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David Montgomery concentrates on real estate transactions and development. He has worked on transactions with developers all across the country on a wide range of projects, including apartments, retail, industrial, resorts, hospitality, restaurants, senior living facilities, a foreign embassy, and correctional facilities. In a project involving $150 million worth of restaurant properties nationwide, Mr. Montgomery negotiated purchase agreements and/or ground leases, performed and resolved intensive due diligence, negotiated construction contracts, closed transactions, and provided ancillary services during the construction period. In another case, he represented the developer of a $65 million coastal resort in Texas. His responsibilities included negotiation and closing of purchases and leases on raw land, performance and resolution of due diligence, obtaining coastal development permits from local, state, and federal authorities, negotiation of construction contracts and retail leases, and acquisition of amusement rides, in addition to providing general legal services for resort management. Education J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1993 Associate Editor, Houston Law Review B.A., Economics, University of Missouri, 1990 Bar Admissions Texas, 1993 Representative Experience Representation of developer/lessee of $9m airport hanger facility with on-site fuel tanks, including negotiation of long-term ground lease and taxiway easement from municipal aviation authority, review of survey, title and environmental due diligence, assistance in permitting/approvals process, coordination with design and construction consultants and negotiation of construction contract. (Houston, Texas) Representation of developer of $65m coastal hotel/retail/entertainment resort, including negotiation/closing of purchases/leases of raw land, performance/resolution of due diligence, obtaining from local, state and federal authorities of coastal development permits, abandonment of streets/alleys and low-income job-creation subsidies, negotiation of construction contracts, negotiation of retail leases and acquisition of amusement rides, together with provision of day-to-day legal services to resort management. (Texas) Representation of developer of senior living facilities, including negotiation/closing of purchases of land/facilities, performance/resolution of due diligence and assistance with permitting and approvals, negotiation of construction contracts, negotiation/preparation of management contracts and tenant leases, together with provision of day-to-day legal services to facility management. (Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas) Representation of developer/operator of correctional facilities (jails, prisons and intermediate custody), including negotiation of purchases/leases of land/facilities, performance/resolution of due diligence and assistance with extensive federal and state permitting/approvals process, negotiation of construction contracts, and negotiation of operating agreements with federal/state governmental entities. (Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas) Representation of developer in development of $150m worth of restaurant properties, including negotiation of purchase agreements and/or ground leases, performance/resolution of intensive due diligence, negotiation of construction contracts, closing of transactions and provision of ancillary services during construction period. (Nationwide) Representation of foreign government/developer in closing of $10m purchase of parcel adjacent to United Nations Complex and negotiation of $20m construction contract to build 23-story Permanent Mission (mixed use) to the United Nations. (New York) Representation of conglomerate/seller in $400m sale of paper, timber and development assets, involving thousands of acres of Florida timberland, a canal, a paper mill and numerous container sites nationwide, including performance/resolution of due diligence and closing of Transaction. (Florida, etc.) Articles Wind Project Development 101 4/19/2007 Press Release Locke Liddell & Sapp Elevates Nine Associates to Partnership Status 12/16/2002 Professional History Partner in the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp Former Associate with the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Professional Affiliations American Bar Association Former Reporter, Southwestern (2nd) Digest, ABA Real Estate Quarterly Report Member, State Bar of Texas Member and Volunteer, Houston Bar Association Member and Volunteer, Houston Young Lawyers Association Member and Pro Bono Volunteer, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts. |
