Douglas S. Buck is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and heads the Madison office Real Estate Practice and is also a member of the Finance & Financial Institutions Practice. Mr. Buck has a broad range of experience in real estate transactions involving lending, commercial and industrial leasing, sales and acquisitions, real estate development, and taxation.
Mr. Buck has represented large equity funds in the acquisition and financing of portfolios of office, apartment and manufactured home properties. He has considerable experience negotiating and documenting real estate workouts, foreclosures and restructurings.
Mr. Buck also has extensive experience with tenant-in-common syndications aimed at investors seeking tax deferral under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. Mr. Buck handles zoning and land use controls, including tax increment financing transactions.
Mr. Buck received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1993) where he served as a note and comment editor of the University of Wisconsin's Law Review. He earned his undergraduate degree from Connecticut College (cum laude, 1989). He is admitted to the bar in Illinois and Wisconsin and is a member of the Real Estate Section of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Buck serves as pro bono legal counsel to the Center for Resilient Cities. In 2006, he was elected to the board of directors for the Dane County Pro Bono Fund and is a 2005 graduate of the Greater Madison Leadership LGM13 program. He has been Peer Review Rated as BV® Distinguished™, a mark of excellence in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system; was listed by Madison Magazine as one of the city's best real estate lawyers; and was selected by In Business Magazine for its 2006 article "40 Under 40," a listing of highly qualified and motivated emerging business leaders. Mr. Buck was also selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 edition in the field of real estate law and was included in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Wisconsin Super Lawyers® lists for his real estate work.*
Mr. Buck has published articles for Real Estate Finance, Midwest Real Estate News and The Wisconsin Lawyer. He has provided commentary for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, The National Real Estate Investor, and Bloomberg News.
*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.