Jones Day

Real Estate; Financial Markets; Real Estate Finance

Partner

Dave Woods has more than a decade of experience in corporate and institutional real estate, including hospitality, construction, multifamily, office, and industrial financings. These financings encompass numerous construction loans in jurisdictions across the United States, including projects involving EB-5 (immigrant investor program) financing, as well as hotel financings and hotel construction financings involving convention center and airport hotels on private and public land, resort hotels, and hotels in major urban areas, all of which have been franchised and non-franchised. Dave also has worked extensively on the syndication, participation, and repurchase of commercial mortgage loans; complex capital structures, including multiproperty financings; mortgage loans with multiple levels of mezzanine financing; and A/B note structures. Additionally, he has experience with commercial mortgage backed security (CMBS) financings, loan sales and modifications, workouts and restructurings, deeds-in-lieu, and foreclosures. In addition to his real estate finance experience, Dave regularly represents clients in commercial leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions and sale-leasebacks. He has handled the sale, leasing, and financing of cellular towers and real property owned, leased, and financed by not-for-profit entities, including not-for-profit lenders and secondary education institutions.