
David Tiger concentrates his practice in commercial real estate, nonprofit law, and general business matters. He represents clients in all aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions, including acquisition, disposition, development, and construction of real estate projects, structuring, refinancing, and workouts of debt and credit facilities, workouts of distressed assets, and all types of leasing, including headquarters leases, industrial and flex space leases, long-term ground leases, telecommunication operations site leases and licenses, and leases involving substantial construction components.
David also provides counsel to entities engaged in corporate transactions such as mergers, asset sales, or stock sales in which owned or leased real estate comprises some of the underlying assets. He has significant experience representing clients in public-private real estate transactions and real estate transactions otherwise involving substantial public engagement or financing.
David also represents nonprofit organizations with respect to formation, organization, reorganization, corporate governance, director and officer guidance, contracts, transactions, risk management, asset protection, organizational efficiency, financial controls, legal controls, in-kind donation policies, UBTI issues, cause-related marketing, UPMIFA compliance, fundraising structure and compliance, structuring “Friends Of” organizations to comply with federal tax law, social media policies, employment guidelines and policies, and general counsel functions.
David’s practice extends to representing clients in general business matters such as entity formation, negotiation of limited liability company, and similar agreements for a variety of real estate and business endeavors, contracts, and license agreements on a wide variety of subject matters, and dealings with regulatory agencies.
David earned his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland.
EXPERIENCE :
- Represented developer in connection with acquisition, financing, and development of D.C. USA, an approximately 540,000 sq. ft. retail and entertainment project in the Columbia Heights section of Washington, D.C., across from the historic Tivoli Theater.
- Represented a large religious organization with respect to the redevelopment of a property located in midtown Manhattan, including construction of a new headquarters facility for such an organization.
- Represented various entities engaged in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions in which leased and/or owned real estate comprised some of the underlying assets.
- Represented landlord in connection with a lease to Qwest Communications of approximately 100,000 sq. ft. at Eckington Place, Washington, D.C.
- Represented a national telecommunications company as a tenant in connection with more than 20 office leases and data center leases across the country.
- Represented large local ballet organization in connection with the lease of a practice and performance space at Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, located in southeast Washington, D.C.
- Represented a large institutional lender in a work out of defaulted debt facilities, obtained through a repo agreement, as a result of the bankruptcy of a large investment company.
- Represented various nonprofit organizations in connection with the acquisition, management, and disposition of donated real property.
- Represented a religious higher educational institution in all aspects of wind down of operations, including the disposition of real estate, disposition of UPMIFA-subject endowments, required submissions to controlling governmental regulatory agencies, disposition of personal property, and other matters.
- Represented an animal welfare organization in connection with matters related to corporate formation and organization, corporate governance, contracts, and compliance with state and local laws.
EDUCATION :
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1992
- University of Maryland, B.A.
BAR ADMISSIONS : District of Columbia; Maryland
AFFILIATIONS :
- District of Columbia Building Industry Association
- Urban Land Institute
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