Bio
Daniel P. Meyer is Senior Counsel in DarrowEverett’s Commercial Real Estate and Corporate & Business Transactions Practice Groups. Dan’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate and business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, equity and debt financings, and the acquisition, development, leasing, management, and disposition of complex commercial real estate assets. Mr. Meyer also has extensive experience advising real estate private equity clients with respect to fund inception and capitalization, acquisition, leasing and disposition of portfolio assets, and regulatory and securities compliance needs. In addition, Dan represents clients in various industries, including renewable energy, commercial real estate, manufacturing, hospitality, health care, commercial lending and structured finance, technology and software, and retail and service sectors.
Prior Experience
Prior to joining the DarrowEverett team, Dan worked as an associate attorney for three highly regarded Providence based firms where he was a member of their commercial real estate, corporate, and private equity practice groups.
Accolades
- Professional Excellence in Law award from Rhode Island Monthly
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
Education
- Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D.
- Saint Michael’s College, B.A., Psychology
Involvement
- American Bar Association
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Rhode Island Bar Association
Representative Matters
- Represented a New York-based private investment firm and its portfolio company, a multistate pawn shop platform, in connection with a multi-phase rollup acquisition of pawn shops. Over the course of three months, we structured and closed seven separate acquisition transactions, resulting in the purchase of 17 retail pawn shop locations across four states for an aggregate eight-figure purchase price. The engagement required coordination of numerous complex deal elements across multiple rolling closings, including the negotiation and execution of both asset purchase agreements and a stock purchase agreement. A significant component of the representation involved navigating the highly regulated pawn and dealer licensing requirements in each of the four states, ensuring proper applications, transfers, and regulatory approvals were obtained to permit continued operations immediately upon closing. The real estate workstream included the review, negotiation, and assignment of existing commercial leases, as well as the negotiation of new leases for locations where the underlying real estate was owned by the sellers, and landlord consents where required. We worked closely with landlords and sellers to ensure seamless transitions of occupancy rights and compliance with all lease assignment provisions.
- Assisted privately owned real estate development company in connection with its acquisition, development, entitlement and leasing of a new shopping center in Massachusetts. Our work included negotiating and drafting multiple ground leases with national retail tenants and permitting and entitlements relating to same.
- Assisted real estate investor in connection with disposition of two mid-Atlantic convenience stores, and subsequent completion of 1031 like-kind exchange into acquisition of gas station utilizing tenancy in common acquisition structure.
- Assisted CME Credit Union on its recent acquisition and permitting of a new retail bank branch with drive-thru in Cranston, RI.
Insights
- Massachusetts Real Estate Transfers Over $1M Face New Tax Rules - via JD Supra, October, 2025
- Mitigating Lease Risk: Key Tools for Landlords with Smaller Tenants - via JD Supra, May, 2025
- 2025 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Projecting Where Rates Go - via JD Supra, December, 2024
- IRS Targeting Partnership Basis-Shifting Transaction Schemes - via JD Supra, July, 2024
- How SEC’s Private Fund Rules Will Affect Use of Side Letters - via JD Supra, October, 2023