D'Andre Chapman

D'Andre Chapman is a litigation and dispute resolution attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office. Mr. Chapman focuses his practice on an array of areas, including securities and corporate litigation, real estate finance and capital markets, with a particular emphasis on litigation and loan servicing matters related to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and labor, employment and benefits matters.

Securities and Corporate Litigation

In practicing securities and corporate litigation, Mr. Chapman focuses on providing clients, including Fortune 500 companies, corporate boards, directors and senior executives, with advice as to corporate control contests, derivative litigations, proxy fights, shareholder activism, securities laws, internal investigations and corporate governance matters.

Real Estate and Capital Markets

With respect to CMBS, Mr. Chapman represents nationally prominent financial institutions, mortgage servicers, hedge funds and distressed investors in connection with non-performing loans and the exercise of remedies such as judicial foreclosures, receiverships, replevin, workouts, litigation and resulting judgment enforcement/collection.

Pro Bono

Just as pro bono work is an integral part of Holland & Knight, it is to Mr. Chapman as he regularly represents children abused, abandoned and/or neglected through a nonprofit organization that provides durable solutions to child migration, ensures children's protection and upholds their right to due process and fundamental fairness.

During law school, Mr. Chapman won the New York City Bar Association's diversity fellowship and served as a legal intern for a Fortune 100 company that focused on retirement plans and asset management. In addition, Mr. Chapman was a member of the Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal.