David Barbour

David’s practice includes expertise in various commercial transactions on a national and international basis.

He represents issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, with an emphasis in structured and restructured issuances of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. He also advises clients regarding the negotiation and structuring of various corporate and real estate financings and asset and stock acquisitions. Finally, David is experienced in handling a variety of other general corporate, mortgage banking, real estate and securities transactions.

Representative Experience

• Served as outside general counsel to NYSE-listed mortgage REIT for 36 years
• Represented issuers in over 500 mortgage and asset-backed securitizations
• Represented buyer in $2 billion commercial mortgage loan repurchase facility
• Represented hedge fund in acquisition of specialty finance company through bankruptcy proceedings
• Represented Fortune 100 company in commercial mortgage leaseback securitization of its corporate headquarters
• Represented a multilateral finance organization in drafting of mortgage-backed securitization legislation for Russia and Ukraine
• Represented hospitality REIT in its IPO and subsequent common and preferred equity offerings