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.
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‘Collaboration, and expertise in what's going on across the state and nation.’
‘Mary Murphy and the entire real estate team in San Francisco are fantastic to work with. Kind, smart, connected, and hard-working.’
‘This practice group offers efficient and business-minded advice. This group is stellar because of their ability to walk the line of land use and business concerns.’
‘Mary Murphy, Benjamin Saltsman, and Neil Sekri - these are amazing lawyers who have business acumen and care about outcomes.’
Key clients
- Related
- Treasure Island Community Development
- The Kroenke Group
- Murphy’s Bowl LLC
- Brookfield Properties Development
- The Kroenke Group / Los Angeles Rams
- JP Morgan
- Oakland A’s Major League Baseball team
- Build, Inc.
- Heritage Fields El Toro
Work highlights
- Advised Related on the successful negotiations with the City of Santa Clara for the lease disposition, ground lease, and development agreements for a nine million square foot new development on an active landfill in Santa Clara, California.
- Advising the Kroenke Group which is leading the development of the multi-billion dollar sports and entertainment complex at SoFi Stadium, located on 298 acres in the City of Inglewood. We are also negotiating the complicated development documentation unifying the retail, residential, office, and open space components of the project.
- Advised the Golden State Warriors in their successful entitlement of a new event center and mixed-use development in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco and most recently, we successfully entitled a further development of a hotel at the site.
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Practice head
Mary Murphy; Ben Saltsman
Other key lawyers
Allison H. Kidd; Neil Sekhri; Amy R. Forbes; Joseph Spence