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LeAnn Davis

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Cleveland
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216.363.6232
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LeAnn is a practical and experienced commercial real estate attorney, assisting developers, lenders, corporations, and investors in all phases and types of complex real estate transactions.

Licensed in Ohio and Florida, LeAnn has a special interest in commercial asset redevelopment, joint ventures, conservation and environmental credit projects, legal opinion practice, and in resolving difficult title issues.  LeAnn’s graduate education and prior experience as in-house counsel for public corporations and a regional non-profit conservation organization sharpened her skills in operational strategy, management, and critical problem-solving, all of which allow her to provide efficient and pragmatic counsel for her clients at Benesch.

Representative Experience

  • Represented a nonprofit animal services company in the purchase of its new headquarters in Garfield Heights, OH. 
  • Represented a real estate development and investment firm in the sale of multifamily development located in Salisbury, MD for $15 million, which required a loan assumption by the buyer and a joint venture with the buyer.
  • Represented one of the world’s largest private equity funds in connection with real estate and loan-related matters in its $920+ million acquisition of a 43-mortage loan portfolio from a publicly traded superregional bank.
  • Represented guarantor and its subsidiary borrowers in connection with a $530,000,000 syndicated mortgage loan secured by a portfolio of 35 shopping center assets located across the nation.
  • Serving as lead real estate legal counsel to Toys "R" Us Property Company I, LLC ("Propco I"), a subsidiary of Toys “R” Us, Inc., in an effort to maximize the value of Propco I’s portfolio of approximately 284 properties in 46 states.
  • Real Estate
  • University of Florida Warrington College of Business, 2003, MBA, Competitive Strategy
  • The University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 2002, J.D.
    • Order of the Coif
    • Florida Law Review, 2001-2002
    • Senior Editor, Galleys, Summer 2002, Fall 2002
    • The Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board, 2001-2002; Chair, Summer 2002, Fall 2002
  • University of Florida Warrington College of Business, 2002, M.A., Real Estate and Urban Analysis
  • Duke University, 1997, B.A., Political Science and Public Policy
    • Dean’s List
  • Florida
  • Ohio
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009-2011
  • Recipient, University of Florida Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Leadership, 2007-08
  • Member, Urban Land Institute, Cleveland District Council; Executive Committee, 2008-2013; Chair, Young Leaders Group 2008-2010
  • Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
  • Member, Northeast Ohio Gator Club (University of Florida Alumni Association); President, 2008-2012; Board of
    Directors, 2006-2013
  • Fairmount Presbyterian Church (Cleveland Heights, OH): Member; Clerk of Session 2015-2017; Board of
    Trustees, 2012-2014; Chair, Properties Committee, 2012-2014; Junior High and High School Youth Advisor,
    2010-2017; Pastor Nominating Committee 2011-2013
Articles and Presentations
December 5, 2024
Legal Ethics in Real Estate Practice | LeAnn Davis
August 8, 2019
Landmarks Newsletter | Summer 2019
News
January 30, 2023
Benesch's new Cleveland Partners mentioned in Crain’s Cleveland People on the Move
January 2, 2023
Benesch Names 20 New Partners for 2023
July 19, 2018
Real Estate Attorney LeAnn Davis Joins Benesch in Cleveland
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