DanaTreister

Partner

Real Estate

dtreister@seyfarth.com

Los Angeles - Downtown

+1 (213) 270-9723

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Dana focuses his practice on real estate transactions across all 50 states, with an emphasis on the acquisition and sale of commercial properties, real estate finance, land use and entitlement work, and complex ground lease transactions.

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He has recently counseled clients in connection with a variety of development projects, ranging from historic rehabs to ground-up construction, especially in the hospitality area. Dana also has extensive experience representing parties in the formation of joint ventures and in structuring tax-advantaged real estate transactions. In recent years, Dana has represented both borrowers and lenders in both on-balance sheet and conduit loan transactions, and has coordinated the defeasance, re-financing, and restructuring of existing debt instruments.

Dana is the managing partner for the downtown Los Angeles office.

Education

JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Order of the Coif
Southern California Law Review, managing editor
Shattuck Award for Outstanding Service to the Law Center
BA, Stanford University
Stanford tennis team member

Admissions

California

Courts

US District Court, Central District of California

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Represented private equity fund in $145 million portfolio of bank branches in eight states.
Represent hotel developer in connection with development of boutique hotels in downtown, Los Angeles.
Represent the lead developer in a $200 million mixed-use development adjacent to USC.
Represent a developer in the acquisition, development, and leasing of a portfolio of charter schools in multiple states.
Represented developer of student housing projects in acquisition of $110 million student housing complex serving Michigan State University.
Represented family office in acquisition and financing of portfolio of national chain drug stores in multiple states.
Represented a national lender in construction loan to developer of industrial properties in Inland Empire region of California.
Represented international engineering firm in selling its corporate campus in largest real estate deal transaction in Los Angeles county in 2011.
Represented major shopping center owner in the acquisition of regional shopping center in Santa Barbara, CA.
Represented client in acquisition of a major office and retail building on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA.
Represented client in sale of multi-family portfolio and tax deferred exchange involving acquisition of an $85 million portfolio of triple net leased properties.

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Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Real Estate Law (2016, 2020-2025)
Recognized Attorney for Real Estate by The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2020)
Listed "Top 30 Real Estate Lawyers in California,” Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal (2012)
Listed, Southern California Super Lawyers for Real Estate (Thomson Reuters) (2010-2020)
Nominated, Who’s Who of American Lawyers (2009-2019)
Member, Winning Team, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate (2013)
Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate (Legalese Ltd.) (2013)
Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year" (Portfolio Media Inc.) (2012-2013)

Leadership & Professional Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California Law School, 2003-2011
Board Member, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Board of Trustees, 2001-Present
Founding Board Member, Adam Freeman Scott Memorial Foundation, 1996-Present
Executive Committee, Legion Lex, USC Law School, 2003-2004
Board Member, Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School, 1997-2007
Board Member, Facing History and Ourselves, Board of Trustees, 2002-2008

Publications

Author, "The Pain of Rejection," Los Angeles Lawyer (January 2012)
Speaker, multiple panels on real estate development, trends and techniques in real estate financing, and affordable housing development

Dana focuses his practice on real estate transactions across all 50 states, with an emphasis on the acquisition and sale of commercial properties, real estate finance, land use and entitlement work, and complex ground lease transactions.

More About Dana

Dana is the managing partner for the downtown Los Angeles office.

Education

JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Order of the Coif
Southern California Law Review, managing editor
Shattuck Award for Outstanding Service to the Law Center
BA, Stanford University
Stanford tennis team member

Admissions

California

Courts

US District Court, Central District of California

Related Services

EXPERIENCE

Represented private equity fund in $145 million portfolio of bank branches in eight states.
Represent hotel developer in connection with development of boutique hotels in downtown, Los Angeles.
Represent the lead developer in a $200 million mixed-use development adjacent to USC.
Represent a developer in the acquisition, development, and leasing of a portfolio of charter schools in multiple states.
Represented developer of student housing projects in acquisition of $110 million student housing complex serving Michigan State University.
Represented family office in acquisition and financing of portfolio of national chain drug stores in multiple states.
Represented a national lender in construction loan to developer of industrial properties in Inland Empire region of California.
Represented international engineering firm in selling its corporate campus in largest real estate deal transaction in Los Angeles county in 2011.
Represented major shopping center owner in the acquisition of regional shopping center in Santa Barbara, CA.
Represented client in acquisition of a major office and retail building on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA.
Represented client in sale of multi-family portfolio and tax deferred exchange involving acquisition of an $85 million portfolio of triple net leased properties.