David L. Pieterse leads Bond, Schoeneck & King's real estate and construction practice. He represents Fortune 500 corporations, universities and developers throughout the country in the negotiation of complex design, construction and development agreements.

Mr. Pieterse is nationally known for creative and skillful structuring of construction and development projects. He has extensive experience in the drafting and negotiation of AIA-based contract documents, LEED® certified and green building agreements, energy performance contracts, design-build and other hybrid agreements. Mr. Pieterse also represents clients in all types of construction disputes, including claims for delays, acceleration, inefficiencies and default terminations. He is a founding and current co-chair of the New York State Bar Association Construction Law Committee and regularly lectures on construction-related topics.

Mr. Pieterse began his involvement in the construction industry while in college in the 1980s working on contract disputes for a large Massachusetts construction firm, and has focused on construction matters since entering the practice of law in 1999.

Mr. Pieterse also has a broad real estate practice and regularly represents clients in the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate, leasing transactions and tax-deferred exchanges.

Prior to joining Bond, Mr. Pieterse was a partner with Nixon Peabody LLP. He serves on the Board of Directors of Compeer Rochester, Inc. and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the Governance Committee of the Young Women's College Prep Charter School of Rochester and he is a member of Leadership Rochester's class of 2012.