David W. Green
Experience
Dave Green is a partner of the firm practicing primarily in real estate and financial
transactions. His experience covers a broad range of situations in which clients
acquire, develop, finance, exchange, lease and operate property. His prior
practice includes financial transactions for major lenders, leasing and acquisitions for
regional and national retailers, formation of limited liability companies and taxexempt title holding corporations, and other corporate and business transactions. He
has significant experience negotiating and structuring sale-leaseback transactions and
structured finance transactions (such as "bankruptcy remote" and single-purpose entity
financing). As outside Corporate Counsel to the third-largest national LTL freight
company in bankruptcy, he headed the work of disposing of its assets in the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico. His experience includes representing corporate clients and
institutional lenders in foreclosures, workouts, "debt-for-equity" restructuring and
other restructuring transactions.
Representative Work
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Represented Nicol Investment Company and its affiliates on sales and purchases
of assisted care facilities and other properties in Wyoming, Arizona, Washington,
California and Utah and on structuring investments, forming limited liability
companies and negotiating corporate joint venture transactions.
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Represented Pacific Realty Associates, L.P. on negotiating leases with regional
and national tenants at shopping centers in Washington, Oregon and Nevada.
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2008 at approximately 20 malls and shopping centers in the United States and
Canada.
Represented The Holland, Inc./Burgerville on negotiating lease transactions on
properties in Oregon and Washington and on its secured corporate financing.
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Represented Southwest Washington Health Systems on sale and leaseback
transactions on its medical office buildings.
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Portland, OR
(503) 294-9333 direct
(503) 220-2480 fax
david.green@stoel.com
Education
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Harvard Law School, J.D., 1976
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Malone College, B.A., 1973, summa
cum laude
Represented Eddie Bauer, Inc. on its leases at malls and shopping centers. Dave
had the lead position for negotiating new leases and extending existing leases in
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Partner
Represented Consolidated Freightways Corporation and its affiliates, as debtors
and debtors in possession, and The CFC Trust, as Corporate Counsel, in disposing
of over 200 properties in the U.S. in connection with its bankruptcy proceedings,
utilizing an auction bidder process and standard sales contracts for most of its
dispositions, for an aggregate sales price of over $400 million.
Professional Honors and Activities
Admissions
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Oregon
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Washington
David W. Green
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America© (currently: Real Estate Law), 1997-2016
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Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Oregon) by Chambers USA (currently: Real Estate), 2004-2016
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Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers® (Real Estate), 2006-2012
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Member, Disciplinary Board of the Oregon State Bar, 1990-1992, 2007-2015
Presentations
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"Sale-Leaseback Transactions Today: Monetizing Real Estate Assets," Lorman Education Services, 2009-2010
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"Real Estate Joint Ventures – Exit Strategies," Law Seminars International, Oct. 2010
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"Real Estate Purchase and Sales," The Seminar Group, 2008-2012
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"Easements in Complex Mixed-Use Developments" (co-presenter), Law Seminars International, 2007
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"Advanced Real Estate Transactions: The New Oregon Opinion Letter Accord and Requirements for Single Purpose Entities" (copresenter), Multnomah Bar Association, 2005
Publications
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"Public and Private Easements in Retail Developments and the Commercial Perspective," Lorman Education Services, 2007-2008
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"Use of Special Purpose Entities in Real Estate Finance," Washington State Bar Association Fall Real Estate Conference, 2004
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"Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements-A Primer," Sterling Educational Services, 2004
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"Tips and Traps on Real Estate Transactions," The Seminar Group, 2002
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"Synthetic Leases," Advanced Conference on Commercial Real Estates Leases, 1998
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"Encroachments," Oregon Mortgage Bankers Association, 1994
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"Leasing Structures as Alternatives to Ownership and Financing," Oregon State Bar Association, 1989
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"Subordination Agreements," Multnomah Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 1989
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"Commercial Real Estate Leases," (contributor), 2 Real Property § 78 (Oregon CLE 1981) and Real Estate Form update, 1985
Civic Activities
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Board member, past president, Kemmer View Estates Owners' Association, Inc., 1990-2011
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Board member, past president, Oregon Road Runners Club, 1984-2013
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Board of Trustees, Tigard Community Friends Church, 1995-2014
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Site Steward, Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces, 2006-2013
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Board of Trustees, George Fox University, 2006-2014; Executive Committee, 2009-2013; Committee on Trustees, 2009-2013
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Member, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, George Fox University, 2007-2008
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Member, Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces, Cooper Mountain Project Advisory Committee, 2004-2005
David W. Green