Rory J. Campbell, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Business; Real Estate; Environmental Law

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5029 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
rcampbell@hansonbridgett.com
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Rory has over 25 years of experience in helping clients finance, acquire, develop, manage and transfer commercial and industrial real property interests. He has worked on major acquisitions, including rail and transit corridors for public agency clients, port facilities, scrap metal operations, retail and office buildings, hospitality and health care facilities, as well as shopping centers. Completed projects include transit oriented development, industrial aggregation and redevelopment, tax deferred exchanges (including reverse 1031 exchanges), and large lease transactions for both landlord and tenants. He advises institutional clients on industrial and commercial lease transactions, escrow and title issues, construction and lien law, and property management.

In the environmental arena, Rory has also guided clients through environmental compliance, regulatory enforcement, and cost recovery proceedings, including enforcement proceedings under state (Hazardous Substances Account Act) and federal (CERCLA) "superfund" statutes, RCRA, the federal Clean Water Act, the federal Clean Air Act, Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act and various citizen suit proceedings. He has been lead counsel on environmental due diligence and in negotiating and drafting various agreements for cumulative property transfers of approximately $500 million. Rory has also litigated in state and federal courts and brings this experience to bear in helping clients pragmatically address risks in structuring business transactions or resolving existing or potential business disputes. Rory is a frequent lecturer on real estate and environmental matters.

Recent Presentations and Publications

• Management of Real Estate by a Fiduciary—Steering an Unruly Asset Class in Shallow Waters, Sacramento Estate Planning Council (March 25, 2009)
• Is it a Lease or Is It a License, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Law Conference Roundtable Discussion Leader (Oct. 2008)
• Management of Real Estate by a Fiduciary—Steering an Unruly Asset Class in Shallow Waters, Annual State Bar Meeting (Sept. 2008)
• California's Public Access and Non-commercial Expression Laws, Northern California Shopping Center Association (Jan. 2008)
• The Slippery Slope: Letters of Intent & Unexpected Obligations to Negotiate, ICSC Law Conference Roundtable Discussion Leader (Jan. 2008)
• Management of Fiduciary Real Estate: Taming an Unruly Asset Class, East Bay Estate Planning Council (Sept. 2007)
• Mechanics Liens and Stop Notices: Special Collection Weapons, Real Estate Litigation in California, Lorman Educational Services, San Francisco, California (Oct. 2005)
• A Case Study in Leveraging Public Assets, California Redevelopment Agency, Capital, Debt & Taxes Seminar, Burbank, California (Jul. 2004)
• Revenue Generation Through Creative Uses of Surplus Property, County Counsels' Association of California, Civil Law and Litigation 2004 Annual Conference, Monterey, California (Apr. 2004)
• Indemnity and Risk Shifting Agreements, County Counsels' Association Public Works and Contracts Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California (Sept. 2002)

Professional Affiliations
State Bar of California (Real Property, Environmental Law and Business Sections)
Bar Association of San Francisco

Education
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1980)
Queen's University, School of Business (B. Commerce, Honors, 1976)

Admissions and Courts
State of California