Cliff’s clients include multi-national private companies, family-owned businesses, startup and emerging growth companies, entrepreneurs, private equity investors, REITs, and real estate development companies. A sampling of Cliff’s representations include:
Representation of REITs and private real estate holding companies with respect to every facet of numerous real estate acquisitions and divestitures;
Representation of sellers in equity sale of major real estate portfolio in Europe;
Representation of purchaser in asset sale of a company that manufactures and distributes telecommunication power systems in South Africa;
Representation of oil and gas development company with respect to private equity securities offerings;
Representation of investors in convertible debt and equity securities offering by a pharmaceutical development company;
Representation of borrower in refinancing of $152,735,000 in cross-collateralized securitized Freddie Mac mortgage loans;
Representation of borrower in $15,500,000 mortgage loan and interest rate swap facility;
Representation of borrower in $23,850,000 mortgage loan for acquisition of retail property;
Representation of real estate development entrepreneur with respect to formation and organization of enterprise structure, equity structuring, and employment matters;
Representation of law firm with respect to restructuring of litigation related debt obligations;
Representation of distributor of plastic wares in out-of-bankruptcy workout and liquidation.
Phi Delta Phi. Regents Merit Scholar. Editor, Texas Bank Lawyer, 2001-2003. Member, 2001-2002, Associate Editor, 2002-2003, Texas Tech Law. Law Clerk, Honorable Laura Carter Higley, Court of Appeals, First Supreme Judicial District of Texas, 2003-2004.