Clifford Drew Robinson
Clifford Drew Robinson
Clifford Drew Robinson
Biography
Drew Robinson is counsel in the firm’s Real Estate team. He advises real estate investment trusts, developers, financial institutions, property managers, and other clients on a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, developments, leasing, and asset management matters.
Drew has experience across a variety of asset classes, including office, hospitality, industrial, retail, residential, healthcare, maritime, aviation, transportation, and mixed-use projects. He regularly negotiates and prepares purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, loan agreements, leases, organizational documents, and other agreements relating to the acquisition, financing, management, development, leasing, and construction of real estate assets. Drew also advises on real estate aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.
He also has experience advising on complex commercial and residential development projects, from due diligence through development close-out. Drew’s experience includes preparing and negotiating land use and construction agreements, easements, covenants, real estate-related legislation, and tax credit applications. He has worked with surveyors, planners, engineers, and other consultants to meet client needs, and represented clients before state and local boards and committees, including in administrative hearings and appeals.
Before entering private practice, Drew served as a law clerk to the Honorable Keith R. Truffer of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he served as a Staff Editor of the University of Baltimore Law Review. He also holds a B.A. in Military and Diplomatic History from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Drew was named Young Lawyer of the Year by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia in 2025. He is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.
Professional affiliations
Maryland State Bar Association
Admissions
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Virginia, 2021
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District of Columbia, 2020
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Maryland, 2018
Education
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University of Baltimore, J.D., 2026
Related capabilities
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Real Estate
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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International Trade
Experience
- Represented a confidential public real estate investment trust (REIT) client in its acquisition of a nationwide portfolio of over 70 restaurant properties as part of a $620 million take-private acquisition of Denny’s Corp.*
- Represented a confidential client, as lender and originator, in a $93 million credit facility comprising of (a) an $85 million term loan to acquire nine skilled nursing facilities, and (b) a $15 million revolving loan to facility operators to fund operations; at closing, three participants joined the term loan.*
- Represented a confidential global car rental company in its $15 million asset purchase of a franchisee with over 40 locations nationwide.*
- Represented a confidential REIT client in a $108 million refinancing of a 13-property portfolio of independent living facilities in Michigan.*
- Represented a confidential maritime financing client in its $800 million acquisition of a leading marine transportation company with over 12 locations nationwide.*
- Represented a confidential institutional banking client, as lender, in a $90 million credit facility to an automotive dealer borrower, secured by seven properties nationwide.*
- Represented a confidential real estate investment management firm in its $77 million acquisition of a logistics portfolio consisting of 11 real estate assets nationwide.*
- Represented a confidential REIT client in the disposition of a senior assisted living facility in Zephyrhills, Florida, valued at approximately $36.5 million.*
*Denotes experience prior to BCLP