Cavanaugh, Jr., William (Chip) T.
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Cavanaugh, Jr., William (Chip) T.
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Chip’s practice focuses on real estate, hospitality and health care companies with respect to a variety of real estate, corporate/securities and general business matters.
Chip represents investors, developers, private equity funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), management companies, lenders and corporations in the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, management and sale of office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, health care, senior housing and residential properties. Chip has particular experience in the formation of partnerships, joint ventures and funds for the investment of capital in real estate opportunities.
Chip first joined the Firm in 1985 and has played a key role in building the Firm’s real estate practice. In 1999, Chip joined one of the Firm’s private equity clients as a Principal. While there, he handled public and private mergers, acquisitions and securities transactions from both the business and the legal perspective, as well as the formation of the Firm’s investment funds and many of the Firm’s administrative functions. Chip rejoined Munsch Hardt in 2002. The time Chip spent as a client, focused on a broad spectrum of financial, investment, operational and other business concerns in addition to complex legal issues, gave him a unique perspective on better serving client needs as outside counsel.
Chip has served as a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors and Compensation Committee, and Chair of the Firm’s Real Estate group.
Memberships & Affiliations
- Dallas Bar Association, Corporate Counsel, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Property Law and Securities Sections
- State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
- The Real Estate Council, Vice Chairman, 2009; Chairman of Education Committee, 2010-2011; and Sustaining Member
- Urban Land Institute
Awards & Honors
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2007-2009, 2012
- Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2007-2012
- Leaders in Their Field, Chambers USA, 2008-2012
- Real Estate Super Lawyers — Business Edition and Corporate Counsel Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2009-2010
- Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2011
Admissions
- Texas
Education
- Notre Dame Law School, Juris Doctor (Notre Dame Law Review, Associate Editor)
- Southern Methodist University, Bachelor of Arts and Business Administration (Graduated cum laude)
Practice Area
- Acquisitions & Dispositions
- Corporate & Securities
- Development & Construction
- Hospitality & Resort Projects
- Land
- Leasing
- Medical Facilities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mixed-Use Developments
- Multifamily Projects
- Office Buildings
- Partnerships, Joint Ventures & Funds
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Lending
- Retail Centers
- Seniors' Housing Projects
