Broad Expertise
Dag Wilkinson is an accomplished transactional, corporate and commercial lawyer. His expertise is broad-ranging but his practice focuses principally on real estate finance, real estate acquisition and development and hospitality. He also represents businesses and executives in a wide range of corporate governance, commercial matters and executive compensation arrangements and has a deep network of attorneys to address litigation, dispute resolution and specialty needs.
Finance Transactions
Dag Wilkinson and his colleagues regularly represent clients in all aspects of equity and debt finance transactions, including secured senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt financings, term and revolving loans, master loan purchase agreements, servicing agreements, repurchase facilities, and securitizations, factoring and leases, as well as convertible-debt, joint venture and equity investment transactions. Dag Wilkinson has decades of experience representing investors, loan purchasers, lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of fields, including hospitality, real estate development, media and telecommunications. He is experienced in all aspects of capital raising transactions, including structuring, offering documentation, due diligence, definitive documentation, exempt offerings, and opinion letters.
Hotel Ownership and Management
Dag Wilkinson has regularly represented owners, asset management and hospitality companies in negotiating equity and debt financing, hotel management agreements, technical services agreements, asset management agreements and license agreements with major hotel operators and brands, including Starwood, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Virgin and Kimpton. In addition, he and his colleagues regularly represent investors, businesses, and managers in franchise and management arrangements in other industries, including food, auto rental, telecommunications, and media.
Real Estate
Dag Wilkinson routinely represents real estate owners and tenants in transactions involving the development, purchase and lease of commercial real estate. Examples include transactions completed while serving as chief legal officer for $600 million publicly-traded real estate development company (owner/developer of the St. Regis Monarch Beach); representing hospitality companies in the purchase and sale of hotel properties; serving as lead transactional counsel in acquisition of 24,000 acre real estate development site; and serving as investee counsel in real estate joint venture financings.