Phil Weller, managing partner of DLA Piper's Dallas office, is a well-known real estate practitioner in Texas who focuses on real estate acquisitions, dispositions, finance, development, general finance transactions, and private equity transactions. Since establishing his practice in 1975, he has been involved in structuring equity investments, forming REITs, financings, development, acquisitions and dispositions of office, retail, industrial, and multifamily properties, planned community development, project finance, and mortgage finance. Mr. Weller's clients include equity investors, sponsors, developers, interim lenders, and long-term debt providers. His lending clients include banks, REITs, and insurance companies.

Mr. Weller is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and currently serves as its president-elect and a member of the executive committee. He is also a member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, the Anglo-American Real Property Institute, and the Urban Land Institute. He is a frequent lecturer at ACREL and the International Council for Shopping Centers and co-chairs the annual ALI-ABA Modern Real Estate Transactions program. In 2008, the State Bar of Texas appointed Mr. Weller chair of its standing committee on real estate forms, an appointment that runs from July 2008 to June 2009. Mr. Weller was a partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP for 25 years.

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, published by the respected English research firm Chambers and Partners, lists him in the top tier of America's leading lawyers, and notes that his clients regard him as “one of the best real estate lawyers there is.” He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America for real estate and has been named a Texas Super Lawyer. In 2007, Lawdragon named him among the Lawdragon 500 Dealmakers in America. He is cited in the 2008 editions of the Guide to the World's Leading Real Estate Lawyers, the International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and is listed in Texas Lawyer's Go-To Guide.

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