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
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, 2009-2022
- Texas Super Lawyer – Real Estate, Business/Corporate, and Securities & Corporate Finance, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2004, 2010-2020
- “Top Lawyers” List, H Texas magazine, 2013, 2015
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow Member