Daniel M. LeBey

Partner

Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

“I represent a wide variety of clients, but there’s one common theme among my best clients: creative, hard-working people who have a vision and the drive to make that vision reality. It’s fun to help clients like that realize the dream they’ve created from inception through the whole business life cycle.”

Daniel LeBey

Overview

Daniel’s principal areas of practice are capital markets and securities law, private equity, fund and joint venture formation, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters. He has a particular focus on clients in the commercial real estate industry, including real estate investment trusts (REITs).

He concentrates his practice on private and public capital formation transactions, as well as public and private mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions, representing sponsors, investors, owners, asset managers, and operators in the commercial estate and mortgage industries. He advises companies and their sponsors through the entire life cycle of the business from formation through sale, recapitalization, or initial public offering (Daniel has advised on more than 35 initial public offerings in his career), and thereafter with respect to equity and debt capital markets transactions, SEC reporting and compliance, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions, and corporate governance. Daniel also regularly serves as counsel for the underwriters in capital markets transactions and also advises boards of directors and special committees on strategic transactions and other governance matters.

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Credentials

Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1992 (Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review)
  • Princeton University, A.B., English, Distinction in American Studies Program, 1987

Admissions

  • Georgia
  • Virginia

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Recognitions

  • Chambers USA, REITs (Nationwide), 2007–2026
  • Legal 500 U.S., Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2017 and 2019; Real Estate: REITs, 2017–2026; Capital Markets: Debt, 2019; Construction, 2015
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), (Richmond): Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2019−2027
  • Selected to the Virginia Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers® (Thomson Reuters), 2024–2025
Insights

Client Alerts

Proposed Preemption of State Blue Sky Laws Could Benefit Non-Traded REITs

On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a proposing release titled “Registered Offering Reform” that, among …

May 21, 2026

May 21, 2026 • 5-minute read

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Event Recaps

Capital Raising in a Changing Market – How Real Estate Companies and REITs Are Raising Capital in Private and Public Markets

The speakers discussed capital raising alternatives available to real estate companies and REITs in today’s evolving market landscape.

September 30, 2025

September 30, 2025 • 1-minute read

Client Alerts

Considerations for REITs, their Subsidiaries, and Other Real Estate Companies under the Corporate Transparency Act

The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), a new federal law, went into effect on January 1, 2024.  The CTA requires that certain entities file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (“BOI Reports”) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

April 3, 2024 • V&E REIT Update

April 3, 2024 • 6-minute read

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Event Recaps

Navigating the Distressed Commercial Real Estate Environment Ahead

Vinson & Elkins attorneys discuss the various out of court considerations that commercial real estate enterprises will want to consider as they navigate the distressed environment that may lie ahead.

June 7, 2023

June 7, 2023 • 1-minute read

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Client Alerts

REITs To Be Impacted By New SEC Share Repurchase Disclosure Requirements

Public REITs should take steps to enhance their financial reporting processes to ensure that they will be able to provide daily quantitative share repurchase information and comply with additional new disclosure requirements regarding the objectives or rationales for repurchase programs and adoption or termination of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.

May 9, 2023 • V&E REIT Update

May 9, 2023 • 9-minute read

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