Transactions and Documents

We assist clients with all aspects of real estate transactions, from straightforward purchase and sale agreements to complex multi-parcel acquisitions and dispositions. The practice includes commercial and residential leasing — including sophisticated commercial lease arrangements such as ground leases, build-to-suit agreements, and long-term commercial tenancies — option agreements, easements, and Section 1031 exchanges. We provide comprehensive due diligence support, including title review, zoning and land use analysis, entitlement review, disclosure questions, contamination issues, and CC&R review.

Property Issues and Disputes

Real property ownership frequently involves issues among neighbors, co-owners, and parties to transactions. We advise on boundary issues, easement and access rights, view rights, agreements between adjoining property owners, and homeowner association matters. We also assist clients with assessment of development options, transfer of development rights, and other matters where the scope of property rights is in question. Many of these issues can be resolved through negotiation, mediation, or arbitration; when informal resolution is not possible, we are prepared to litigate.

Real Estate Litigation

Our litigation experience addresses the full range of real estate controversies: boundary, ownership, and title disputes; easement and access actions; homeowner association matters; landlord-tenant disputes; failed real estate transactions; and contract disputes. The firm also represents clients in complex multi-party matters at the intersection of real property and land use law — including challenges to environmental impact reports for large-scale development projects.

Representative outcomes include the successful defense of environmental impact reports for a 150-acre coastal wetlands restoration project in the San Dieguito River Valley and for a mixed-use development in Rancho Santa Fe, and the successful prosecution of an EIR challenge for a proposed golf course development within endangered species habitat.