Real Estate Law
Daniel P. "Dan" Faust
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Dan Faust represents clients in large scale, complex real estate development projects and commercial acquisitions throughout the United States. From representing buyers, owners, borrowers, and builders in all aspects of transforming a neighborhood, to multi-phase projects and programmatic acquisition, financing, and development platforms, clients value Dan’s ability to lead sophisticated engagements. He has been recognized by leading industry publications, such as The Best Lawyers in America and Daily Business Review, for his work managing complex, multi-faceted transactions.
Dan serves as the lead attorney in transformational projects that are redefining real estate in a post-recession landscape. His experience includes landmark projects such as the Wynwood neighborhood and the Faena District, which highlight his commitment to the revitalization of Miami in the wake of the Great Recession. He also represents investors, lenders, and developers in transactions throughout the United States, including joint ventures, asset acquisitions and dispositions, mortgage and mezzanine loans, and distressed property investments and restructurings.
To help the next generation of business in Miami, Dan collaborates with serial entrepreneurs, innovators, and industry disruptors in a variety of contexts. He helped form an interdisciplinary group of Akerman attorneys focused on cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit in the city’s urban core and encouraging its development as a technology hub for Latin America.
Overview
- English
- Spanish
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., graduated 2004
- Northwestern University, BA, graduated 2001
- Florida, The Florida Bar
- English
- Spanish
- Florida, The Florida Bar
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., graduated 2004
- Northwestern University, BA, graduated 2001
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Real Estate Law
Awards:
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Recognized as a "40 Under 40," Outstanding Lawyer of South Florida, 2014
- Super Lawyers Magazine 2009-2011, 2013-2016, Listed in Florida as a "Rising Star" for Real Estate: Business and Business/Corporate
- Daily Business Review, 2016, Recognized as a South Florida lawyer "Rising Star"
News & Media
Additional Information
- Published Work and Lectures
- University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Author, "American Investment in Cuban Real Estate: Close But No Cigar," Volume 34, 2003
- Representative Experience
- Representation of a joint venture between the Faena Group and Access Industries in its $100 million purchase from the Chetrit Group of The Versailles, a former Art Deco hotel and condominium.
- Representation of Minto Florida Developments, LLC in connection with the $51 million acquisition of 3,750 acres of land in Palm Beach County, Florida and assumption and restructuring of $37M mortgage debt.
- Representation of Goldman Properties U.S.A., Inc. in connection with a $27 million joint venture transaction and comprehensive corporate restructuring related to a commercial real property portfolio in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida.
- Representation of Consultatio Real Estate, Inc. in connection with a $220 million land acquisition in Bal Harbour, Florida and corresponding $130M mortgage assumption and related right of first refusal.
- Representation of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. as a secured creditor in a multi-debtor bankruptcy proceeding related to several self-storage facilities in Florida and Missouri, together with the corresponding acquisition and subsequent disposition of real property assets acquired as a result of the successful confirmation of creditor's liquidation plans.
- Representation of Minto Communities, LLC in connection with the $70 million acquisition of 2,300 acres of land in Collier County, Florida.
- Representation of Colonnade Properties LLC as a secured creditor in a complex 31-debtor bankruptcy proceeding related to a 4,000 acre master planned community in Collier County, Florida and the corresponding sale of $48.8 million distressed mortgage loans.
- Representation of the Barron Collier Companies in connection with several strategically structured option takedowns related to the development of a 5,000 acre self-contained town and residential community located in Ave Maria, Florida.
- Representation of the owner of a luxury residential condominium and hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in connection with the extension and modification of a $245 million mortgage loan and the related bulk sale of residential condominium units.
- Representation as lead Florida counsel for borrower in connection with the severance and modification of a $585 million credit facility and corresponding Florida documentary stamp and non-recurring intangible tax analysis.
- Representation of Minto Communities, LLC in connection with the acquisition of vacant entitled land in a master planned community in Cooper City, Florida and the corresponding paydown and assumption of associated CDD bond debt.
- Representation of Minto Communities, LLC in connection with complex corporate restructurings, acquisitions and dispositions of residential assets, negotiation of joint ventures, a $160 million senior secured credit facility and various construction loans for single-family and multifamily projects.
- Representation of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. in connection with the $13 million sale of self-storage facilities in West Palm Beach and Orlando, Florida.
- Representation of Goldman Properties U.S.A, Inc. in connection with a $9.2 million securitized loan secured by a commercial real property portfolio in Miami Beach, Florida and a $8.1 million mortgage loan secured by a commercial real property portfolio in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida.
- Representation of Citibank, N.A. in connection with several mortgage loans secured by commercial retail real property in Miami-Dade County, Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida.
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