DENNIS M. DART

www.linkedin.com/in/dennisdart/ 949-***-**** adl7id@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Seasoned Business & Real Estate Attorney and Senior Manager with years of experience in legal documentation, intensive transaction, and process development. Proven deal-making abilities including structuring joint ventures and debt. Extensive experience in providing impactful leadership, including mentoring, and extracting the highest potential from supporting personnel and outside consultants. Continually exceeds expectations by creating valuable partnerships and works well with people at all levels of the organization, including stakeholders, customers, and vendors. Skills

• Advocating for & Guiding Clients

• Superb Negotiation & Analytical Skills

• Staff Development & Performance Management

• Initiating & Managing Marketing Plans

• Determining Impact of Leases on Investment ROI

• Setting Project & Department Priorities

• Aggressively Competing Against Industry Rivals

• Preparing & Reviewing Legal Documentation

• Collecting & Analyzing Market Information

• Influential Decision-Making & Research Skills

• Adapting to Cross-Cultural Business Conditions

• Quick Learner & Proactive Team Player

Work History

Attorney at Law 03/2020 to Current

Contract/Freelance – Irvine, USA, CA

• Supporting all facets of legal due diligence, document drafting, and review for commercial real estate acquisitions, financings, operations and dispositions.

• Interpreting relevant Federal legislation and regulations and State and local laws to successfully address the challenges faced by Investors, Operators, Managers, and Owners of properties.

• Effectively communicating with clients to determine their legal needs and concerns, as well as providing counsel for commercial transactions and asset management for institutional and private equity investors.

• Monitoring legal risk in real estate documentation and advising clients accordingly on the acceptable assumption of risk, as well as developing strategies to resolve cases favorably and cost-effectively for clients. Consultant 02/2014 to 09/2018

Secure Legal Title Limited – Warsaw, Poland

• Originated the firm's first full real estate title-share title insurance policy/SPA warranties and indemnities insurance policy orders in the CEE, and then increased aggregate policy amounts issued in Poland from zero to €1.25BB+ YoY.

• Actively built the platform, brand, business, and product line for this firm that provides Lloyd's of London title insurance throughout Europe, consistently driving business development and growing market share in Poland.

• Specified internal governance policies and regularly monitored compliance, as well as evaluated risk factors for business decisions, applied effective risk management techniques, and offered proactive advice on possible legal issues.

• Oversaw Marketing and Sales, and successfully developed preferred service provider relationships with 2 major CEE Real Estate Developers and established key client relationships with 3 dominant international law firms in CEE. Group Legal Counsel & Head of Legal Department 10/2015 to 05/2018 HB Reavis Real Estate – Warsaw, Poland

• Effectively worked within the senior management team, heading up the Legal team, and served as Legal Advisor on acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development joint ventures and major leases for this major Real Estate Developer.

• Actively contributed on both an operational and strategic level in the company's Polish projects, working closely with the business to understand its needs, while ensuring the team provided first-class, tailor-made, corporate-focused advice.

• Led a team of 12 Lawyers, while leveraging a “One-Team” ethos to align the Polish team and colleagues in Western and Central Europe and led the People Leadership program to provide career development plans and retention incentives.

• Advised on obtaining title insurance solution for zoning and building permits which enabled project financing and continuing development of the €140MM multi-use development project.

• Successfully served as Lead Negotiator and Execution team Co-Leader on both an €184MM and an €120MM office building project disposition to institutional investor.

• Provided advice on an €104MM logistics portfolio disposition to institutional investor, including on complex SPA representations and warranties as well as title insurance and warranties and indemnities insurance policy terms.

• Effectively led the Legal team in negotiation of the largest and longest lease in HB Reavis Poland history, a hotel lease for 20K square meters for 25 years in the company's signature Varso Tower project. Executive Vice President & Director of Legal Affairs – Europe 10/2000 to 06/2012 Heitman Real Estate Investment Management – London, UK; Warsaw, Poland & Moscow, Russia

• Served as long-term Senior Manager and provided in-house legal and business counsel for the operations of this institutional real estate investment company that invests in real estate projects in Western and Central Europe.

• Successfully served as Asset Manager for distressed and worked-out assets in CEE and led the restructuring of joint ventures and debt in CEE, as well as managed over €3.5BB of closings of real estate investments in WE/CEE.

• Oversaw due diligence and closing processes for all transactions as a strong Deal Closer, while advising senior management on compliance matters, in addition to monitoring and reporting results of compliance and ethics efforts.

• Strategically managed the set-up and served as Head of the Moscow Branch Office for Heitman Russia, as well as participated in the development of new investment funds and other products for Heitman.

• Effectively oversaw a team of 8 in managing dispute resolutions, and established performance goals in alignment with strategy and ensured goals were communicated and met by each member of the team within established timeframes.

• Maximized returns for the overall portfolio by providing opinions and insights on investment opportunities and played a key role in aiding the Heitman platform growing from a start-up to an institutional market leader in CEE. Other Work Experience

Vice President, National Commercial Sales – Ticor Title, Newport Beach, CA, USA – 2018 to 2020 Of Counsel & Attorney at Law – Olczak-Klimek van der Kroft Wegielek, Warsaw, Poland – 2013 to 2018 General Counsel (Interim) – Peakside Capital, Warsaw, Poland – 2014 to 2015 Co-Head & Managing Director – KSP Real Estate Investment Management, Luxembourg & Warsaw, Poland – 2012 to 2013 General Counsel – Commonwealth Property Investors, Moscow, Russia – 1998 to 2000 Business Consultant – United States Peace Corps, Togliatti, Russia – 1996 to 1998 Adjunct Instructor of Contracts Law – Togliatti International Academy of Business & Banking, Togliatti, Russia – 1996 to 1998 Attorney at Law – The Bleier Law Firm, Sacramento, CA, USA – 1991 to 1995 Adjunct Instructor of Business Law – California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA – 1991 Attorney at Law – Weintraub Genshlea & Sproul, Sacramento, CA, USA – 1990 to 1991 Vice President & Legal Counsel – F.I.A. Associates, Inc., Sacramento, CA, USA – 1984 to 1990 Education

University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA, USA Master of Laws (LLM) in Business & Tax – 1989 to 1990 Juris Doctor – 1979 to 1983

California State University, Sacramento – 1978 to 1979 Master of Arts in History, Sacramento, CA

University of California, Davis – 1968 to 1972

Bachelor of Arts in History, Davis, CA

Recent Publications

• “Title Insurance: Who needs it?”, Jean-Bernard Wurm and Dennis Dart interview in EuropaProperty Investment Guide – 09/2017

• “Seller's Due Diligence in Real Estate Transactions”, EuropaProperty CEE COMMERICAL REAL ESTATE NEWS – 05/2014 to 06/2014 Memberships, Community Activities & Volunteer Experience

• Member – Amnesty International, Orange County, CA Chapter

• Member – The State Bar of California

• Coach & Cub Scout Den Leader – Little League Baseball, Warsaw, Poland – 2008 to 2011

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