Mr. Davidson is a member of Sonnenschein's real estate practice group with a practice concentrated in the financing area. He has handled both construction and term loans secured by virtually every type of real estate collateral including office buildings, hotels, apartment complexes, retail centers and vacant land. In addition to conventional loans, Mr. Davidson has expertise in handling loans structured for securitization (including loans with tenant in common ownership structures), interest rate protection products and credit enhancement transactions such as where a letter of credit is issued to provide credit enhancement for revenue bonds. He has also handled numerous mezzanine loans for institutional clients such as affiliates of Prudential and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
In addition to real estate secured financing transactions, Mr. Davidson has also represented lenders in numerous credit facilities secured by other types of collateral, including subscription obligations, investment securities and ownership interests in investment funds. He has also handled numerous unsecured credit facilities, including many loans to real estate investment trusts. In many of these transactions, he has represented the agent bank in connection with syndicated credits.
Mr. Davidson has been elected to membership in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He is also a past president of the Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association and served a term as chair of the Real Property Finance Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association. He is a member of both the Chicago and American Bar Associations.
Mr. Davidson has lectured on a variety of topics for organizations such as the Practicing Law Institute, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and the Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association.