Real Estate Investors & Sponsors
The firm represents real estate owners, investors, and sponsors in acquisitions, entity structuring, private investment arrangements, financing, leasing, governance, and related disputes. These workstreams are often interdependent: the lender may require changes to the entity documents, the investor terms may affect control, and the operating agreements must remain workable after closing.
The firm also serves as Texas opinion counsel in institutional financings, which informs how borrower entities and closing deliverables are prepared before the lender’s diligence process begins.
Legal needs across the deal cycle
Acquisition
purchase agreements, title and survey diligence, entity-held asset deals. (Commercial Real Estate)
Structure
holding entities, SPE compliance, JV and syndication architecture, waterfalls. (Entity Structuring · Syndications)
Capital
institutional and agency financing, borrower opinions, covenant negotiation. (Credit Facilities & Real Estate Finance)
Operation
leases, management agreements, governance. (Commercial Lease Review & Negotiation · Corporate Governance)
When it goes sideways
lease, lender, partner, and insurance disputes. (Commercial Real Estate Disputes · Insurance Recovery · Shareholder & Partnership Disputes)
Representative Experience
Borrower’s counsel in eight-figure and larger refinances of commercial and multifamily investment properties — SPE-compliant operating agreement amendments, opinions, and closing execution.
Sponsor-side syndication structuring — capital contribution structures, distribution mechanics, governance controls, and investor onboarding frameworks.
Represented property owners and investors in disputes arising from refinance transactions, management agreements, and lender compliance matters.
Representative matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
FAQs
Our lender requires a “local counsel opinion.” Can you deliver it?
Yes — Texas authority, enforceability, and perfection opinions are core practice here, delivered in institutional transactions up to the $75MM range.
Do you work with our existing deal team?
Routinely — brokers, lenders’ counsel, title, and your CPA. The firm quarterbacks or supports, per the deal.
We buy several properties a year. Is there a standing arrangement?
Yes — repeat acquirers typically move to a standing counsel relationship with per-deal scoping. See Outside General Counsel.