David Faust Bio

David Faust practice includes the general representation of individuals and public and private corporations on all aspects of commercial, corporate, real estate, trusts, estates, and tax law. In addition, Mr. Faust advises clients on cross-border corporate issues, tax matters, estate planning, and trusts. Mr. Faust has been responsible for the legal work in more than 800 limited partnership syndica­tions, primarily of real estate partnerships but also of oil and gas exploration partnerships and commodity investment partnerships. His responsibilities have included mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, tender offers, bank loans (for both banks and borrowers), tax-exempt and conventional financings, public offerings and private placements, "going private" transactions, real estate acquisitions, financings, joint venture developments and sales, trusts, tax planning and other tax advice and the settlement of various administrative proceedings. Mr. Faust's practice includes representation of United States and non-United States clients involved in international business and personal matters in the United States and elsewhere throughout the world. This includes both corporate and financial matters, preparing wills which create trusts as well as preparing various intervivos trusts for client with assets and/or family in more than one country. The purposes of such trusts have included asset protection, charitable giving, providing for business continuity, providing for heirs with special needs and general estate planning. He has also been involved in probating, challenging and defending such wills and trusts in various United States and non-United States courts.