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David M. Robins

David M. Robins

Partner, Houston
713.752.4304
drobins@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Commercial Finance

Biography

David Robins is a commercial real estate and finance attorney who focuses his practice on negotiating the best possible outcome for his clients in all transactions. He brings numerous years of experience to the negotiating table and works at all times to find practical solutions so that transactions can be completed timely and at reasonable costs to the client. David strives to keep his clients informed of legal developments that may affect their business.

Education

B.A., Texas Tech University
J.D., University of Texas School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1979

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

Lending, Workouts, and Defaults

  • Representation of domestic and foreign banks and insurance companies in their lending, foreclosure, work-out, disposition, and investment activities; commercial lending and project finance; commercial real estate construction and permanent lending; and loan portfolio acquisitions and dispositions
  • Representation of lead lender and agent in assumption, pay down, and modification of syndicated $72,000,000 apartment loan
  • Representation of lead lender in assumption, pay down, and modification of $77,000,000 Texas shopping center construction loan
  • Representation of lead lender and agent in syndicated $78,000,000 central Texas shopping center construction loan
  • Representation of lead lender and agent in syndicated $109,000,000 Florida apartment construction loan
  • Representation of lenders in connection with hundreds of millions of defaulted loans secured by commercial real estate of all types, including forbearance agreements, modifications, foreclosures, bankruptcy, and disposition of lender acquired properties

Commercial Real Estate

  • All types of commercial real estate transactions: office buildings, shopping centers, industrial buildings and warehouses, land development, residential development, apartments, and condos, including multi-state, multi-property transactions, for private and publicly held companies, REITs, and individuals
  • Representation of purchaser in acquisition of $13,000,000 shopping center in Austin, Texas
  • Representation of developer of a high-rise office building in Luanda, Angola (Africa)
  • Representation of office building owner in disposition of multiple office building portfolio in Houston, Texas

Natural Resources/ Water Law

  • Representation of timber company in multiple acquisitions of timber lands in East Texas
  • Developing practice in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) lending
  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Real Estate Law, 2009-2021
  • “Texas Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2004, 2010-2020
    • Real Estate
    • Business/Corporate
    • Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Top Lawyers, H Texas magazine, 2013, 2015
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow Member

Practice Experience

Lending, Workouts, and Defaults

  • Representation of domestic and foreign banks and insurance companies in their lending, foreclosure, work-out, disposition, and investment activities; commercial lending and project finance; commercial real estate construction and permanent lending; and loan portfolio acquisitions and dispositions
  • Representation of lead lender and agent in assumption, pay down, and modification of syndicated $72,000,000 apartment loan
  • Representation of lead lender in assumption, pay down, and modification of $77,000,000 Texas shopping center construction loan
  • Representation of lead lender and agent in syndicated $78,000,000 central Texas shopping center construction loan
  • Representation of lead lender and agent in syndicated $109,000,000 Florida apartment construction loan
  • Representation of lenders in connection with hundreds of millions of defaulted loans secured by commercial real estate of all types, including forbearance agreements, modifications, foreclosures, bankruptcy, and disposition of lender acquired properties

Commercial Real Estate

  • All types of commercial real estate transactions: office buildings, shopping centers, industrial buildings and warehouses, land development, residential development, apartments, and condos, including multi-state, multi-property transactions, for private and publicly held companies, REITs, and individuals
  • Representation of purchaser in acquisition of $13,000,000 shopping center in Austin, Texas
  • Representation of developer of a high-rise office building in Luanda, Angola (Africa)
  • Representation of office building owner in disposition of multiple office building portfolio in Houston, Texas

Natural Resources/ Water Law

  • Representation of timber company in multiple acquisitions of timber lands in East Texas
  • Developing practice in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) lending

Recognition & Accolades

  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Real Estate Law, 2009-2021
  • “Texas Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2004, 2010-2020
    • Real Estate
    • Business/Corporate
    • Securities & Corporate Finance
  • Top Lawyers, H Texas magazine, 2013, 2015

Community Involvement

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow Member

Practice Areas

  • Finance & Banking
  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Commercial Finance

News

  • Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 54 “Texas Super Lawyers” of 2020
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • 52 Jackson Walker Attorneys Named to 2019 ‘Texas Super Lawyers’ List by Thomson Reuters
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 109 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2020 Edition, With Eight Named “Lawyers of the Year”
  • 56 Jackson Walker Attorneys Named to 2018 “Texas Super Lawyers” List by Thomson Reuters
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