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Education:
- London School of Economics and Political Science (Graduate Diploma in Business Studies, 1988)
- Harvard University (J.D., 1987)
- Binghamton University, State University of New York (B.A., 1984)
(212) 692-7380
dhorn@dsllp.com
Mr. Horn joined the firm in 2010 as a Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, Distressed Real Estate Group and Retail Group.
Mr. Horn has broad experience representing clients in the acquisition, financing, development and disposition in New York and nationwide of office buildings, residential developments, retail properties, hotels and industrial assets. Mr. Horn has substantial expertise representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions involving office, retail, and industrial properties. Mr. Horn frequently handles the negotiation and documentation of joint venture agreements on behalf of both “money partners” and “operating partners”, workouts of distressed properties and loan facilities, and the purchase and sale of real estate loans and real estate loan portfolios. Mr. Horn has earned a reputation as a talented and dedicated attorney to whom clients turn for their more complex transactions.
Mr. Horn’s representative transactions include: (i) the sale of a 550,000 square foot midtown Manhattan plaza district office building to a New York Stock Exchange listed real estate investment trust in return for cash, assumption of existing mortgage indebtedness and operating partnership units; (ii) the acquisition of a 500+ key Manhattan hotel carrying a national hotel franchisor’s flag on behalf of a New York Stock Exchange listed real estate investment trust, including the purchase of the first and second mortgage loans from a foreign bank group and the conversion of such debt into fee ownership in a pre-packaged bankruptcy; (iii) the disposition of a 500+ key suburban New York hotel carrying a national hotel franchisor’s flag in return for cash at closing and post-closing consideration structured as an installment sale; (iv) the sale of certain partnership interests and the recapitalization of the remaining partnership interests in a partnership which owns a Hudson Yards area property capable of supporting 2 million square feet of office space in which a New York Stock Exchange listed commercial real estate company obtained a controlling interest in return for cash at closing and a preferred future return; (v) representation of a major Manhattan property owner in the negotiation and documentation of the development of a 700,000+ square foot office building in midtown Manhattan; (vi) counseling a developer in connection with its joint venture with a New York based hedge fund in the acquisition of a distressed multifamily development project in Tennessee and the assumption and modification of a defaulted construction loan facility from a national money center bank; (vii) representing a developer in the negotiation and documentation of construction financing provided by a large regional bank for a critically acclaimed Manhattan luxury residential condominium development; (viii) counseling a national department store chain in the leasing of regional flagship stores in Chicago and Los Angeles; (ix) representing a national furniture retailer and a national provider of luxury salon and spa services in connection with their respective national leasing programs; and (x) counseling a New York bank on its headquarters lease and its retail branch leasing program for its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Horn was a Partner for ten years in the New York office of the international law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP (from 2005 to 2010) and its predecessor firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. (from 2001 to 2005).
Mr. Horn received his B.A from Binghamton University, State University of New York in 1984, his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987 and his Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1988. Mr. Horn is licensed to practice law in New York and Connecticut.