Matthew Irwin Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Member of brand and corporate leadership teams advising on business and legal matters and partnering on business strategy development and execution, including as Divisional General Counsel to Old Navy, Gap Inc.'s largest brand by revenue, counsel to the company's Canadian business, and as integral member of the Global Real Estate leadership team. Sit on 5-member Legal Leadership team where work together to establish best practices for transforming and structuring legal team of 70 members in order to optimize team's ability to move at pace, enable the business and serve as valuable strategic partners.Advise company leaders up to the c-level on a broad range of critical real estate, corporate and other commercial business and legal matters. Spearheaded the development and execution of the real estate legal strategy borne out of the global coronavirus pandemic, which was instrumental in driving extraordinary earnings and bottom-line savings to the company. Lead a closely-knit and high-functioning 18-member legal team that manages the company's global real estate assets and handles all transactional and litigation matters involving the company's corporate offices, distribution centers and portfolio of 2,400 retail stores.

San Francisco Bay Area

Lead counsel in developing the company's leasing policies and practices for all brands and in designing and driving the implementation of important strategic initiatives that strengthen the company's global real estate portfolio.Advised executives and functional leaders in global real estate, architectural & engineering, construction, finance, accounting, corporate administration, and technology and professional services on critical real estate, commercial, and employment matters. Led team that negotiates more than 1,000 retail store transactions across the U.S. and Canada for Gap Inc.'s seven brands, which generate $1B+ in annual revenues. Led and managed 8-member team responsible for process management of Gap Inc.'s global real estate pipeline.Managed real estate litigation, and assist in driving company savings through negotiating resolution of complex real estate and commercial disputes, and mitigating, prosecuting and settling complex real estate litigation in alignment with brand objectives. Negotiated complex real estate and other commercial transactions, resolve and analyze commercial disputes, problem solve issues arising in select commercial matters, and provide business-focused legal counsel to a broad spectrum of business partners in a manner that best meets the business objectives while minimizing legal risk.Retained, managed and negotiated fee arrangements for outside counsel. Coordinated and managed resource planning, managed $2M+ budget, expenses and forecasting.Instrumental in team recruiting, talent development and succession planning.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed a small team of attorneys and legal professionals responsible for negotiating retail store transactions for all company brands in New York Metropolitan Area and Western United States. Negotiated and managed outside counsel in the negotiation of many high-profile and complex real estate transactions involving retail stores, corporate offices and distribution centers in the United States and Canada, and resolved a myriad of disputes and issues involved these real estate assets. Negotiated and drafted a myriad of commercial agreements, including retail store, corporate office, and distribution center leases; lease assignments; acquisition and disposition agreements; subleases; construction contracts; service agreements; brokerage agreements; settlement and termination agreements; software license/technology agreements; data center colocation agreements; and various supply chain agreements.

San Francisco Bay Area

As a member of the store development and transactions team, negotiated retail store transactions on behalf of all company brands for store locations throughout the United States.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Represented business clients in all aspects of real estate and corporate transactional matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, interest transfers, commercial leasing, financing, land use, zoning, and related regulatory matters. Negotiated and drafted agreements for a wide range of real estate transactions.

Washington, D.C.

Researched and analyzed relevant law in pending cases and assisted law clerks in drafting legal opinions and judicial orders.

J.D., Law

B.A., Political Economies Of Industrial Societies