Cooley Real Estate Law Firm San Francisco

Cooley Real Estate Law Firm San Francisco assist Owners, operators, lenders, developers, tenants and institutional investors and advisors with a vast array of real property and related capital markets transactions as well as litigation.

Regions of Real Estate Practice in San Francisco

Acquisitions and Dispositions

• Devise and negotiate tax-efficient ownership and joint venture arrangements for investors and developers, often between numerous layers of debt and equity.

Finance

• Manage all aspects of real estate finance, such as commercial mortgage loans, collateralized debt obligations, mezzanine funding, construction and permanent financings, portfolio loan acquisitions, subordinated debt financing, syndicated loans and participations, sale-leaseback financings, synthetic leases, preferred equity investments, public grants, and repurchase facilities

Land Use and Zoning

• Assist owners, investors and developers with all facets of land use and zonings, such as planning, development, entitlement, operation and leasing
• Work to secure crucial approvals, such as comprehensive plan amendments, specific exceptions, rezonings, variances, special use permits, bond approvals, wetlands permits and subdivision and site plan approvals

Real Estate Leasing

• Represent landlords and renters within the leasing of office, industrial, warehouse and retail area

Corporate Facilities

• Help clients with the acquisition, entitlement, funding and development of corporate, R&D and manufacturing centres
• Structure leases, build-to-suits, sale-leasebacks and synthetic leases for all types of corporate facilities

Development and Construction

• Advice on all aspects of construction and development, including land acquisition, zoning and entitlements, land covenants and limitations, and investment, construction and permanent financings
• Draft and negotiate contracts with builders, construction managers, architects and engineers

Hospitality

• Advise lenders, developers, operators and owners of the hotel, hotel, gambling, fractional and personal home club possessions on all aspects of involvement in the hospitality sector

Joint Ventures/Funds

• Help in the creation of general and limited partnerships and joint ventures for real estate acquisition and development
• Advice on corporate, tax and antitrust matters

Real Estate Fund Formation

• Work with fund managers and sponsors to develop and apply efficient strategies for forming property funds and tailor-made funds and pooled investment vehicles to target investors
• Construction and execute upper-tier relationships among principals of property funds and related management structures
• Advice on applicable state and federal regulatory requirements

Vineyard and Ranch

• Help customers with the securing and aura of terrains, the formation of preservation easements, the creation and rebuilding of access easements, water rights arrangements and grape buy contracts.

Data Center

• Provide comprehensive solutions to our clients in planning, zoning, acquiring, financing, constructing and leasing data centres, both domestically and globally
• Counsel on the strategic planning, zoning, contract negotiations and leasing of facilities once entirely constructed

Work Out and Restructuring/Distressed Real Estate

• Advise clients in purchasing and disposing of distressed property, including Big portfolios, mortgages and other forms of indebtedness
• Work with lawyers in our bankruptcy and litigation practices to handle all aspects of loan workouts, restructurings and foreclosures, both inside and outside of court

Representative Topics

• Manchester Financial Group's character of the Manchester Grand Hyatt to Host Hotels for $570 million. This hotel is the West Coast's biggest waterfront hotel and the 2nd biggest hotel in CA. This trade was the most extensive domestic resort trade in 2011, as mentioned in Hotel Management Magazine and has been recognized by ALIS as Single Asset Transaction of town.
• NVIDIA Organization and its subsidiaries in a $380 million engineered rent/organized financing exchange for the development of NVIDIA's new corporate base camp in Santa Clara, CA. The property will include a 500,000 square foot futuristic office on a 36-acre website in Santa Clara, CA. The funding was created by a syndicate of ten creditors, together with Wells Fargo serving as lead arranger and administrative agent.
• Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT and primary proprietor, operator and director of wholesale data centres, with the acquisition of its information centre website portfolio, consisting of over 220 acres of property across ten sites in Northern Virginia, Chicago, California and New Jersey.
• Significant real estate finance in its fund formation, securities matters, acquisitions, dispositions and financings of hotels and resorts throughout the United States, and relevant property management agreements and franchise arrangement.

Why Cooley Real Estate Law Firm

• 35+ real estate professionals including lawyers, senior urban partners and law clerks
• The dynamic, close-knit team having a deep understanding of the law, client objectives and the Housing Market
• Blend industry experience with a broad base of high-profile clients to Provide unmatched view on marketplace deal points and facilitate introductions with investors and lenders
• Strong connections in local authorities provide our clients with valuable assistance in obtaining critical approvals
• Extensive experience with ecological matters, including claims arising under CEQA and NEPA and possible statutory offences relating to CERCLA (Superfund), RCRA, Proposition 65 and the Clean Water Act
• Team's varied capabilities allow us to explore all facets of real estate growth and craft the best business-oriented options for our Clients

Cooley Real Estate Lawyer

Address - 1333 2nd Street Suite 400 Santa Monica, CA 90401

Contact - 310-883-6400

Website - https://www.cooley.com/services/practice/real-estate