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Sanford A. Weiner
Sanford A. Weiner
Experience | Education | Recognition | Activities | Publications
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Biography
Sandy’s principal areas of practice are real estate law and finance law. His experience includes real estate aspects of energy, project development and project finance transactions; sale-leasebacks and other leveraged lease transactions; synthetic lease transactions; project finance; private placements; equity relationships, mezzanine loans, and other hybrid debt-equity transactions; workouts, restructurings, and foreclosures; acquisitions and dispositions; leasing; and finance. He also provides advice on usury and choice-of-law issues in commercial financing transactions.
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Representative Experience
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- Represented an energy company in its lease of approximately 845,000 square feet of an office building under development in downtown Houston, Texas
- Represented two of the largest private equity funds as lead real estate counsel in their $45 billion acquisition of a large U.S. integrated utility company that owns 18 power plants and five lignite mines, including the real estate aspects of the acquisition financing
- Represented private equity firms as real estate counsel, and as Texas finance counsel, in $2.5 billion acquisition financing of company that owns 11 power plants in Texas
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- Harvard Law School, J.D. with honors, 1971
- University of Texas, B.A. Economics with special honors, 1968 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1971
Professional Recognition
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- "Leading lawyer" in real estate law, Legal 500 U.S., 2009 and 2010
- The International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers, 2000-2011
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers - Best of the Best USA in real estate law, 2007, 2009 and 2011
Activities and Affiliations
- Member: President, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (2003); Anglo-American Real Property Institute; Houston Real Estate Lawyers Council; Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys
Publications and Presentations
- Speaker on continuing legal education seminars on leveraged leases, usury law, choice-of-law, workouts, ground leasing, real estate finance, and development
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First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel +1.713.758.2558
Fax +1.713.615.5268
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