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Mary G. Murphy

Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Mary G. Murphy is the co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Land Use and Development Practice Group and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group and Sports Law Group. Mary is a major player in development in San Francisco and the Bay Area. She represents a wide variety of developers and investors in real estate transactions and land use issues, with particular experience in public private partnerships, sports facilities and historic rehabilitation projects. Her recent projects include current pursuit of a new ballpark and mixed use development for the Oakland A’s, entitlement of Golden State Warriors arena and mixed-use development and recent successful entitlement of a hotel project for the Warriors; pursuit of development of a new urban village for UC Hastings; entitlement and current implementation of 9-million-square-foot development for a Related; entitlement of Build, Inc.’s 38-acre India Basin project; assisting Cedar Fair’s with its acquisition of the Great America Theme Park; pursuit of redevelopment of a portion of the San Francisco Center for Westfield; entitlement of Treasure Island Naval Station redevelopment and current implementation of vertical development; entitlement of Parkmerced redevelopment; development of several waterfront and cultural institution projects.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
(Hall of Fame)Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP proffers ‘efficient and business-minded advice’ to a variety of clients including Brookfield Properties Development, JP Morgan, and the Golden State Warriors, regarding entitlements and permits, private and public partnerships, and environmental compliance. The firm’s land use practice is headed by San Francisco’s Mary G. Murphy and Los Angeles’ Ben Saltsman, who help clients navigate the approval and entitlements processes for large developments such as mixed-use, commercial, and industrial sites. Murphy, supported by San Francisco’s Allison H. Kidd and Neil Sekhri, is currently advising Oakland A’s Major League Baseball team on the development agreement and cross-easement rights related to its plans for a new stadium in Las Vegas. In Los Angeles, Amy R. Forbes focuses on planning issues, zoning regulations, and environmental and municipal laws, while Orange County’s Joseph Spence is well-versed in public-private partnerships and historic preservation matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Land use/zoning United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech