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Richard F. Davis
Regional Coordinator of California Offices
Co-Chair, Hotel, Resort and Club
Real Estate
Global
Corporate and Securities
Tax
davisr@gtlaw.com |
Richard F. Davis focuses his practice on U.S. and international real estate, business and finance law. He has represented many nationally and internationally known owners, developers, investors, and lenders in all aspects of real estate acquisition, development, operation and finance. He has been involved in international transactions involving more than seventeen countries with particular emphasis on Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, Japan, the People's Republic of China and Europe.
Areas of Experience
- Acquisition, development, financing and operation of real estate projects of all types
- Design, structure, regulatory compliance and financing for resort and recreational real estate projects including land and residential subdivisions, condominiums, timeshare and fractional programs, vacation club and other vacation ownership programs
- Public and private real estate investment fund formation, operation and advisory services
- Land use and the development regulatory process
- Partnership, joint venture and investment vehicle structuring
- Environmental law
- Construction
- Leasing
- Property workouts and investment restructuring
- Foreign investment in the U.S.
- International real estate and corporate financing
- International corporate and tax structuring
- International estate and corporate planning
- Domestic and international mergers and acquisitions
Key Clients
- TA Associates Realty and Advent Realty Funds
- Intrawest Resort Ownership Corporation
- American Express Bank
- GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation
- B/E Aerospace
- Raintree Resorts International
- Pueblo Bonito Resorts
- Wellington Capital Partners
- Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc.
- Fairfield Communities, Inc.
- Apple Vacations
- Villa Group Resorts
- Paradise Village Group
Significant Representations
- Representation of sponsors and developers of international point-based vacation clubs with component sites throughout the world in legal and tax structuring, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
- Representation of numerous developers, owners and lenders involved with all forms of recreational real estate such as hotels, destination resorts, condominiums, planned unit developments, timeshares, fractional ownership interests, golf courses, marinas, clubs, festival marketplaces and other forms of entertainment real estate.
- Representation of developers, owners and lenders involved with non-U.S. interval ownership projects in connection with the legal and tax structuring of construction, real estate inventory and accounts receivable financing facilities for such projects including the development of a pioneering approach to collection in the U.S. of receivables owned by non-U.S. parties.
- Acted as lead U.S. counsel for a Mexican public company in its $600 million purchase and resale of Mexican and U.S. cement operations and land holdings.
- Represented the U.S. partner in a U.S.-Chinese joint venture to develop and operate the first and largest luxury hotel in the People's Republic of China.
- Acted as lead counsel for a partnership of public and private pension funds and other institutional investors managed by a leading national advisor in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of 3 major industrial and retail properties located in 3 states with an aggregate fair market value in excess of $100,000,000.
- Acted as lead counsel for nationally known private investment funds in connection with the acquisition of portfolios of multifamily units, industrial, commercial and retail properties located in throughout the U.S.
- Representation of owners, developers, operators and lenders in connection with the negotiation and completion of development agreements, land use and entitlement matters for some of the largest mixed use developments in California.
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2450 Colorado Avenue
Suite 400E
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 586-7710
Fax: (310) 586-7800 |
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Professional & Community Involvement
- Member, American Bar Association, Real Property and International Law Sections
- Member, International Bar Association
- Member, California Bar Association, Real Property and International Sections
- Member, Urban Land Institute
- Development Regulations Council, 1985-1990
- Urban Development and Mixed-Use Council, 1993-1999
- International Council, 1999-present
- Trustee, American Resort and Residential Development Association
- International Committee
- Chairman's League
- Member, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Articles, Publications & Lectures Articles
- "Timeshare Trends", Urban Land, Urban Land Institute, August, 2001
- "Sources and Methods of Foreign Financing for Real Estate Development in Mexico", Latin American Law and Business Report, 2001
- "Doing Business On The Border: New Developments", Land, Urban Land Institute, 1995
- "Mexico: New Developments in Real Estate Law", Real Estate Practice Bulletin, Mexico Law Conference, 1993
- "Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate: New Developments", Urban Land, Urban Land Institute, 1991
- "Development Agreements and Land Use", Real Estate Review, Spring, 1983
- "Santa Monica: Case Study in Development Agreements", California Real Estate Journal, 1983
- "Timesharing Expands Internationally", Developments, American Resort Development Association, 1983
Lectures
- "Foreign Sources of Financing for Mexican Real Estate", Destination Mexico, The First Tourism Conference of Mexico, 2001
- "Fractionals A to Z: Legal Issues and Challenges", American Resort Development Association, Spring Conference, 2001
- "Real Estate Investment and Financing in Mexico", Northeast Real Estate Life Counsel Group, Fall Meeting 2000
- "Golf Course Communities: Trends and Challenges", Golf Communities Business Forum, 2000
- "Securitization of Resort Assets Involving Non-US Parties", ABA Real Property Section Annual Meeting, 2000
- "REITs Go International: Mexico", NAREIT Annual Conference, 1994
- "Legal, Regulatory and Tax Issues Involved In Marketing Mexican Resort Property in the U.S.", AMDETUR (Mexican Resort Development Association), 1993, 1994
- "Legal and Tax Considerations Of Investing in Mexican Real Estate", Mexico Law Conference, 1993
- "Development Agreements and Redevelopment", Urban Land Institute, Development Regulations Council, 1992
Education
- J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, School of, 1970
- A.B., Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967
Languages
Admitted to Practice
- California
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
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