David A. Libardoni

David has particular experience advising owners and developers throughout the full life cycle of real estate development, from site acquisition and financing through permitting, construction, and disposition. His work frequently involves significant mixed-use and transit-oriented developments, as well as projects in the office, multi-family, life sciences, industrial, data center, and warehouse sectors.

Clients rely on David’s practical, business-oriented counsel on purchase and sale agreements, joint ventures, leasing strategies, complex title matters, zoning and land use issues, and construction and development financings. In addition, he routinely represents clients in securing entitlements and regulatory approvals from local and state governmental entities, regularly appearing before public agencies, boards, and commissions and working closely with stakeholders to advance complex development projects.

Notable Experience and Client Impact

Transactional Matters

• Representation of real estate developer and owner in the acquisition and financing of premier office towers in Boston’s Financial District, including a $227 million acquisition and loan assumption of 730,000 Class A building and  $78 million acquisition and $65 million financing of a 407,000 s.f officer tower.
• Representation of developer in the construction financing of the largest office to residential conversion project in Massachusetts.
• Representation of Fortune 500 company in connection with over $200 million in acquisitions for development of new corporate campus outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Representation of life insurance company on $164 million loan secured by a portfolio of warehouse and distribution centers located outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Representation of prominent developer in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures and construction financings of life science assets in Somerville, MA, including three construction loans totaling approximately $610 million.
• Representation of developer in connection with approximately $382 million construction loan for Class A office and life science project in Boston’s Seaport District.
• Representation of life insurance company as co-lender in connection with $270 million loan secured by a Class A life science building in South Boston.
• Representation of multi-family developer in connection with $27 million construction financing for mixed-use residential development in Greater Boston.
• Representation of real estate holding company with assets in the retail, entertainment, industrial, warehouse and distribution sectors throughout Massachusetts.
• Representation of start-up real estate investor in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, financings and leasing of retail properties across a national portfolio.
• Representation of foreign government in connection with negotiation of long-term downtown Boston office lease and construction contract.
• Representation of Fortune 500 company in connection with leasing matters throughout the U.S.
• Representation of life insurance company in connection with the forbearance and work out of a portfolio of commercial real estate loans in the retail, hospitality, and residential sectors across the U.S.
• Representation of nonprofit healthcare provider in connection with the development and financing of a 102-unit residential development with a preference for affordable veterans’ housing located in Brighton, MA.
• Representation of an oil and gas company on the sale and disposition of over 110 fuel service stations located throughout the Northeast.
• Representation of joint venture developer in connection with construction and mezzanine financing for a transit-oriented multi-phase, multi-family residential development in Plymouth, MA.

Development and Permitting Matters

• Representation of national senior living developer in connection with state level permitting for approximately 100-unit senior living project in Greater Boston.
• Representation of prominent developer in connection with 1.8 million s.f. life science campus in Somerville, MA.
• Representation of developer in connection with approximately 650,000 s.f. life science project in Boston’s Seaport District.
• Representation of developer in connection with 250,000 s.f. life science building in Somerville, MA.
• Representation of real estate holding company on the permitting and development of approximately 2 million s.f. warehouse and distribution center in Central Massachusetts.
• Representation of developer in connection with a significant mixed use transit-oriented development in Newton, MA.
• Representation of nonprofit senior lifecare provider in connection with the development and permitting of 254-unit continuing care retirement community located in Londonderry, NH.
• Representation of national grocery store chain in connection with all permitting and licensing matters in Massachusetts.
• Representation of national fast casual restaurant in connection with permitting and zoning relief for downtown Boston location.
• Representation of developer in connection with permitting and zoning relief necessary for the acquisition and redevelopment of historic religious structure into residential condominium in downtown Boston.

David is deeply committed to pro bono service and advancing access to justice. He has represented clients through Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston and the Volunteer Lawyers Project, handling landlord-tenant disputes and providing real estate counsel to nonprofit organizations.

His professional accomplishments have earned him broad recognition within the legal community. He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a Leading U.S. Real Estate Attorney, named to Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, included among Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers, and selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star.

David is also active in leadership and professional development within the legal and real estate communities. He was selected for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Boston/New England Center for Leadership Class of 2025, a program for emerging leaders in real estate and land use. Earlier in his career, he was chosen for the Boston Bar Association’s 2020–2021 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP), a 10-month leadership program for early-career attorneys focused on organizational leadership, DEI, public service, and board engagement.

During law school, David served as editor-in-chief of the Boston College Law Review. and was a judicial intern to the Honorable Mary M. Lisi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Before his legal career, David was a Fulbright Grantee from the U.S. Department of State, serving as an English teaching assistant and cultural ambassador in South Korea.