J. David Larsen Partner

Recognized for his ability to align projects with a client’s overall business, David helps to streamline transactions and create efficiencies.

J. David Larsen represents lenders and loan servicers in financing transactions, such as mortgage loan originations, modifications, and assumptions ranging in size from $5 million to more than $1 billion. He also represents these clients in loan workouts, including structuring and implementing resolution programs for problem loans and loan portfolios. David also assists court-appointed receivers in the management, marketing, and disposition of distressed commercial properties.

In cross-border matters, David has handled real estate secured loans involving collateral in Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, and South Africa. In the U.S. he has managed the acquisition and disposition of commercial office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, warehouses, industrial facilities, and apartment buildings in many jurisdictions.

David works with national banks and finance companies, as well as major insurance companies, for which he has originated real estate loans. He has worked on diverse projects including the development of multistate military housing privatization projects, commercial leasing, and national retail and office landlord and tenant matters in many U.S. jurisdictions. David has handled retail and office leases aggregating well over 10,000,000 leasable square feet, including numerous leases with national anchor tenants. He served as a team leader for an international grocer client in its retail rollout in the western United States, preparing leases for many of its approximately 300 locations.