David A. Libardoni

Notable Experience and Client Impact

Transactional Matters

• Representation of real estate developer and owner in $78 million acquisition and $65 million financing of a 407,000 s.f premier office tower in Boston’s Financial District.
• Representation of prominent developer in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures and construction financings of life science assets in Somerville, MA, including three construction loans totaling approximately $610 million.
• Representation of developer in connection with approximately $382 million construction loan for Class A office and life science project in Boston’s Seaport District.
• Representation of life insurance company as co-lender in connection with $270 million loan secured by a Class A life science building in South Boston.
• Representation of multi-family developer in connection with $27 million construction financing for mixed-use residential development in Greater Boston.
• Representation of real estate holding company with assets in the retail, entertainment, industrial, warehouse and distribution sectors throughout Massachusetts.
• Representation of start-up real estate investor in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, financings and leasing of retail properties across a national portfolio.
• Representation of foreign government in connection with negotiation of long-term downtown Boston office lease and construction contract.
• Representation of Fortune 500 company in connection with leasing matters throughout the U.S.
• Representation of life insurance company in connection with the forbearance and work out of a portfolio of commercial real estate loans in the retail, hospitality, and residential sectors across the U.S.
• Representation of nonprofit healthcare provider in connection with the development and financing of a 102-unit residential development with a preference for affordable veterans’ housing located in Brighton, MA.
• Representation of an oil and gas company on the sale and disposition of over 110 fuel service stations located throughout the Northeast.
• Representation of joint venture developer in connection with construction and mezzanine financing for a transit-oriented multi-phase, multi-family residential development in Plymouth, MA.

Development and Permitting Matters

• Representation of prominent developer in connection with 1.8 million s.f. life science campus in Somerville, MA.
• Representation of developer in connection with approximately 650,000 s.f. life science project in Boston’s Seaport District.
• Representation of developer in connection with 250,000 s.f. life science building in Somerville, MA.
• Representation of real estate holding company on the permitting and development of approximately 2 million s.f. warehouse and distribution center in Central Massachusetts.
• Representation of developer in connection with a significant mixed use transit-oriented development in Newton, MA.
• Representation of nonprofit senior lifecare provider in connection with the development and permitting of 254-unit continuing care retirement community located in Londonderry, NH.
• Representation of national grocery store chain in connection with all permitting and licensing matters in Massachusetts.
• Representation of national fast casual restaurant in connection with permitting and zoning relief for downtown Boston location.
• Representation of developer in connection with permitting and zoning relief necessary for the acquisition and redevelopment of historic religious structure into residential condominium in downtown Boston.

David is committed to the firm’s pro bono efforts. He has worked with Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston and the Volunteer Lawyers Project to represent pro bono clients in landlord-tenant disputes as well as other nonprofit organizations seeking real estate advice and expertise.

In 2021, David was selected for the Boston Bar Association’s 2020-2021 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP), a 10-month program designed to provide intensive leadership and professional development training to lawyers within their first 10 years of practice across key areas including effective organizational leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion, public service and pro bono engagement, and board service. 

During law school, David served as editor in chief of the Boston College Law Review and received the Cornelius J. Moynihan Award for Outstanding Editorial Work in Publications.

His other legal experience includes a judicial internship for the Honorable Mary M. Lisi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

After graduating from Tufts University, David was a Fulbright Grantee from the U.S. Department of State serving as an English teaching assistant and cultural ambassador in South Korea.