Michael Zahn Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or

Member of the Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group representing clients in all aspects of real estate transactions, including drafting and negotiating letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements, and closing documents; handling leasing and tenant matters; drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements; and assisting with ancillary real estate agreements, including covenants and restrictions, licenses, easement agreements, and service contracts.

Portland, Or

Responsible for all legal related activities associated with the acquisition and disposition of vacant, industrial/flex, multi-family, office and retail properties for privately-held $2 billion commercial real estate company in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona; such transactions totaling approximately $812,750,000 in value. Duties included: drafting and negotiating letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements, and closing documents; reviewing title and survey; managing due diligence activities and resolving matters discovered therein; preparing settlement statements; handling IRC Section 1031 aspects of transaction; drafting and reviewing tenant estoppels and SNDAs; and performing all other activities associated with closing of the transaction. Also responsible for drafting and negotiating office, industrial and retail leases in each market; drafting brokerage agreements; drafting confidentiality agreements; resolving leasing and tenant issues for on-site management staff; managing litigation with outside legal counsel; drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements; drafting and negotiating ancillary real estate agreements such as covenants and restrictions, licenses, easement agreements, lease renewals, extensions and terminations, and vendor contracts; assisting with the review and negotiation of loan documents; overseeing complex environmental compliance challenges in conjunction with State agencies; and handling takings and condemnation actions. As Assistant Secretary, I assisted the Secretary with annual compliance requirements, as well as drafted resolutions, certificates and by-laws. Projects of note include the negotiation of an 181,000 square foot office lease and the sale of a large retail shopping center at a price of over $180,000,000.

Managed capital recycling program and acquisitions activities in the Raleigh and Washington, D.C. markets for publicly-traded REIT; such transactions totaling approximately $955 million in value. Disposition responsibilities included identifying, underwriting and marketing disposition candidates; interviewing and selecting brokers; negotiating sales prices and purchase and sale agreements; overseeing due diligence; and managing legal matters with outside counsel. Acquisition responsibilities included sourcing acquisition opportunities; underwriting acquisition candidates; presenting opportunities to committee for approval; drafting and negotiating letters of intent and purchase and sale agreements; reviewing due diligence materials; and managing outside legal counsel. Oversaw office and retail leasing for mixed-use sites. Leasing responsibilities included negotiating business and legal terms.

Represented borrowers and lenders on construction, permanent, conduit and short-term financing. Drafted and negotiated purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, loan modifications, easement agreements, and other ancillary legal documents. Represented developers in the disposition, acquisition and subdivision of property including review of title and survey, disposition of outparcels, and creation of restrictive covenants.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Editorial Board of Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Law Clerk to Federal Magistrate Judge Leif. B. Erickson.

Bachelor Of Arts, Government And International Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, Year-long intensive French studies program in Angers, France