Colette Dafoe is the office managing partner of the firm’s DC office, and focuses her practice on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, representing owners, investors and developers in acquisitions, sales, leasing, financing and development of commercial real estate. Her practice involves drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases and loan documents and performing due diligence and other site acquisition services.
I work on multifamily housing matters, particularly with respect to the senior housing and care industry. I represent clients in transactions ranging from single property matters to several of the most notable transactions in the industry involving publicly traded and privately held clients. My clients include investors, financiers, purchasers and providers and sellers of multifamily apartments, active adult communities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes and CCRCs.
My restructuring and workout experience includes workouts of commercial loans, portfolio and securitized loans, distressed property sales and representation of lenders in debtor-in-possession financing transactions.
Big Sky Business Journal | April 09, 2018
Nixon Peabody is mentioned in this roundup of major Montana business news for its representation of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc., in its acquisition of Ruby Valley Bank in Twin Bridges, Montana. Nixon Peabody’s deal team was led by Public Company Transactions partner Lloyd Spencer and senior counsel Ray Gustini and included Public Company Transactions partner Sean Clancy, Real Estate partner Colette Dafoe, Energy & Environmental Group partner Jean McCreary, and Labor & Employment partners Jeff Gilbreth, Yelena Gray and Tom McCord.
The Washington Post | July 17, 2017
Real estate partner Colette Dafoe’s role as Washington DC office managing partner is included in this news brief.
Bloomberg BNA | July 17, 2017
The following articles highlight Colette Dafoe’s role as Washington DC office managing partner.
National Law Journal | July 17, 2017
The following articles highlight Colette Dafoe’s role as Washington DC office managing partner.
Law360 | March 09, 2017
Boston M&A and corporate transactions partners Linda Ji and Jack Fainberg were noted as representing Chinese companies Cindat Capital Management Ltd. and Union Life Insurance Co. in a joint venture to invest $930 million in a real estate portfolio held by U.S. health care company Welltower Inc. The full deal team included partners Allen Lynch, Colette Dafoe, and Sean Clancy, and associates Dustin Hawks, Julia Walcott, and Alexander Rosso.
Law360 | May 04, 2016
The $390M purchase of a premier site within New York’s South Street Seaport Subdistrict by Oceanwide Center NY LLC, a subsidiary of Oceanwide Holdings Co., is among the 10 largest Q1 real estate deals. Nixon Peabody advised Oceanwide on the transaction. The coverage notes the deal team was led by partners Denise Pursley, Colette Dafoe and David Cheng.
DC office managing partner Colette Dafoe spoke with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo of California’s 18th congressional district at NP DC’s “Let’s Talk” event.
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine, M.P.H.
St. Lawrence University, B.S., summa cum laude
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Colette was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 in the field of Real Estate Law. Colette has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2018.
Colette has been designated a “Recognized Practitioner” in the legal community in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2018 for Real Estate (District of Columbia). She has also been recognized in Chambers in previous years. She was also recognized in the 2014 edition of The Legal 500: USA as a Leading Lawyer in the Real Estate category.
Colette formerly served as a founding member and vice chair of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Industry’s (NIC) Future Leaders Council (FLC).
