Deep experience, real influence
Because we're structured for expertise, our lawyers have more average years of experience than most major real estate law firms. You get to work with people who really know what they're doing and have seen a lot of different kinds of transactions, bringing a large arsenal of creative solutions to your deal.
That longevity gives us a terrific network of contacts in the industry and credibility with both private-side participants and public officials.
Who we work with
Our clients are diverse and ambitious. We work with some of the most successful people and firms in the U.S. and beyond, ranging from S&P 500 REITs to startup entrepreneurs.
We understand the complexities of the markets and can help you unlock their full potential.
What we do
We make things happen in every aspect of real estate and continue to evolve with our clients' changing needs—from repositioning retail projects to tech office projects, hotel and resort developments, diversifying medical facilities, master-planned communities and mixed-use developments, museums and infrastructure projects.
Recent projects include:
- Acquisitions and dispositions
- Ground-up development
- Joint ventures
- Financing, including securitized loans, mezzanine financing and preferred equity structures
- Land use entitlement
- Leasing
- Distressed assets
- Design and construction
- Eminent domain and real estate litigation
Avanath Capital Management, a real estate investment firm focused on conventional and affordable multifamily properties, in completing an approximately $248 million recapitalization transaction for Avanath Affordable Housing I, LLC.
California State University San Marcos Corporation, a subsidiary of California State University, San Marcos, in connection with the negotiation of a public-private partnership arrangement to develop an extended learning facility for the university.
Covenant Care, a leader in skilled nursing as a facility owner and operator, in the sale of 24 skilled nursing and rehab facilities worth more than $125 million and located across seven states.
Gemalto Cogent Inc., a digital security firm, in negotiating and closing the sale of its headquarters campus in Pasadena, California, for approximately $25 million.
Jay Paul Company, a leading real estate developer, in virtually every one of its financings and refinancings of more than 11 million square feet of institutional-quality space, with an additional six million square feet in its active pipeline, totaling more than $12 billion of transactions.
Lowe Enterprise in its redevelopment project of the Yesler Terrace near downtown Seattle, a $200 million+ 2.5-acre residential space that includes approximately 550 units, of which 143 are affordable housing, plus retail space and a public park.
The Macerich Company, a large shopping center REIT, in the negotiation of a Conveyancing Agreement and related agreements for the acquisition from the City of Carson of a 41-acre development site in the City of Carson, California (Los Angeles County) for the development of a 566,000 square foot state of the art high-end fashion outlet center. Development of the center will cost well in excess of $400 million.
Olive Hill Group in its $120 million recapitalization of an office building at 520 Broadway in Santa Monica, California.
PlumpJack Fund LP, a subsidiary of PlumpJack Hospitality, in its $100 million formation and unwinding of a joint venture with Boulder, Colorado-based real estate developer Meriwether Companies to redevelop the Squaw Valley Inn into an all-season destination resort and residence at the base of Tahoe’s historic Squaw Valley Mountain.
Trammell Crow Residential as the master developer in its multibillion-dollar mixed-use, transit-oriented waterfront development of the former Alameda Naval Air Station.
Wells Fargo Bank in its $57.5 million sale of all 11 of its low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) projects located in Los Angeles County and West Sacramento.