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James M. Rishwain, Jr.
Chair Emeritus, Los Angeles
T: +1.213.488.7111
Breann E. Robowski
Partner, Silicon Valley
T: +1.650.233.4874
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Pillsbury's multidisciplinary and global Real Estate and Construction Industry Team provides the highest quality and most innovative legal advice, thought leadership and solutions for our clients.

Our team of over 250 attorneys in our national and international offices has been organized to address all facets of the industry in the United States and beyond. We pride ourselves on operating as a cohesive team who seamlessly weave together our vast experiences to function as the single source of answers for legal issues and trends, deal structures and transaction closings, risk coverage strategies and dispute resolution, whether on a day-to-day basis, for mega-projects or for crisis management. Our clients benefit from knowing that they will also have the right team with the right experience for each project.

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We offer a comprehensive range of legal services required to meet the diverse needs of our owner, developer, lender, investor, landlord, tenant, contractor and other clients at every stage and in every situation, including:

  • land use and entitlement
  • sustainability
  • eminent domain
  • licensing
  • environment
  • water and natural resources
  • renewable and green energy
  • single building and portfolio acquisitions
  • leasing, ground leasing and sale-leasebacks
  • joint ventures
  • public-private partnerships
  • project development and operations
  • tax planning and tax-advantaged investments
  • public, private and structured financings
  • capital markets
  • equity placements and fund formation
  • outsourcing
  • IP and technology innovation
  • design, engineering and construction contracts
  • contract administration and enforcement
  • public policy
  • labor and employment
  • insurance coverage and risk management
  • data protection, privacy and cyber-security
  • insolvency and restructuring
  • alternative dispute resolution
  • claims and litigation (including defective work)
  • insurance recovery

Representative Experience

Our team has broad and in-depth experience with every industry sector, including single family housing, apartments, office, retail, industrial and manufacturing, schools and colleges, hotels, resorts and casinos, health care and senior living, sports and entertainment and critical infrastructure, such as airports, roads, bridges, railroads and light-rail lines, ports, conventional and alternative energy facilities, corporate campuses, stadiums and power plants. We are committed to strategic partnerships with our clients to protect and enhance real estate assets and business activities, minimize liabilities, mitigate risk, share and manage knowledge, improve profitability and growth and support a transformative and innovative business plan. Our team strives to provide core legal support and add value through a deep understanding of the real estate and construction industry today and where it and our clients are headed tomorrow.

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  • Represented investment firm Eagle Four Partners in the purchase of the former Fashion Island Hotel in Orange County, California.
  • Represented Newport Center Ventures LLC in the purchase of the 532-room Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa for approximately $216 million and the financing for the purchase and planned renovations, including a $170 million debt financing.
  • Represented the purchaser and borrower in the $1 billion+ purchase of the 25-story, 697,958-square-foot office and retail building, Hudson Commons, at 441 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan.
  • Represented Pebblebrook Hotel Trust in its acquisition of the 210-room Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa in La Jolla, California for $108 million.
  • Represented NuovoRE, a real estate firm that specializes in historic restoration, in its arrangement with Pendry Hotels & Resorts to build a 168-guestroom hotel at the corner of East Sixth and Main streets in the historic Gwynne Building of Downtown Cincinnati. The total cost of the project is expected to exceed $80 million.
  • Representing policyholder in a major construction defect case with damages in excess of $150 million. The insurance recovery aspects are unique in that there are only a few published cases confirming insurance coverage for resulting damage covered as an exception to the “cost of making good” exclusion in a property policy.
  • Representing Foster Wheeler in a multi-billion dollar ICSID arbitration against Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/34) for violations of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, arising from a construction project in Colombia.
  • Advised Ullico Infrastructure Fund on the acquisition of the Arizona business and operations of Triton Utilities, Inc., which owns and operates 14 water and wastewater utilities across the state.
  • Represented a joint venture of Corem Kelly AB, a subsidiary of Corem Property Group of Sweden, and New York City-based GDS Development Management in entering into a 15-year lease at 1245 Broadway with A24 Films LLC, an award-winning global film and television studio.
  • Represented Jay Paul Company with the development of an 802-foot mix-used tower located at 181 Fremont Street. The building—San Francisco’s third highest tower—is in the heart of San Francisco’s South of Market district and it features both condominiums and office space, which has been leased to Facebook.
  • Represented Corem Kelly AB, a publicly traded Swedish real estate company, in the $23 million purchase of the ground leasehold for 118 10th Avenue in Manhattan.
  • Represented Christopher Todd Communities in an exclusive strategic partnership deal with Taylor Morrison Home Corp. to build hybrid rental products for the single-family rental market across the country.
  • Represented the United States Postal Service in connection with the $798 million long-term lease to Tishman Speyer in the Morgan General Mail Facility in Manhattan.

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