Biography
Wayne handles a wide range of real estate and other business transactions for property owners and investors. His clients particularly appreciate his ability to offer creative solutions to resolve issues that arise and his overall commitment to getting the deal done.
Wayne has particular experience in commercial leasing, having negotiated numerous leases for office, retail, showroom, industrial and medical office building projects, as well as ground leases and master lease agreements. He regularly represents the owners of Dallas’ most prominent office towers on significant lease transactions, including several recognized as “Deals of the Year” by the Dallas Business Journal in its annual compilation of major real estate transactions in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
Wayne also has considerable experience handling acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate, including office, shopping center, multi-family and industrial properties. In addition, he represents lenders in real estate finance transactions, including acquisition, construction and land development financing.
Education
B.A., cum laude, St. Norbert College
J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Legislation
- William T. Kirby Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
- Concannon Programme of International Law, Notre Dame Law Centre, London, England
Bar Admissions
Texas, 1986
Leasing
- Representation of landlord in 198,000 square foot office lease facilitating the headquarters relocation of the largest Texas-based bank to Dallas (named “Real Estate Deal of the Year” by the Dallas Business Journal)
- Representation of major international health system in the consolidation of its headquarters into a 227,000 square foot campus in Las Colinas (named “Best HQ/Campus Deal of the Year” by the Dallas Business Journal)
- Representation of major entertainment/amusement operator in numerous 40,000+ square foot shopping center/retail leases throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Representation of landlord in 11-year extension of large retailer’s corporate headquarters lease (named “Best Lease Renewal Deal of the Year” by the Dallas Business Journal)
- Representation of international building owner in 160,000 square foot office lease that facilitated the relocation of a Fortune 100 company from California to Dallas (named “Best Headquarters Move of the Year” by the Dallas Business Journal)
- Representation of landlord in 157,000 square foot office lease to a major Texas utility company for its Dallas headquarters
- Representation of international executive office suite provider as tenant in connection with numerous leases throughout the U.S.
- Representation of landowner in connection with the negotiation and drafting of a ground lease for a medical office building project in University Park, Texas
- Representation of tenant in connection with a long-term lease of an acute care hospital facility
Acquisitions and Sales
- Representation of seller in the sale of a major office project in Phoenix, Arizona
- Representation of purchaser in the acquisition of a mixed use development in the Preston Hollow area of Dallas
- Representation of seller in the sale of a 24-acre mixed use project in Dallas’ medical district
- Representation of purchaser in the acquisition of a prominent 36-acre site in Plano, Texas
- Representation of seller in the sale of a premier office building on Turtle Creek Boulevard in Dallas
Farm and Ranch
- Representation of the Receiver for The W.T. Waggoner Estate in connection with the sale of the iconic W.T. Waggoner Ranch, the largest ranch under one fence in the U.S., successfully resolving decades of entrenched litigation
Financing
- Representation of leading Michigan-based automotive finance company in connection with numerous mortgage and construction loans to automobile dealerships in the Southwest, Midwest, Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions of the U.S.
- Dallas 500, D CEO Magazine, 2016
- Best Lawyer in Dallas, D Magazine, 2014-2015, 2017-2019
- AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- Dallas County Trail and Preserve Program Board, Chairman
- Housing Crisis Center
- Board Member
- Honored as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
- Dallas Tennis Association
- Board Member
- HERO Mentor
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association – Real Property Section
- Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Real Estate Council
- Graduate of the Real Estate Council’s Associate Leadership Council