Doug Yeager, a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and head of Locke Lord's Real Estate and Finance practice, focuses his practice on real estate and finance matters. He represents financial institutions, owners, tenants and developers in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate. Mr. Yeager represents lenders and borrowers in connection with construction, energy and commercial loan transactions. He also has significant experience in loan workouts, restructurings and foreclosures. He regularly negotiates office and retail leases for commercial landlords and tenants. In addition, as a regular part of his practice, Mr. Yeager advises property owners in all aspects of real property sales and acquisitions.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1993
Order of the Coif
Vice President, Student Bar Association
Board of Editors, SMU Law Review - B.B.A., summa cum laude, Southern Methodist University, 1990
Outstanding Senior Award, Edwin L. Cox School of Business
Outstanding Senior Award, Financial Management Association
Faculty Scholarship Award, Real Estate and Urban Economics
Bar Admissions
Representative Experience
- Represented a major international building products company in the negotiation of a 170,000 square foot build-to-suit lease for its new U.S. headquarters in a LEED Certified office building.
- Represented lender in connection with restructuring of $142,000,000 credit facility secured by 14 apartment complexes.
- Represented administrative agent of $77,000,000 syndicated credit facility in connection with UCC sale of partnership and limited liability company interests.
- Foreclosed on $75,000,000 loan secured by privately owned toll road for two national life insurance companies.
- Advised lender in connection with modification and sale of $30,400,000 loan secured by tenancy-in-common (TIC) interests.
- Represented life insurance company in connection with foreclosure of $33,390,000 loan secured by three-level shopping mall.
- Represented lender in connection with $49,000,000 permanent loan secured by office building.
- Negotiated $45,000,000 syndicated credit facility for publicly traded chemical company.
- Represented lender in connection with $22,864,500 acquisition and construction financing for retail power center.
- Represented energy company in connection with $100,000,000 revolving credit facility.
- Represented tenant in negotiating 50 year sublease (with 50 year option) at former Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
- Represented private equity fund in connection with $27,250,000 sale of office building complex.
- Assisted client in connection with purchase, leasing and sale of $12,000,000 industrial facility on the Houston Ship Channel.
- Serve as nationwide counsel to publicly traded department store in connection with retail leasing program.
- Represented owner/lessee in connection with sale/leaseback of industrial facilities containing 190,350 square feet in the aggregate.
Publications & Presentations
- “Model Green Lease Seminar Panel,” Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute (September 2009).
- “Loan Workouts,” South Texas College of Law Annual Real Estate Law Conference (June 2009).
- “Foreclosure and Workout Issues in a Fluctuating Economy,” University of Houston Law School Advanced Real Estate Law Course and Houston Bar Association (November 2008).
- “Foreclosure Issues of 2007 – In a Difficult Economy,” University of Houston Law School Advanced Real Estate Law Course (November 2007).
- “A Practical Guide to Real and Personal Property Foreclosures,” University of Texas School of Law Mortgage Lending Institute (September 2007 and October 2007).
- “Negotiating Representations and Warranties in a Commercial Real Estate Transaction,” Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course for the State Bar of Texas (March 2007).
- “The Nuts and Bolts of Purchasing a Real Estate Note: Issues, Approaches and Forms,” Dallas Area Real Estate Lawyers Discussion Group (March 2007).
- “Real Estate Finance and Foreclosure Issues,” University of Texas McCombs Graduate School of Business, MBA Finance Academy Speakers Series (March 2004).
Professional History
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America (2012-2013)
- Named, Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
- Member, Governing Council, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
Community Leadership
- Board Member, The Lighthouse of Houston
- Board Member, Houston Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
- Board Member, The Forest Club
- Former Board Member, The Children’s Fund, Inc.
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