Corporate / Real Estate

Financial Services

Represented lender in a $21,300,000.00 construction loan to finance the construction of a 153-room AC Hotel by Marriott located at 3400 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida.

Represented a New York based private equity fund in its purchase of 515 single-family rental homes located in Miami-Dade and Broward County, Florida.

Represented lender in an $80,500,000.00 loan for the construction of a commercial retail center known as “The Pavilion at Durbin Park” located in Jacksonville, Florida.

Represented owners of Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center in the $135,000,000.00 refinancing of the resort.

Complex restructuring of loan portfolios for South Florida homebuilders where loan balances were in excess of $500 million.

Represented a large privately held South Florida company and its principals to effect a merger with a strategic partner where the combined annual sales of the two companies exceed $1 billion; structured and negotiated a $200 million syndicated credit facility for the combined entity and assisted in the restructuring and implementation of a new letter of credit facility for the company’s importing of goods from the Far East.

1987: J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

1984: B.A., Georgetown University, Phi Beta Kappa/Magna Cum Laude

Florida Bar

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (2003-2006), Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Science

Vice Chairman (2007 – 2017), Board of Trustees, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Science; Chairman of Private Partnership Committee; Co-Chair of $25 Million Capital Campaign

Board of Advisors, Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences

Board of Advisors, Georgetown Alumni Admissions Program

Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami

AV Rated for Martindale Hubbell since 2004.

Listed, Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, listing of Florida’s top attorneys as selected by their peers for years 2007 – 2026.

Recognized as one of South Florida’s “Top Lawyers in Real Estate and Corporate Law” for the years 2005 – 2026 South Florida Legal Guide.

Recognized as one of Florida Super Lawyers in Real Estate for 2008 – 2026.

Winner of Daily Business Reviews Top Dealmaker of the Year in the category of Multifamily for 2016.