David Gee assists clients in achieving financial and tax benefits through structuring or restructuring ownership interests and debt in connection with asset based transactions. A substantial portion of his practice involves acquisition, development, financing, exchange and other disposition of real estate assets, representing both owners and lenders. He often assists owners in obtaining land use and development rights and financing assistance from Utah governmental authorities including industrial revenue bond and redevelopment agency financing.
Mr. Gee provides legal services related to asset based and project loan transactions, including oil and gas financing, financing of power plants and other industrial facilities and structured lending. During economic downturns, Mr. Gee provides analysis and negotiating assistance to creditors and debtors in restructuring real estate and other asset based non-performing loans, leases and other financing vehicles.
Mr. Gee has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Utah College of Law, as Chairman of the Pioneer Theatre Company, and as President of the Alumni Board of Trustees of the University of Utah College of Law.
Mr. Gee presently serves as Chairman of the Salt Lake County Tier 1 Advisory Board responsible for the Zoo, Arts and Parks Tax allocations among arts group in Salt Lake County, The Community Foundation of Utah's 2010 Enlightened Fifty (E-5-0), and on the Board of Directors of Red Butte Garden, Pioneer Theatre Company, and the Utah Humanities Council.
Mr. Gee was named one of the top real estate lawyers in Utah in the 2003-2011 editions of Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers. Sources say in the 2011 edition, "He is truly remarkable and considerably experienced." Previous editions have noted "he has great vision - he can look into the depths of a case without losing sight of the big picture." Mr. Gee was also listed in the 2004-2012 editions of Utah Business magazine's Utah's Legal Elite in real estate; the 2007-2011 editions of Mountain States Super Lawyers; The Best Lawyers in America 2006-2012 editions; and was recently named as the "Salt Lake City Best Lawyers Corporate Governance and Compliance Lawyer of the Year" for 2011.
David E. Gee featured on cover of Mountain States Super Lawyer 2011.
Professional Activities
· Utah State Bar
· American Bar Association
· American College of Mortgage Attorneys
· Chairman Tier 1 Advisory Board, Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Tax
· Red Butte Garden, Board Vice-Chairman
· Recipient Pioneer Theatre Company "Bravo Award" 2009, past Chairman and past Budget Director Board of Directors
· Alumni Board of Trustees of the University of Utah College of Law, past President
· The Community Foundation of Utah's 2010 Enlightened 50(E-5-0)
· Utah Humanities Council, Board Member
· Envison Utah, Board Member
· Member Salt Lake City/Salt Lake County Budget Committee Interlocal Cultural Care
· Distinguished Real Property Practitioner, 2000, Utah State Bar