John Thomas

John E. Thomas is a partner with Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C., and leads the firm’s Real Estate Practice, which is comprised of more than 150 lawyers globally. He has a diverse practice representing developers, lenders, institutional investors and tenants in all varieties of real estate transactions. Mr. Thomas’s practice includes real estate lending, the acquisition and sale of real estate, leasing, development and the negotiation of joint venture agreements. He is a leader in the senior living finance industry, having represented lenders, investors and developers in financing transactions for more than 200 senior living communities, including acquisition and construction loans, tax-exempt bond financings, mezzanine loans, and private placements of debt and equity. His finance experience includes significant loan restructuring work as both debtor and creditor counsel. Mr. Thomas also has an active practice representing government entities and developers in the negotiation of public/private partnerships for the development of real estate assets, usually under a long-term ground lease, master lease or concession agreement. His clients include a number of offshore investors in U.S. real estate, representing them in acquisitions, sales and financing, and act- ing as investor partners in the development of a variety of real estate assets, including senior hous- ing, office buildings, multifamily, student housing and data centers. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Thomas acted as general counsel for Artery Properties, Inc. and worked in a nonlegal capacity for Washington, D.C.-area developers and managers of commercial real estate. He is licensed to prac- tice in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Florida, and he has been recognized in ConnectCRE 2022 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards – National, Connect 2021’s Lawyers in Real Estate Awards for Washington, DC and as one of Washington DC’s Best Lawyers: Real Estate in The Washingtonian in January 2021. Mr. Thomas received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1982 and his M.B.A. in 1986 from Georgetown University, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.