Education
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Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1977
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Ohio University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1974
Bar Admissions
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California
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New York
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Texas
Awards and Honors
- Equipment Leasing Association Legal Committee (2003)
- Board of Editors of LNJ’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter, an American Lawyer Media publication (2003)
- American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers (ASCAP) awarded for top article on copyright law (1977)
- Attendee, White House Conference on Children
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David Mayer helps clients structure, negotiate, draft and close leases, secured loans, asset purchases and sales, and various other financing transactions, joint ventures and other corporate arrangements. He devotes a substantial part of his practice to leasing and financing business aircraft, healthcare facilities and other personal property. Mr. Mayer is also actively involved in business workouts and restructuring deals. He often advises senior management on developing new products and enhancing business operations.
Representative Matters:
- Represented a lessor in financing Falcon 2000 in a cross-border lease transaction.
- Represented a lender in secured loan and like-kind exchange involving a Gulfstream IV aircraft.
- Represented a lessor in a leveraged lease of Gulfstream III aircraft.
- Represented a lessor in a lease of high-technology equipment to the European Commission.
- Represented a manufacturer in structuring and closing a federal master purchase agreement for federal leasing of goods to the federal government.
- Represented a manufacturer in private label vendor financing program agreements.
- Represented a lessor in the leasing and financing of health care equipment for specialized doctor-owned or operated acute care facilities.
- Represented lessors in developing and implementing growth plans for leasing and other companies.
- Representing leasing, banking and finance companies in collection and bankruptcy actions against lessees and borrowers.
- Represented national bank as purchaser of payment rights under a federal lease.
- Represented lenders in a $175 million synthetic lease to a major U.S. chemical production company of a new facility expansion to increase output.
- Represented a lessor in leveraged lease of 30MW cogeneration project financing located at the Agnews Development Center in San Jose, California, with an original cost of $40 million.
- Represented a lessor in a single-source lease to a regional railroad of locomotives to operate a start-up railroad and representation of lessor in a cross-border lease to a major railroad of rail cars for use in the U.S. and Canada.
- Represented owner in $30 million fleet bareboat charter party of seven supply vessels.
- Representation of $11 million leveraged lease of lighting, sound and stage equipment for the production of live Broadway musical productions.
- Represented lessors in technology lease of ventured-back high-technology and biotechnology companies of scientific testing, laboratory, electronic equipment, as well as furniture, fixings, and office equipment.
- Represented a lessor in facility/equipment lease to a major U.S. steel corporation of a scarfing facility and ancillary equipment.
- Structure, draft, negotiate and otherwise participate in operating lease of a Boeing 737 to Southwest Airlines, Inc. (lessor as client).
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
Equipment Leasing Association
National Business Aviation Association
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