Rich Marshall

Partner

  • Rich Marshall
  • Phone: +1 214 257 7218

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    100 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
    Dallas, TX 75201
    USA

Rich Marshall is an experienced transactional attorney. Mr. Marshall focuses a majority of his practice on real estate, banking and finance. He is licensed as an attorney in Texas and Oklahoma, with an active practice in both states. For more than 27 years, Mr. Marshall has represented financial institutions, real estate developers, property management companies, brokers, landlords, tenants and sophisticated real estate investors, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to closely-held family businesses. Clients value his practical and solutions-oriented approach. 

 Mr. Marshall regularly represents his clients in:

  • Acquisition, development, construction and permanent loans and mezzanine financings
  • Loan restructurings and workouts
  • Development, purchase and sale of industrial, office, retail, residential and mixed-use projects
  • Purchase, sale and leasing of farms, ranches and recreational land
  • Commercial leasing

Mr. Marshall is also a licensed real estate broker with experience owning and operating a real estate and mortgage brokerage.

Mr. Marshall earned a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1995 and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in English in 1992.

Areas of Practice

  • Real Estate Law

Representative Matters

    Acquisitions and Dispositions

  • Represented a real estate investor in its $114 million all cash purchase, through various directly or indirectly owned tenancy-in-common entities, of a Class A apartment site in Fort Worth, Texas.

  • Served as purchaser’s counsel in the acquisition of a $68.5 million Class A apartment complex in McKinney, Texas, and as borrower’s counsel on the related $18.6 million purchase loan.

  • Represented a real estate investor in its $106 million purchase, through various directly or indirectly owned tenancy-in-common entities, of a Class A apartment site in Farmers Branch, Texas, and as borrower's counsel on the related $26.8 million loan.

  • Represented a real estate investor in a $70 million purchase, through various directly or indirectly owned tenancy-in-common entities, of a Class A apartment complex in Grand Prairie, Texas, and as borrower’s counsel on the related $23.6 million loan.

  • Served as seller's counsel on the acquisition and subsequent sale of multiple warehouse/industrial properties with an aggregate value in excess of $24 million.

  • Served as seller’s counsel on the sale of two medical facilities with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $53 million.

  • Development

  • Served as developer’s counsel on the ground-up development of two medical facilities with development costs of approximately $40 million.

  • Served as developer’s counsel on the ground-up development of two medical office buildings with development costs of approximately $34 million.

  • Finance

  • Represented lender in its acquisition of a $38.7 million participation interest in a $55.35 million senior loan and a $9.15 million mezzanine loan secured by two commercial real estate properties in Florida.

  • Served as lender’s counsel on a $41 million loan for the purchase of a Class A apartment complex in McKinney, Texas.

  • Served as lender’s counsel on a $34 million loan for the purchase of a Class A apartment site in McKinney, Texas.

  • Served as lender’s counsel on a $25.7 million loan for the purchase of a Class A apartment site in Houston, Texas.

  • Served as lender’s counsel on a $17.4 million loan for the purchase of a Class A apartment site in Tomball, Texas.

  • Represented borrower in connection with multiple real estate acquisition loans totaling approximately $320 million.

  • Represented lender in the purchase of a $60 million loan and its subsequent sale.

  • Represented lender in its $46.8 million loan secured by 18 properties in eight states.

  • Leasing

  • Counseled tenant in connection with leasing multiple medical facilities with approximately 177,000 of rentable space.

  • Counseled tenant in connection with 90,000 square foot build-to-suit lease where the client was the anchor tenant of a newly constructed Class A office building.

  • Counseled landlord in connection with the leasing of medical office buildings with approximately 100,000 square feet of rentable space.

Admissions

  • Texas
  • Oklahoma

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 1995
  • University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1992

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2021 to present
  • Conner & Winters LLP
    - Real Estate/Finance Partner
  • Marshall Law Group PLLC
    - Owner and Real Estate/Finance Partner
  • Power One Realty and Archway Lending Group LP
    - Owner/Broker
  • Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    - Real Estate/Finance Associate
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
    - Real Estate/Finance Associate

Professional Activities

  • Texas State Bar

  • Oklahoma State Bar

  • Texas Real Estate Broker

  • Oklahoma Real Estate Broker

Honors and Awards

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