Experience

We are widely regarded as one of the preeminent health and senior care real estate law firms in California. Our attorneys provide comprehensive transactional and litigation services across a broad range of practice areas and are supported through close collaboration and integration with multi-disciplinary colleagues in the firm. This includes those with experience in construction, regulatory compliance, business transactions, labor and employment and tax.

Experience

• Real estate transactions and litigation
• Health care and senior housing & care
• Joint ventures and entity formation
• Financing
• Acquisition and disposition
• Leasing
• Development
• Environmental review and impact mitigation
• Land use planning
• Entitlements
• CEQA and NEPA compliance
• Design and construction
• Federal and state permitting

Representative Work

• Development of a $168 million, 250K square-foot San Francisco medical office building under an airspace lease, construction of an underground parking garage and pedestrian tunnel, and creation of associated reciprocal easements
• Ground leasing and leaseback of multi-story California medical office buildings, construction of associated parking structures. and preparation of reciprocal parking arrangements
• Preparation of a bid document, project management agreements, and design build agreements for multiple design build public hospitals
• Advised a senior care facility in Orange County regarding an environmental indemnity agreement required as a loan condition
• Acquired six skilled nursing facilities in Texas and California for a total purchase price of $100 million.
• A $144 million loan restructuring transaction involving 31 properties nationwide, with HUD approval of the purchase and subsequent sale of four senior care communities
• A $160 million construction loan for a high-rise, mixed-use condominium project in San Jose
• Litigated claims pertaining to purchase and sale agreements, including disputes regarding amounts due and property ownership
• Successfully resolved $14 million delay and impact claims for a public hospital campus owner involving design and construction of an emergency room, a catheterization lab, and radiology facilities through mediation