Edward Peterson

Practice Areas

Real Estate Development & Investments

Planned Community, Mixed-Use & Condominium

Career

Ed Peterson represents developers of real estate, institutions, investors and lenders in relation to the development and financing of vertical and horizontal mixed-use commercial common interest ownership projects. He also represents condominium developers and lenders in various types of residential condominium projects on a national basis. Ed is known for his creativity in structuring intricate commercial common interest projects with diverse and complex integration of uses that involve financing by governmental entities in connection with commercial lenders.

Ed represents universities in connection with various transactional matters, including the use of complex ground lease structures. He represents institutions in connection with distressed real estate assets and the restructure of both debt and equity, including multistate portfolios and significant office and retail projects in Texas and other jurisdictions.

He is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, and is an industry commentator, having written and spoken at industry and professional meetings nationwide. He is known for structuring creative solutions in each of the substantive areas in which he practices and serves as a trusted legal advisor in complex matters where clients need advice to achieve unique results.

Professional Memberships

American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Fellow)

American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Fellow)

Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys

State Bar of Texas

American Bar Association

Dallas Bar Association

College of the State Bar of Texas (Fellow)

Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)

Dallas Bar Foundation (Senior Fellow)

Publications

The Best Lawyers in America, (BL Rankings, LLC), 2011-2025

Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024

The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2011

Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2010-2014

Chambers USA Guide America, Chambers & Partners Publishing, 2006-2025

Who's Who Legal, Law Business Research Ltd., 2014

Experience

Mixed-use common interest development, including hotel, retail, office and residential mixed-use projects, residential condominium development and interstate land sales registration, including projects valued in excess of $4 million

Development and financing of all types of real property, including utilization of ground leases in creative development and financing structures

Acquisitions and dispositions of entities and real property

Workouts of distressed assets for lenders and borrowers, restructuring of debt and equity, lender liability issues, and litigation and reorganization strategies

Lending transactions, including construction loans, permanent loans, mezzanine loans and syndicated, participated and club loans

Equity transactions, entity formation and structuring

Education