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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-5692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Daniel Kruger

Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Daniel Kruger’s practice includes all aspects of commercial real estate law, with skills in project development, construction and design. He has extensive experience drafting and negotiating engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, stand-alone agreements for design and construction services, land acquisition and land use documents. Mr. Kruger regularly advises developers and owners of utility-scale power generating facilities across the United States, including several of the largest existing solar projects, as well as energy companies engaged in the transportation, storage and shipping of LNG and other products, passenger and freight railroads, manufacturing companies, hotels and residential real property developers.
Mr. Kruger’s construction practice involves negotiating and commenting on provisions in the contractor and professional agreement forms published by the American Institute of Architects, Royal Institute of British Architects and Joint Contracts Tribunal. He also frequently drafts and negotiates manuscript EPC/I and EPC/M forms, construction management agreements, common facilities agreements, project operating and maintenance agreements, purchase and sale agreements and land use documents, including mineral reservations, surface waivers, easements and ground leases.
Prior to joining Baker Botts, Mr. Kruger served as in-house counsel to a private company operating a passenger rail service, as well as to a major North American freight railroad. He maintains an active railroad practice and has significant background in railroad operations law.
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar
State Bar of Texas
Massachusetts Bar
Virginia State Bar
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Education
J.D., William and Mary Law School 2008
B.A., History, Yale University 2004
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
Baker Botts L.L.P. is prolific in the energy and infrastructure industries and assists its clients with projects spanning railroads, wind and solar turbines, natural gas pipelines, and refineries. The firm also assists with commercial, industrial and residential developments. Houston-based Connie Simmons Taylor chairs the real estate and construction department. In Washington DC, Daniel Kruger, alongside associate Sean O’Neill, advises on the construction and development of projects involving nascent technologies and renewable energy, such as battery storage and gas turbine power generation projects.
United States > Real estate > Real estate
The real estate and construction team at Baker Botts L.L.P. specializes in commercial real estate developments, joint ventures, acquisitions, and dispositions. With an active team, the firm has a developed practice of handling workouts and restructuring arrangements, particularly focused on office projects, condominiums, and mixed-use assets. The firm also represents energy clients in the development of industrial projects, data centers, and other infrastructure projects. Based out of the Houston office, Connie Simmons Taylor is the firmwide chair of the real estate and construction section, with particular expertise in representing developers of major tenant office leases and retail leases. Outside of Texas, Daniel Kruger acts out of the Washington office and focuses on industrial facility developments.
Lawyer Rankings
- Construction (including construction litigation) United States > Real estate
- Real estate United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies