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Sarah Shapero

Sarah Shapero

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

100 Pine St, Ste 530, San Francisco, CA 94111

Sarah Shapero has been a foreclosure defense litigator for 10 years and has saved countless homes from foreclosure and has saved her clients over $75,000,000 through loan modification savings.

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Schuyler V. V. Hoffman

Schuyler V. V. Hoffman

Featured Lawyer

Real Estate Law

3033 Fifth Ave suite 400, San Diego, CA 92103, USA

Schuyler Hoffman leads the residential real estate practice group at Hoffman Forde, a real estate practice group located in San Diego. He represents clients throughout Southern California, focusing on legal matters involving residential real estate disputes, real estate non-disclosures, homeowners’ association conflicts, landlord/tenant disagreements, delays and liens, and fraud claims. Mr. Hoffman has developed cost-effective solutions to complex real estate disputes and has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration in the presence of various institutions.

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Scott A. Chaplan

Scott A. Chaplan

Featured Lawyer

Real Estate Law

2719 Wilshire Blvd #200, Santa Monica, CA 90403, USA

Greene & Chaplan, LLP is an AV Rated (r) business boutique law firm with local knowledge and international reach. We serve family offices, financial institutions, mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, real estate investors, developers and brokers and select non-profit organizations. Heavily weighted in both transactional and civil litigation, we serve as a "one call solves all" resource for our elite clientele. Our board and trustee services offered to our family offices likewise sets us apart from our competition.

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Sean Bryn

Sean Bryn

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Real Estate Law

16255 Ventura Blvd, Suite 950, Encino, CA 91436

Sean Bryn is a former partner of a national law firm and a former Vice-President and Senior Trial Counsel for Fidelity National Title Group. His practice emphasizes real estate, business litigation, complex litigation, construction law and employment law. He has represented national financial institutions, national real estate brokerage firms, contractors, architects, engineers, property owners, and various insurers. His real estate matters include foreclosure actions, various neighbor disputes, various lien priority actions, reformation of deeds, and failure to disclose. His business litigation matters include shareholder derivative actions, unfair competition, and various breach of contract actions. He has extensive experience in both state and federal court including on the appellate level.

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Shams Merchant

Shams Merchant

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

5001 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy suite 830, Farmers Branch, TX 75244, USA

As an expert commercial real estate and private equity attorney, Shams is recognized as one of the leading commercial real estate and private equity attorneys in the nation. Shams represents some of the nation’s largest corporations, investors, developers, & private equity firms in their commercial real estate, syndication and fund formation matters. Previously, Shams practiced commercial real estate law at the largest law firm in Texas representing the nation’s largest real estate developer. Shams focuses his commercial real estate law practice on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions and private equity matters, including leases (office, industrial, retail, build-to-suit, ground, and sale/leaseback), acquisitions and dispositions (office, industrial, hotel, retail, self-storage, medical, multi-family and mixed-use), financing (interim, construction, permanent, mezzanine, CMBS, and life insurance), development (office, industrial, hotel, retail, self-storage, medical, multi-family and mixed-use), private placements and fund formations (including Reg. 506(c) and 506(b)). His practice is Texas-based but national in scope, and he has a blue-chip base of clients. These clients include well-known Texas developers, leading investment funds of all kinds, regional and national companies, and other major real estate players. Shams has represented some of the largest corporations in the world on their commercial real estate transactions and has assisted in 4 $100,000,000+ transactions in his career. Shams regularly handles complex real estate matters for private equity firms, real estate funds, private investment groups, financial institutions, owners, and developers. His practice includes representing these clients in their real estate private equity matters, syndications, fund formations, securities & corporate work. He also represents both landlords and tenants in commercial leasing of downtown and suburban office buildings, retail projects, adaptive reuse projects, mixed-use & lifestyle centers, and industrial warehouses. Shams is known for his ability to get deals done while looking out for his client’s interests. An efficient and effective attorney, Shams works quickly and breaks things down for his clients. In his real estate syndication and fund formation law practice, Shams structures and forms real estate syndications and real estate investment funds for the largest and most active private equity firms in the country as well as new and emerging real estate investors and developers. His fund formation services include Regulation D, 506(b) and 506(c) syndications, blind pool funds, discretionary funds, closed-ended and open-ended funds, single-asset syndications, real estate crowdfunding, Regulation A capital raises, debt funds, fund of funds and various other real estate securities and investment vehicles. Shams also counsels his clients on all aspects of securities law compliance and files Form D with the SEC and state blue-sky notices as necessary.

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