Dag Wilkinson, Counsellor
With more than 30 years of experience as a large law-firm partner and general counsel, Dag Wilkinson brings to his clients a wealth of corporate finance, securities, transactional, and executive expertise. He has a proven track record of forging long-term working relationships with executive management teams.
He currently represents clients in a wide range of industries, including institutional mortgage loan purchasers, hotel owners, non-bank real estate lenders, real estate developers and mid-market companies and executives in a wide range of industries.
Dag Wilkinson was previously chief legal officer and secretary of a publicly traded real-estate company based in Newport Beach, California, with operations in multiple states. Previously, Dag Wilkinson was a partner at Wiley Rein LLP, a prominent Washington, DC law firm, where he led the firm’s corporate practice and loss-mitigation program. Previously, he practiced corporate and banking law as a partner in his own law firm and as an associate in the Washington, DC office of the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP. He has been AV rated by Martindale Hubbell for over 40 years.
Dag Wilkinson received his law degree from Yale Law School and has a Masters in International Affairs from Princeton University.
Representative Experience
Serves as general counsel to non-bank real estate lenders with over $5 billion in originations, including loan documentation, institutional loan sales, commercial debt, equity raises, securitizations and general representation
Represents multiple institutional purchasers of mortgage loans in hundreds of loan purchases, servicing, asset management, bank loan and repurchase agreements
Acts as general counsel to real estate development company with assets throughout the United States overseeing land acquisition and development, lot sales to national homebuilders, and private debt and equity and public financing
Oversaw all legal activities — including general corporate matters, securities law compliance, corporate finance, and risk management — of publicly traded real estate development companies for seven years
Represented multiple hotel owners in negotiating hotel management agreements, technical services agreements and license agreements with major hotel operators and brands, including Starwood, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Virgin and Kimpton
Lead transactional counsel to television and radio operators in acquisitions of more than 500 radio and television stations
Investee counsel in multiple real estate joint venture financings involving over $5 billion
Practice Areas
- Business and Finance
- Hospitality
- Real Estate Transactions
- Telecommunications, Media, and Technology
- Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
- Intellectual Property
Bar Admissions
- California
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- JD, Yale Law School
- MPA, Princeton University
- BA, summa cum laude, University of Maryland