David Goldstein

• Represented a midwestern bank in the construction financing of two development sites outside Atlanta that were subject to a bond financing regime.
• Represented a German bank in connection with multiple tranches of construction financing on a development site in Los Angeles.
• Represented a German bank in a $115 million construction financing of a commercial condominium unit in Manhattan.
• Represented a German bank in a $180 million refinancing of a mixed-use site in Chicago.
• Represented a German bank in a $96.7 million refinancing of a mixed-use site in Chicago that was subject to a tax incremental financing regime and a vertical subdivision.
• Represented a non-traded REIT, as buyer/borrower, in the acquisition (and concurrent borrower-side financing) of retail and commercial condominium units in Manhattan.
• Represented a real estate investment company in the negotiation of a joint venture, and borrower-side financing, in connection with a distressed construction site in Manhattan.
• Represented a joint venture of private equity funds in the acquisition of six commercial assets (including commercial condominium and ground-lease assets) through a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
• Represented a joint venture of private equity funds in the workout of existing debt and subsequent preferred equity investment in the acquisition of an office tower in Chicago.
• Represented a joint venture between two private equity funds in the acquisition of distressed mortgage debt encumbering a portfolio of office and retail assets in the Northeast.

David Goldstein is counsel in Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Finance & Investment Group. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate finance, including acquisitions and dispositions, lending, borrowing, preferred equity, joint ventures, and distressed debt. He has experience drafting and negotiating loan documents, loan sale agreements, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, deed in lieu of foreclosure agreements, entity organizational documents, and other transactional documents.

David was named a “New York Metro Rising Star” in Real Estate by Thomson Reuters in 2018. He earned his J.D. from Georgetown University and his B.A., magna cum laude, from The George Washington University.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• Georgetown University (J.D., 2012)
• The George Washington University (B.A., 2008)