Paul Martin

Practice Areas

Paul’s practice focuses on real estate, private equity, and general business transactions. His experience includes representation of a wide variety of clients engaged in many types of real estate, financing, and other business transactions, as well as institutional lenders, investors, and public companies in the acquisition and disposition of commercial property of all product types. Paul also has experience in commercial leasing, including sale-leasebacks and build-to-suit leases, lease disputes, and general corporate representation. He currently represents several large nationwide real estate private equity funds in various acquisitions, financing, development, workout, and sale transactions. Paul also represents institutional landlords and tenants across the country.

Paul has drafted and maintains lease forms (for office, retail, and industrial products) used by, among others, Goldman Sachs, CBRE Group, Inc., CBRE Global Investors, CommonWealth Partners, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Stream Realty Partners, Alex. Brown Realty, Inc., Odyssey Real Estate Capital, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Wells Real Estate REIT, iStar Financial, Spear Street Capital, Cassidy Turley, Wood’s Capital Management, and Crow Holdings; the forms are currently used in 38 different states. He is a regular speaker on leasing issues, including drafting, negotiation, and disputes with respect to landlord/tenant relationships.

Paul is the co-head of the Real Estate practice group.

Career

Admitted to Texas Bar in 1991.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; Real Property, Probate, and Trust Section of the Texas Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association.

Personal

Graduated from Stanford University, BA with highest honors, 1988; and The University of Texas School of Law, JD with honors, 1991.