David Barbour

Overview

David’s practice includes expertise in various commercial transactions on a national and international basis. He represents issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, with an emphasis in structured and restructured issuances of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. He also advises clients regarding the negotiation and structuring of various corporate and real estate financings and asset and stock acquisitions. Finally, David is experienced in handling a variety of other general corporate, mortgage banking, real estate and securities transactions.

Experience

Served as outside general counsel to NYSE-listed mortgage REIT for 36 years
Represented issuers in over 500 mortgage and asset-backed securitizations
Represented buyer in $2 billion commercial mortgage loan repurchase facility
Represented hedge fund in acquisition of specialty finance company through bankruptcy proceedings
Represented Fortune 100 company in commercial mortgage leaseback securitization of its corporate headquarters
Represented a multilateral finance organization in drafting of mortgage-backed securitization legislation for Russia and Ukraine
Represented hospitality REIT in its IPO and subsequent common and preferred equity offerings

Accolades

Honors & Recognitions

Recognized as a Senior Statesman (2016-2023) and a Leader (2005-2016) in Banking & Finance, Texas, Chambers USA
Lawyer of the Year in Securitization & Structured Finance Law, Best Lawyers (2017)
Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in Securities & Corporate Finance, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters (published in Texas Monthly) (2003-2019)
Listed for Structured Finance: Securitization, Legal 500, United States, 2019
The Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law and Securitization and Structured Finance Law (2006-2018, 2024)
Lawyer of the Year in Structured Finance, Best Lawyers, Texas (2011)

Affiliations

Professional

Dallas Bar Association
American Bar Association

Section of Business Law
Committee on Developments in Business Financing
Subcommittee on Securitization of Assets

Senior Fellow - Southern Methodist University Institute of International Banking and Finance, Structured Finance

Professional Fellow - London Institute of International Banking, Finance and Development Law (1995-2005)

Insights

Events & Speaking Engagements

“Valuation of Mortgages, Mortgage Instruments, Mortgage Securitization and Regulatory Challenges/Mortgage Securitization Workshop,” Wharton International Housing Finance Program, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (June 16, 2017; June 17, 2016; June 12, 2015; June 13, 2014; June 14, 2013; June 15, 2012; June 17, 2011; June 18-19, 2010; June 12-13, 2009; June 13-14, 2008; June 17, 2006; June 18, 2005 and June 19, 2004)
"NYSE and NASDAQ Corporate Governance and Listing Standards Reform," 10th Annual SMU Corporate Counsel Symposium, SMU Law Review Association, Dallas, Texas (November 1, 2002)
"Examining Securitization in Latin America—Argentina and Chile," Second Annual Investors & Issuers Summit on Global Asset Securitization, Information Management Network, Barcelona, Spain (June 24, 1998)
"The State of Securitization in Argentina," Latin American Securitization Conference, Strategic Research Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 7, 1997)
"El Boom del Credito Hipotecario en Argentina," Seminario Internacional Paso a Paso Para la Securitizacion de Carteras Hipotecarias, the Institute for International Research SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 22, 1997)
"The Role of Asset Securitization in Emerging Economies," Executive Seminar International Financial Markets Developments, London Institute of International Banking, Finance and Development Law and Southern Methodist University Institute of International Banking and Finance, Bangkok, Thailand (June 19, 1997)
"Prospectos de Securitizacion en Argentina y Chile," III Conferencia Annual Negocios Bancarios Internacionales en el Mercosur, La Banca y el Proceso de Integracion, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, University of London, University of Buenos Aires, School of Law and Social Sciences, and School of Law of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (September 25, 1996)
"Securitizacion de Activos: La Experencia Practica de Estados Unidos y America Latina," Securitizacion Avances y Perspectivas, Andrews Kurth and Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (September 28, 1995)
"Securitization Update," The University of Texas School of Law Sixth Annual Banking Law Conference, Dallas, Texas (May 21, 1993)

June 19, 2021; June 17, 2019; June 29, 2018; June 16, 2017; June 17, 2016; June 12, 2015; June 13, 2014; June 14, 2013; June 15, 2012; June 17, 2011; June 18-19, 2010; June 12-13, 2009; June 13-14, 2008; June 17, 2006; June 18, 2005 and June 19, 2004
Event
Lecturer on Securitization in Developing Countries at the Wharton International Housing Finance Program, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania