clients in varied investments in commercial real estate and operating and development joint ventures. He counsels global private equity firms, opportunity funds, portfolio and operating companies, and national, regional and local developers on a wide range of real estate assets including multifamily, senior and student housing, retail, office, industrial, hospitality, and golf. He partners with clients to help them navigate complex multi-property, multi-state real estate acquisitions, dispositions and financings, legal due diligence and acquisitions, financings and dispositions of performing and non-performing loan portfolios and related asset management, loan workouts, DPO and DIL transactions.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, SMU Dedman School of Law, 1986

BBA, Finance, University of Iowa, 1983

• Represented national mortgage servicer as subtenant in a 127,000 square foot office sublease in Las Colinas, Texas.
• Represented a global private equity firm in the due diligence and acquisition of a $270,000,000 pool of performing, sub and non-performing assisted living/skilled nursing facility loans.
• Represented a global private equity firm in the due diligence and acquisition of a $75,000,000 pool of performing, sub and non-performing commercial real estate loans.
• Represented a global private equity firm in the due diligence of a $1B pool of sub and non-performing commercial real estate loans.
• Represented a global private equity firm in the due diligence of a $375,000,000 pool of sub and non-performing commercial real estate loans.
• Represented a global private equity firm in the due diligence and acquisition of a $300,000,000 pool of sub and non-performing commercial real estate loans and REO.
• Represented a global private equity firm in the due diligence and acquisition of a $4,100,000,000 pool of sub and non-performing commercial real estate loans and REO and subsequent financing.
• Represented a global private equity firm in $600,000,000 acquisition of performing and sub-performing commercial real estate loan portfolio and REO, and subsequent financing.
• Represented real estate opportunity fund in sale of $48,000,000 apartment complex.
• Represented a global private equity firm in $540,000,000 acquisition of performing and sub-performing commercial real estate loan portfolio, and subsequent securitization, financing and DPOs.
• Represented a global private equity firm in $480,000,000 acquisition and seller financing of performing and sub-performing commercial real estate loan portfolio, and subsequent loan sales, DPOs, foreclosures and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and dispositions.
• Represented a global private equity firm in $475,000,000 acquisition and financing of non-performing commercial real estate loan portfolio, and subsequent loan sales, DPOs, foreclosures and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and dispositions.
• Represented a national bank in $150,000,000 acquisition of performing and sub-performing commercial real estate loan portfolio.
• Represented a global private equity firm in $150,000,000 acquisition of sub-performing and non-performing real estate loan portfolio, and subsequent loan sales, DPOs, foreclosures and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and dispositions
• Represented a global private equity firm in $100,000,000 acquisition of hotel loan portfolio.
• Represented a global private equity firm in $95,000,000 financing of hotel portfolio.
• Represented a global private equity firm in due diligence of $1B+ of performing, sub-performing and non-performing commercial real estate whole loan portfolios and participations.
• Represented private investor in $55,000,000 acquisition of sub-performing loan portfolio and subsequent restructure, modification and sale/leaseback transactions.

• Member, Dallas Bar Association
• Member, Texas State Bar Association

• Recognized as a Leader in the Field, Real Estate, Texas, Chambers USA, 2011-2017

• AV Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Martindale-Hubbell’s webpage.