Experience
Leasing
- Represented landlords and tenants in the negotiation of hundreds of leases and lease amendments for retail (including anchor tenants, gyms, and restaurants), office, and industrial spaces across the United States.
Purchase/Sale
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Represented a national restaurant chain in the sale/leaseback of 150 restaurants with a combined portfolio value of more than $550 million with three different purchasers. Representation included transfer tax analysis in several jurisdictions.
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Represented a buyer/lessor in the sale/leaseback of two office buildings in San Francisco.
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Represented a buyer/borrower in the acquisition/financing of a downtown Salt Lake City hotel and a downtown Minneapolis hotel.
Financing
- Represented a purchaser/borrower in the acquisition/financing of a $25 million senior home in Los Angeles.
- Represented a lender in originating a $13 million acquisition loan for a boutique hotel in Los Angeles.
- Represented a lender in originating a $6 million acquisition loan for a hotel in Las Vegas.
Energy Projects
- Represented renewable energy developers in landmark projects on real estate, general corporate, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions issues. Deals included representation of developers in $2 billion financing of a wind project in Oregon, the largest wind project in the world in 2010; $2 billion financing of a solar thermal project in Nevada, the largest solar-thermal project in the world in 2011; and $2 billion sale of two solar projects in California, the largest solar project in the world in 2013.*
*Prior experience