John H. C. Barron, Jr.

Representative Matters

• Assisted in obtaining on behalf of a major financial institution a complete defense verdict, after a seven-week trial in California Superior Court in San Bernardino County, with a jury finding that the client was not liable for trade secret misappropriation.

• Represented an affiliate of Spain-based Eurostars parent Hotusa Group in its $37 million acquisition of Downtown Miami’s historic Eurostars Langford boutique hotel, providing advice on Delaware law to the worldwide chain of over 2,000 hotels.

• Represented a foreign-based entity in its purchase of a company owning a 9.14 acre site and building in Miami, Florida for a cash purchase price of $43,540,000, including assumption of existing indebtedness. The property is net leased for 20 years to the U S General Services Administration and houses a high-tech drug testing laboratory for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

• Counsel to Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, a federal government-owned entity, in connection with the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, D.C., including the flagship J. W. Marriott Hotel and an adjacent office complex and retail mall.

• Counsel to Washington Convention Center Authority, in connection with the development and construction of a new $850 million convention center.

• Counsel to a cooperative corporation that owns 42 acres of land fronting on the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach County, Florida, in connection with the proposed $500 million sale of real estate assets and sale of 100 percent of corporate stock through a reverse merger.

• Corporate secretary and general counsel to a $500 million charitable foundation and a director of its real estate holding company.

• Counsel to a major national bank, as sole trustee of a $100 million court-supervised trust. Representation includes: negotiating and closing of a joint venture for the redevelopment of a major corner near the White House in Washington, D.C., with a trophy office building; litigation regarding the disposition of trust assets; sale of a high-rise office building; and ongoing trust-administration matters.

• Counsel to a major national bank, as co-trustee of a series of family trusts, including construction of trust instruments and applicable fiduciary duties, consultations regarding oversight of the management of a large privately held family corporation, and ongoing trust administration.

• General counsel to a foreign-owned corporation in connection with the design, construction, financing, leasing, operation and disposition of a commercial office building and the separate sale of the offshore parent entity on a favorable tax basis.

• Counsel to landowners whose property was condemned for a new Major League Baseball stadium.

• Counsel to pension fund investment advisor in connection with more than $1 billion in real estate investment in more than 30 states and the District of Columbia.

• Representation of a publicly traded REIT in connection with the proposed acquisition of a Maryland corporation owning a trophy high-rise commercial office building.

• Representation of landowners in connection with long-term, unsubordinated ground leases for development of 300,000 square feet of retail and more than 4,500 high-rise residential rent apartment units in Pentagon City, Arlington, County, Virginia.

• Representation of a joint venture comprised of a U.S.-based real estate developer and a UK public company in connection with the development of a high-rise mixed-use commercial, retail and residential building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

• Representation of a major national hotel chain in connection with the development of a high-rise hotel in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.

• Representation of a New York-based university in connection with a long-term lease of a build-to-suit high-security office complex in Virginia used for conducting classified research for the Department of the Navy.

• Representation of a Canadian-owned sugar refinery in Yonkers, New York in connection with a major redevelopment financing from the New York State Urban Development Corporation.

• Representation of a major national pension fund in the permanent financing for a national medical laboratory facility adjacent to O'Hare Airport in Des Plaines, Illinois.

• Representation of a consortium of a Swiss private bank, a French bank, a U.S. institutional lender and a Dutch bank as manager on a construction/permanent loan on a downtown hotel, including complex lien litigation related thereto.

• Representation of a lender in connection with permanent financing of multifamily housing projects in Arizona, California and New York.

• Representation of the leading men's professional golf organization in connection with the development of the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm golf course in Potomac, Maryland.

• Representation of lenders in connection with foreclosure on a major downtown commercial office building.

• Representation of a major pension fund in asset management of a major retail mall.

Areas of Practice

• Business Law
• Real Estate Law
• Construction
• Estates and Trusts/Fiduciary Administration/Special Assets
• Finance
• Economic Development/Public-Private Partnerships
• Foreign Investment
• Eminent Domain

Admissions

• Maryland
• Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Court of Appeals of Maryland

Education

• Duke University School of Law, J.D.
  - Assistant to the Dean
  - Co-author, comprehensive study of the history of the law of wiretapping
• University of Maryland, A.B.

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2003-present
• Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
  - Partner, 1998-2003
• Rogers & Wells
  - Partner, 1979-1997
  - Associate, 1971-1978

Professional Activities

• The District of Columbia Bar
  - Real Estate, Housing and Land Use Section
  - District of Columbia Affairs Section
• Maryland State Bar Association
  - Real Property, Planning and Zoning Section
  - Business Law Section
• Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
• Member, Urban Land Institute Washington District Council

Honors and Awards

• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Civic and Charitable Activities

• Trustee, Federal City Council and Member, Education Committee
• Member, Economic Club of Washington
• Volunteer legal services, ALS Association, National Office and DC/MD/VA Chapter
• Community Association President
• Director, American City Ouality Foundation

Selected Publications

• "GSA and Its Impact on the Office Market," The Counselor, February 2012

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Panel Moderator, Presentation to People's Republic of China National Development and Reform Commission on Infrastructure Development, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2010
• Panel Moderator, Presentation to Delegation of Public and Private Investment and Development Officials from Jiangsu Province, China, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2010
• Roundtable Leader, "Multifamily Housing: Opportunities and Challenges in a Recovering Market," Washington, D.C., May 18, 2010
• Panel Moderator, Presentation on Risk Management to Delegation of Commercial Bankers from People's Republic of China, Washington, D.C., November 17, 2009
• Roundtable Leader, "Strategies for Buying and Selling Distressed Real Estate and Other Assets," Washington, D.C., April 29, 2009
• Author and Teacher, "The Impact of Problems in the Subprime Market on Real Estate Financing - Armageddon or Opportunity", CLE Course, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008
• Panelist, Seminar on the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and Public/Private Development, Chicago, Illinois