Skip to content
Jackson Walker
  • People

        • View All People
  • Experience
        • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
        • Business Immigration & Compliance
        • Corporate & Securities
        • Cybersecurity, Data Protection, & Privacy
        • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (ERISA)
        • Energy
        • Environment & Natural Resources
        • Finance & Banking
        • Government Relations & Public Policy
        • Healthcare
        • Insurance
        • Intellectual Property
        • International
        • Investigations & White Collar Defense
        • Labor & Employment
        • Land Use
        • Real Estate
        • Tax
        • Trial & Appellate Litigation
        • Wealth Planning
  • News
        • All News
        • Fast Takes Podcasts
        • Subscribe to JW News & Insights
        • Insights
        • COVID-19 Insights & Resources
  • Offices
        • Austin
        • Dallas
        • Fort Worth
        • Houston
        • San Angelo
        • San Antonio
        • Texarkana
  • Meet JW
    • How We Work
      • Globalaw
      • Project Management
      • Value Management
    • What We Value
      • Community
      • Diversity & Inclusion
      • Jackson Walker Women
      • Pro Bono
    • Who We Are
      • Meet JW Videos
      • Fast Takes Podcasts
      • Recognition
      • JW Alumni
  • JW Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Search



Contact | Careers | COVID-19
“Wayne Malecha provided faultless guidance as a transactional specialist, from the inception of the process through the complex closing. He and Jackson Walker more than met all of my needs and expectations in the handling of this unique and complex case, and all with the highest degree of integrity.”

— Michael S. Baskerville, Receiver for The W.T. Waggoner Estate

Jackson Walker
Wayne F. Malecha

Wayne F. Malecha

Partner, Dallas
214.953.5610
wmalecha@jw.com
Email vCard Print
Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • College & University | Real Estate
  • Construction & Development
  • Farm & Ranch
  • Healthcare | Real Estate
  • Healthcare Finance
  • Industrial
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Master & Special Loan Servicing
  • Multifamily & Residential | Real Estate
  • Office | Real Estate
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Restaurant | Real Estate
  • Retail & Mixed Use | Real Estate
  • Self-Storage Facilities
  • Single Family Residential | Real Estate

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

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

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
Jackson Walker Plays Pivotal Role in Sale of Historic W.T. Waggoner Ranch

February 16, 2016

Jackson Walker Represents Air Methods in Acquisition of San Antonio AirLIFE

October 7, 2015

Jackson Walker Represents Receiver in Case Involving Historic W.T. Waggoner Ranch

September 18, 2014

Jackson Walker Represents Dallas Regional Chamber in Move to New Downtown Office

May 7, 2012

Practice Experience

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.

Recognition & Accolades

  • Dallas 500, D CEO Magazine, 2016
  • Best Lawyer in Dallas, D Magazine, 2014-2015, 2017-2019
  • AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Community Involvement

  • 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

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • College & University | Real Estate
  • Construction & Development
  • Farm & Ranch
  • Healthcare | Real Estate
  • Healthcare Finance
  • Industrial
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Master & Special Loan Servicing
  • Multifamily & Residential | Real Estate
  • Office | Real Estate
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Restaurant | Real Estate
  • Retail & Mixed Use | Real Estate
  • Self-Storage Facilities
  • Single Family Residential | Real Estate

News

  • Landlord-Tenant Issues to Consider With COVID-19
  • ‘D Magazine’ Lists 24 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among Best Lawyers in Dallas 2019
  • ‘D Magazine’ Lists 33 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among Best Lawyers in Dallas
  • D Magazine Recognizes Eleven Jackson Walker Attorneys
  • Wayne Malecha and Albon Head Featured in “Law360” Article on Sale of W.T. Waggoner Ranch
More News
© 2022 Jackson Walker LLP
  • Terms of Use
  • Cookies & Tracking Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Attorney Advertising
  • SCAC
  • JW Login
LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Instagram
  • Who We Are
  • What We Value
  • How We Work
Subscribe to JW News & Insights
This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. View Cookie Policy Allow Cookies
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT