Overview
Dan Engler is a real estate transactional attorney who represents clients in the buying, selling, leasing, and development of real estate across a range of industries including residential, commercial, mixed-use, life science, health care, and renewable energy. Dan provides smart, business-oriented advice and helps clients solve problems and close transactions quickly and efficiently.
Dan has significant experience advising clients on complex, mixed-use development projects, including construction-related and operational considerations, and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, disposition and development agreements, ground leases, reciprocal easements agreements, cost-sharing agreements, and other transactional documents. As part of his practice, Dan counsels owners, developers, and investors regarding development and construction-related laws and issues, and Dan has particular expertise with the entitlement and development process in San Francisco.
With a deep understanding of the renewable energy industry, Dan regularly assists renewable energy clients with due diligence, site acquisition and assemblage, construction financing, and tax equity investments. Dan has advised clients on the development of thousands of megawatts of solar and wind energy projects in California and other states, including with respect to title issues, mineral issues, and California-specific real property issues.
Dan also represents landlords, tenants, and corporate users of real estate in office, medical office, life science, and other commercial leasing and purchase and sale transactions, and advises clients on lease-related issues and disputes.
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Speaking Engagements
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Awards & Affiliations
Honors & Recognitions
Northern California Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2018
Professional Affiliations
NAIOP, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, Board of Directors and Government Affairs Committee
Urban Land Institute, Co-Chair of SF Sustainability Committee
Bay Area Council, Housing Committee
San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR)
Practice Areas
Bar & Court Admissions
- State Bar of California
Education
J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, 2008, magna cum laude
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1999