Clifton M. Dugas, II is a real estate attorney representing clients in a diverse mixture of real estate and financing transactions centered on office, multifamily, retail, raw land, mixed-use, industrial, and hospitality assets. He is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate practice, whose background with real estate asset transactions includes an emphasis on purchases and sales, financing, leasing, development, and other property related matters.

Clifton also advises on entity formation and joint ventures with respect to ownership and operation of real estate assets. He works with private and institutional lenders on real estate secured loan transactions, loan enforcements, and workouts. On borrower-side financing, he helps negotiate loan documents, joint venture structuring and provides legal opinions to lenders. He has also handled transactions involving health care, student housing, media and publishing facilities, oil and gas real property, and residential investment portfolios. Clifton represents operators, investors and equity funds in connection with the acquisition and disposition of real property assets of all classes, including office, retail, industrial and raw land.

Having practiced for more than 25 years and previously served as managing director and general counsel for a full-service commercial real estate management platform, Clifton understands the perspective and goals of company executives. He drives deals from not just the legal side, but also in terms of strategic decision making and identifying key economic and business issues.