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Daniel Leventhal
Daniel Leventhal
Partner

Overview

Daniel Leventhal represents developers, investors, private equity sponsors and financial institutions in complex commercial real estate transactions across the United States. His practice focuses on real estate development, joint ventures and financings, with substantial experience in acquisitions and dispositions, leasing and portfolio transactions.

Daniel advises clients on the structuring and execution of joint ventures for the development of industrial, multifamily, office and mixed-use projects, representing sponsors, institutional investors and co-development partners. He regularly represents borrowers, and has significant experience representing lenders, in connection with predevelopment, construction and permanent financings, including securitized loan transactions.

His experience spans a broad range of asset classes, including industrial, multifamily, office, retail, and land development. Daniel has significant experience advising on real estate aspects of energy transactions, particularly including power projects and data center developments. In addition to his core real estate practice, Daniel advises clients on the real estate components of corporate transactions, often coordinating diligence and asset-level structuring across large portfolios.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas

Education

  • J.D., Washington University School of Law 2013
    Associate Managing Editor, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
  • B.A., Philosophy & Psychology, The University of Texas 2010
    Minor in Business Foundations

Experience

  • Representation of developers and investors in the formation of joint ventures for the acquisition, development, operation and disposition of industrial, single-family land development, multifamily, office and mixed-use projects across the United States.
  • Representation of developers in the acquisition, ground leasing, development and financing of power projects and data center developments across the United States.
  • Representation of landlords and tenants in the negotiation of office, retail, port and other industrial leases across the United States and internationally.
  • Representation of borrowers and lenders in connection with predevelopment, construction and permanent financings, including securitized real estate loans across asset classes.
  • Representation of private equity sponsors in platform and portfolio transactions, including acquisitions of real estate operating companies and real estate-secured loan portfolios.

Awards and Community

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward White, Inc.) for Real Estate, 2021-2025

Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer-Rising Star (Thomson Reuters), 2025