Thomas W. Slover

Of Counsel
Contact
P 972.324.0344 | F 972.324.0301

Overview

Tom Slover strategically counsels all sizes of commercial real estate developers, owners, and other corporate clients in a broad range of transactions.  He has extensive experience managing transactions for owners and developers of medical and healthcare facilities, including senior living facilities, surgery centers, and medical outpatient buildings.

With a knack for discovering and implementing creative solutions to solve complex transactional problems, Tom effectively mitigates costly, time-consuming issues to meet his client’s ultimate goals and objectives. Backed by decades of experience, his diligent, assertive, but flexible approach to managing real estate and corporate legal matters has led to many successful outcomes and longstanding client relationships.

Tom regularly assists clients with matters relating to acquisitions, dispositions, property development and construction, financing, leasing, easement and restrictive covenant agreements, property management agreements, operations transfer agreements, and service contracts, as well as the drafting and negotiation of partnership and limited liability company agreements.

Tom earned his Juris Doctor at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law after receiving his undergraduate education from Vanderbilt University. He continued his education at the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, earning an LLM degree with distinction in finance and banking law. He is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, Real Property Section, as well as the State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section. Tom is notably fluent in Spanish.

Credentials

Education

  • University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1998 (LLM)
  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1994 (J.D.)
  • Vanderbilt University, 1989 (B.A.)

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1994

  • Represented a seller in the sale of a portfolio of 18 medical office buildings to a national REIT.
  • Represented a developer in the property acquisition, construction, financing, leasing, and ultimate sale of a 107,000-square-foot surgery center and medical office building in Dallas.
  • Represented a purchaser in the acquisition of a 4.8 million-square-foot industrial facility in Dallas.
  • Represented a developer in the property acquisition, construction, and financing of a 53,000-square-foot rehabilitation hospital within the boundaries of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  • Represented a purchaser in the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Mesa and Sun City, Arizona.
  • Represented a developer in the property acquisition, construction, and financing of a senior living facility in Littleton, Colorado.
  • Served as local Texas counsel for a mortgage-backed $55 million revolving line of credit and other real estate transactions.
  • Represented a developer in the ground leasehold acquisition, construction, and financing of a long-term acute care hospital in Rome, Georgia.
  • Represented a purchaser of 1,200 acres of timberland in Houston, Walker, and San Jacinto Counties, Texas.
  • Represented a developer in the property acquisition, construction, and financing of a 55,000-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Kyle, Texas.
  • Represented an electronics manufacturer in the property acquisition and construction of a 604,000-square-foot distribution center in El Paso, Texas, and the negotiation of a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with El Paso County, Texas.
  • Represented a purchaser in the acquisition of a portfolio of five senior living facilities in Utah valued at $122.25 million and related financing via a secured loan and an unsecured mezzanine loan.
  • Represented a purchaser in the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of seven senior living facilities valued at $70 million from a national REIT in Washington and California during the height of the COVID pandemic.
  • Represented a developer in the property acquisition, construction, financing, and leasing of multiple inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Texas and Arizona.
  • Represented a small business entity in the purchase of a 7,500-square-foot industrial building in Frisco, Texas for a woodworking shop.
  • Represented the purchaser of a 240-unit student housing apartment complex in San Marcos, Texas.
  • Prepared and negotiated numerous single-tenant and multi-tenant commercial lease agreements throughout the U.S.
  • Represented lenders in multiple foreclosure sales in Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and Bexar Counties, Texas.

  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association, Real Property Section Member; International Law Section Member; Section Chair, 2005; Council Member

  • “Tequila Sunrise: Has Mexico Emerged from the Darkness of Financial Crisis?” NAFTA: Law and Business Review of the Americas
  • “The Quebec Summit: A Summary of Recent Progress Toward Western Hemispheric Integration,” Law and Business Review of the Americas
  • “Asset Securitisation in Emerging Markets Economies: Fundamental Considerations,” Yearbook of International and Financial Law, 1997
  • “The Mexican Currency Crisis of 1995”