David de Barros
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Biography
David de Barros is a member of the firm’s Real Estate / Real Estate Development and Not-for-Profit & Religious Corporations groups, representing and counseling clients in all aspects of complex and large-scale real estate transactions, including advising on purchases and sales of properties, long-term leases, joint venture agreements, and construction, design, and other development-related agreements. David regularly works with not-for-profit and religious corporations in evaluating sophisticated real estate transactions and structuring transactions to fulfills his client’s present and future mission objectives.
David also has experience representing and counseling owners, developers, investors, and educational institutions in preparing, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, with a focus in the area of construction and development. As a compliment to his current practice, David, while at his prior firm, assisted clients in addressing risk management issues, mitigating claims and resolving complex commercial real estate and construction disputes in federal and state courts and before various alternative dispute resolution tribunals.
While earning his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center, David served as a judicial intern in the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division – First Department; a law clerk for the United States Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; and a Janet D. Steiger Fellow with the Office of the New York State Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Frauds & Protection.
David received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College in political science with minor concentrations in history and international studies.
Presentations
- November 8th, 2018: “Interchurch Center Conference”, Mr. de Barros presented on the “Construction Oversight & Accountability” panel.
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