Christopher Stuart Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

• Collaborating with wide variety of working groups to forward the strategic goals of the Airport, including revenue development and management (concessions), aviation management (airlines), marketing & communications.
• Negotiating and drafting all manner of real estate and other transaction documents, including leases, permits, easements, services and management agreements; drafting, reviewing and fine tuning of Commission memoranda.
• Identifying and succinctly presenting issues of major legal concern to General Counsel and Airport executive leadership arising in connection with all concession leases (retail, food & beverage, services) and the lease.
• Reviewing and advising on lease requests for proposals, competitive process and governmental procurement requirements, and handling legal response to all contests by proposers.
• Advising client on all tenant lease issues, including tenant build outs, renewals, lease assignments, events of default and draws upon security deposits, including letters of credit and bonds.
• Collaborating with City Attorney Office (CAO) colleagues on issues involving Airport finance, construction & capital projects, environmental and land use issues; consulting with outside counsel for advice on airline.

• Solo practitioner focusing on providing transactional commercial real estate and corporate legal services to a variety of clients, including investment funds, technology companies, real estate developers, utility.
• Services include the negotiation and drafting of term sheets, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, loan documents, retail, office and industrial leases, property management agreements, consultant.
• Representative clients include Westbrook Partners, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Forest City Ratner Companies, SecondMarket, Trans Bay Cable, Tower Research Capital, Greenlaw Partners, The Bayyari Group, Forest Meadows JV.
• Act as an ongoing ‘outside’ in-house counsel providing legal, oversight and risk management services on behalf of the legal department of an international real estate investment fund based in New York.
• Partner with leading international law firms (including Linklaters and DLA) to advise on US aspects of real estate transactions as co-counsel.

Worldwide, US

Engaged in the representation of a wide range of clients that included commercial lenders, investment banks, health care companies, real estate investment funds, hedge funds and other property owners in connection with sophisticated commercial real estate transactions, including secured lending, joint ventures and leasing. Responsible for the planning.

US

Acted as primary real estate legal advisor to senior transaction directors, deal team members and joint venture partners. As part of each transaction team, played a key role in the legal structuring, negotiation and documentation of partnerships and investments of the company. Provided ongoing legal oversight and support for company assets, which included.

New York, NY, US

Engaged in the representation of major investment banks, property owners, hoteliers and investors in connection with a variety of sophisticated real estate transactions. Transaction experience includes the sale, acquisition, financing, development and leasing of commercial, hotel, retail, residential and mixed-use projects throughout the United States.

New York, NY, US

Legal Intern for all Matters

US

Projects included the development and leasing of the 42nd Street/Times Square, Battery Park City Hotel and Theater and the New York Times Headquarters Building.

New York, NY, US

As part of the Robert F. Wagner Urban Fellows Program, acted as a central project manager assisting with the historic renovation and revitalization of Grand Central Terminal. Acted as key liaison between the development team headed up by the Chief of Staff and outside partners, including JLL, on construction matters (then LaSalle Partners) and Williams.

New York, New York, US

Accomplished transactional attorney with broad and deep expertise in commercial real estate and finance (gained at elite law firms, as in-house counsel and as a successful solo practitioner). Extensive experience negotiating, drafting and closing deals of all sizes and levels of complexity, ranging in value from $5k to $1.2billion, across jurisdictions.

Juris Doctor, Law

Bs, Environmental Studies