Real Estate
Transactional Work
- Acquisition of highly desirable commercial land via a complex series of transactions including a Sec. 1031 exchange, seller carryback financing and subordinations
- Advised Seller on $5,000,000 multi-family sale transaction
- Borrower's counsel on $6,000,000 long-term debt financing
- Negotiation of an LLC investment in $5,000,000 new build commercial real estate development
- Advising clients on multiple 1031 exchange transactions
- Commercial eviction
- Commercial lease negotiations, numerous
- Advised owner with respect to municipal easements impacting his property and adjacent property
- Negotiated assignment and assumption of tenant's commercial lease
- Representing lienholder versus other lienholders with respect to interest in property where debtor is failing to make payments
- Negotiated termination and surrender of tenant's commercial lease
- Extension of an installment note
- Advising Seller's on multi-party ownership sale
- Advised developer with respect to multiple transactions stalled in escrow
- Provided legal advice and financial consulting services to client on multi-million dollar mixed-use development
- Review of multi-year commercial sub-lease
- Review/drafting of commercial easement
Litigation / Mediation / Arbitration
- Representing plaintiff in putative class action against lender who demanded fees, penalties and interest allegedly in violation of California law
- Represented private client lender on a contested foreclosure/quiet title action
- Represented large commercial Tenant in action against Landlord attempting to breach their lease and wrongfully evict Tenant.
- Represented client in real estate mediation involving a $3,300,000 million real estate transaction. The other side sought $400,000 in damages. Result: After a full day mediation, the parties settled with the other side receiving less than half of their initial demand.
- Represented clients being evicted pursuant to the Ellis Act,without any, or minimal, relocation or other funds offered by the landlord. Result: The parties settled with our clients vacating and with the landlord paying our clients a low-five-figure lump sum.
- Represented client in commission dispute with his real estate broker/agent. Result: The parties settled with the broker/agent returning over 25% of his commission to our client.
- Represented client homeowner in long-running dispute with HOA that would potentially block the pending sale of his home and disrupt his pending purchase of a new home. Result: The parties settled for far less than the demand originally sought by the HOA; the client's sale of his home was completed successfully and the client's purchase of his new home was completed successfully.
