Education
B.A., Political Science, Tulane University, 1975
J.D., St. Mary’s University, 1978, Phi Delta Phi, Associate Editor St. Mary’s Law Journal

2010 Lawyer of the Year - Real Estate Law San Antonio

Professional Experience
Mr. Golden is a senior partner and co-founder of the firm. Mr. Golden has been both a practicing lawyer and a real estate developer and businessman. Prior to formation of the firm, Mr. Golden served as a partner and head of the real estate practice group in the San Antonio office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP for over 15 years. Prior to that, Mr. Golden served as executive vice president and general counsel to a privately held real estate company that developed a 5,000-acre planned community in San Antonio, owned and operated a water company, and acquired, developed and sold residential, office and retail projects throughout the State of Texas. He also served as president of another San Antonio-based real estate company in which capacity he headed the acquisition, development, finance and sale of numerous retail and office projects. In addition, Mr. Golden has also served as president of a movie theater company involved in the acquisition and development of multi-screen theater projects in various parts of the United States . Mr. Golden began his legal career as a real estate lawyer with the firm of Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane and Barrett (later succeeded by Matthews and Branscomb) where he left as a partner in 1984.

Details of Practice
Mr. Golden primarily represents sophisticated private, public and institutional parties in the acquisition, development, leasing, financing, operation and sale of all types of commercial properties, including retail, industrial, office, multi-family, hotel and resort properties. Mr. Golden also regularly negotiates and drafts complex organizational agreements for limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations and joint ventures. Mr. Golden serves as primary outside real estate counsel to the largest privately owned supermarket company in the United States, for which he is regularly involved in the negotiation of lease, acquisition, partnership, development and reciprocal operating and easement agreements.

Representative Transactions

Represented supermarket chain in acquisition, development and/or lease of grocery stores and shopping centers throughout Texas and Mexico.
Represented national development company in development of 1000 room convention center hotel.
Represented retail shopping center developer in the sale of 50% ownership interest in its properties to a New York-based investment fund and the formation of a retail development company to own and develop retail shopping centers throughout Texas.
Represented Texas-based institutional real estate fund in development agreement with national retail developer to acquire, lease, develop and sell retail properties throughout the United States.
Represented owner of 3,000-acre residential and golf course resort development in formation of partnership with real estate fund and development of resort hotel and conference center.
Represented industrial development company in formation of partnership with real estate fund to acquire, finance, develop, construct and lease a 225-acre industrial park.
Represented land development company in acquisition and development of 2,000-acre parcel, including construction of golf course and club and subsequent sale of the development to a national resort development company.
Represented owner of 2,500 multi-family units in acquisition and development of properties and subsequent merger with national multi-family REIT.
Represented consortium of financial institutions and investors in financing of resort hotel and PGA golf complex.
Represented NYSE company in acquisition and redevelopment of former regional mall into corporate headquarters.
Represented national mall developer in acquisition and development of regional malls in Texas.
Represented national entertainment company in acquisition, development and/or lease of multiple venues throughout the United States.

Professional Activities

Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Tax Section
San Antonio Bar Association
Real Estate Council of San Antonio

Mr. Golden is listed in Who’s Who in America, Best Lawyers in America (2010 Lawyer of the Year - Real Estate Law San Antonio), Texas Super Lawyers (Texas Monthly Magazine) and San Antonio ’s Best Lawyers (Scene in SA Magazine)

Mr. Golden has represented:
Barshop & Oles Company
Birnbaum Property Company
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Darren Casey Interests, Inc.
Embrey Partners, Ltd.
Endeavor Real Estate Group
Greenway Investment Company
HEB Grocery Company
Hixon Properties, Inc.
Horseshoe Bay Resorts, Inc.
House of Blues
HSBC
Jim Wilson & Associates, Inc.
JP Morgan
Marathon Real Estate Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Rackspace, Inc.
Schuparra Properties
Silver Ventures
Trammell Crow Company
USAA Real Estate Company
Vista Property Company