Following an illustrious career as an international corporate lawyer, Dan followed his dream to pursue real estate development, returning to Orlando to found Lakeview Oak in 2017. He is combining his legal expertise and finance knowledge with his passion to enhance and revitalize Central Florida’s historic small cities with unique and human-scale, mixed-use developments.

During his 30 years in practice, Dan held leadership roles with the original global law firm, Baker McKenzie, including managing partner of the Istanbul (Turkey) and Baku (Azerbaijan) offices. Prior to that, he worked in the firm’s Moscow (Russia) office. Dan has advised domestic and multinational clients on all types of cross-border transactions and related structuring, credit support, taxation, customs and currency control issues. He was repeatedly ranked by Chambers Global and the IFLR 1000 as a leading lawyer in his areas of practice. Chambers Global noted that he has been “commended for his enthusiasm and pragmatic approach to transactions” and that “he always produces quality work and is a first-class manager.”

Dan earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida. He and his family live in Orlando.