David Alan Richards

David Alan Richards is a partner in the New York office of McCarter & English LLP. Mr. Richards has concentrated his legal practice in commercial office development, shopping centers, office/retail/industrial leasing, and zoning, and is the leading authority on development rights transfer. He is known for his work in handling some of the largest real estate transactions in New York City, plus the development or acquisition of major commercial office buildings throughout the United States. As a...See more

David Alan Richards is a partner in the New York office of McCarter & English LLP. Mr. Richards has concentrated his legal practice in commercial office development, shopping centers, office/retail/industrial leasing, and zoning, and is the leading authority on development rights transfer. He is known for his work in handling some of the largest real estate transactions in New York City, plus the development or acquisition of major commercial office buildings throughout the United States. As a leading authority on foreign investment in US real estate, he has represented domestic and foreign investors, developers, national and international commercial, retail and industrial entities, professional partnerships, not-for-profit cultural and religious institutions, and foreign embassies for English, Japanese, French, Swiss, German, Arab, Israeli and Hong Kong investors. He handles all types of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, ground leasing and sale-leasebacks, design and construction contracts and financings. Mr. Richards is a well-known speaker both nationally and internationally, and has spoken before the International Bar Association; American Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Law Institute; Practicing Law Institute; and the New York Law Journal Seminars-Press, among others. Additionally, he has authored numerous publications. He is the North American Representative of the Kipling Society and served as Co-Chair of the New York Lawyers for Clinton-Gore, 1996. He has served as the Chair of the 35,000-member Section on Real Property, Probate & Trust Law of the American Bar Association, and as Chair of the Anglo-American Real Property Institute, as well as serving on the Board of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. See less