09 Mar 2026
Bracewell Launches Real Estate Special Situations Practice with Addition of Distressed Commercial Real Estate and CMBS Team in Dallas
"Bracewell LLP adds partners Alex Dimock and Sam Murphy in Dallas to launch a real estate special situations practice focused on distressed commercial real estate, CMBS, loan workouts and restructuring."
Alex Dimock joins Bracewell from Holland & Knight LLP and enters Bracewell as a partner. He has extensive experience in real estate capital markets and complex litigation, representing financial institutions, servicers, receivers, private equity funds and high-net-worth individuals. Dimock’s practice spans both transactional and courtroom work, including representation at trial and on appeal in federal and state courts across the United States. He earned a J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2014 and a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2010.
Sam Murphy joins Bracewell from Holland & Knight LLP and also enters as a partner. He is an experienced commercial real estate attorney with a strong background in distressed debt, CMBS and collateralized loan obligations. Murphy advises lenders, banks and debt funds on loan originations, workouts, bridge loan and permanent financings, and all aspects of default and recovery, including loan sales, receiverships and REO dispositions. He earned his J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2017 and his B.A. and B.B.A. in Management from Southern Methodist University in 2011.