Jeff Wutzke > Baker Botts L.L.P. > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3070
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Jeff Wutzke
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Special Counsel
Career
Jeff Wutzke represents owners, sponsors and investors in commercial real estate projects across the United States. This work covers all aspects of the acquisition, development, operations and disposition cycle, including formation of joint ventures and TICs, negotiation of secured and debt and equity investments, and negotiation of management agreements, CC&Rs, development agreements and ancillary documentation. Subject properties range the gamut from agricultural production to industrial, multi-family, senior housing, first-class office, and major retail centers. Mr. Wutzke has also represented clients in the project finance sector, including with respect to wind and geothermal facilities and gas-fired power plants.
Mr. Wutzke has more than 20 years of experience focusing on complex real estate investment transactions, joint ventures, and structured finance and lending matters. He has represented sponsors, equity investors, lenders, participant banks, borrowers, and guarantors in a variety of loan and finance transactions including CMBS and Fannie Mae loans, mezzanine and participatory structures, short-term unsecured financings, and formation of joint ventures and TICs.
Memberships
State Bar of California
Massachusetts Bar
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law 1998
M.S., Wildlife Resource Science, University of California at Berkeley 1993
B.A., History, Dartmouth College 1988
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense