Bill Davis

Attorney at Cozen O' Connor

Speaker

Bill is a real estate attorney with more than two decades of experience. He serves as vice chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Real Estate Practice and co-chair of the Real Estate Finance group. He has established himself as a leader in New York’s real estate bar.

Bill focuses on real estate financings and loan transactions on behalf of sophisticated lenders, including institutional investors, nationally recognized banks, real estate investment trusts, and real estate funds. He structures and negotiates workouts, bridge loans, construction loans, securitized conduit lending programs, and sale leaseback portfolio transactions.

Over his career, Bill has helped lenders successfully navigate multiple down cycles and has accrued deep experience with distressed real estate. He leads foreclosures, real estate bankruptcies, loan modifications, debt restructuring, forbearance agreements, and rescue capital strategies. On the equity side, Bill serves real estate owners, developers, and high-net-worth individuals in large-scale development deals and joint venture equity investments, and he has broad leasing and property management capabilities.