A Chicago-Based Boutique Law Firm Specializing in Business Controversies and Transactions
David R. Neville
T: (312) 322-1960
F: (312) 322-0056
[email protected]
Education
University of Illinois College of Law
J.D., cum laude, 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A. in Political Science, 2000
Practice Areas
Real Estate
Commercial Transactions
Finance
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David Neville is a transactional real estate attorney with broad and diverse experience encompassing all aspects of commercial real estate transactions.
David represents buyers, sellers, borrowers and lenders throughout the United States in the acquisition, disposition, and financing of complex commercial real estate transactions, including those in connection with private equity and M&A transactions, health care transactions and retail developments. He has extensive commercial leasing experience representing both landlords and tenants in office, health care, retail, manufacturing, warehousing, and industrial leasing transactions. David also represents family offices and high-net-worth individuals in a wide range of commercial and residential real estate transactions, including strategic inter-family and estate planning transfers and gift transactions.
Before joining GGU, David practiced at McDermott Will & Emery LLP for 13 years, serving as a real estate partner for 10 years. Prior to his time at McDermott, David practiced at Aronberg Goldghen Davis & Garmisa, and Neal Gerber & Eisenberg.
David received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2005. While in law school, David was an associate editor of the University of Illinois Law Review, co-president of the College of Law’s Public Interest Law Foundation, and a contributor to the College of Law’s Prisoners’ Rights Research Project. David received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, where he was elected to Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society. Prior to attending law school, David was a staff photojournalist for a newspaper in the San Francisco Bay area.
Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Represented a national sports organization in the sale of its Chicago headquarters
- Represented a real estate investment entity in the staggered acquisition of a portfolio of eight (8) regional grocery stores in the Chicagoland area and the eventual sale of all properties
- Represented a manufacturer in the acquisition of industrial properties in Baytown, Texas, Azusa, California and Exeter, New Hampshire
- Represented various construction machinery and equipment company franchisees in the acquisition of properties throughout Illinois
- Represented a Catholic convent organization in the sale of properties in Chicago, Illinois, Ronkonkoma, New York and Houston, Texas
- Represented a medical provider in the sale of medical office buildings in Naperville, Illinois and Sycamore, Illinois
- Represented a private family office in the sale of an office tower in Louisville, Kentucky
- Represented a furniture manufacturer in the sale of a showroom and warehouse property in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Represented numerous private family offices and high net worth individuals in purchases and sales of residential properties throughout the Chicagoland area
- Represented numerous private family offices and high net worth individuals in estate planning-related residential property conveyances throughout the United States
Leasing
- Represented an international financial services company in its global leasing matters and portfolio management
- Represented a manufacturer in the sale-leaseback of a portfolio of ten (10) properties located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
- Represented a clothing manufacturer in the lease of a mixed use warehouse, storage, distribution, and office facilities in Lockport, Illinois, Bolingbrook, Illinois, Reno, Nevada, Olathe, Kansas, Fort Worth, Texas and McDonough, Georgia
- Represented a private equity fund in multiple leases of office space in Chicago, Illinois
- Represented a physical therapy provider in the lease of nineteen (19) retail and medical office locations throughout Chicago and multiple suburbs
- Represented a regional medical group in the simultaneous acquisition and sale-leaseback of a portfolio of hospital and medical office building properties in Illinois and Indiana
Pro Bono
- Represented the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago in multiple sales of property in Chicago
- Represented the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago in the ground lease from the City of Chicago of land located within the new Joint Public Safety Training Campus in Chicago, Illinois
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