Seth Weissman's practice encompasses all facets of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, entity structuring, land development, construction, finance, leasing and land use. Seth has extensive experience representing developers, owners, operators, and lenders involved in mixed-use, office, industrial, single-family, multi-family, country club, hotel and senior-living projects, including forward planning, transactional matters, and regulatory concerns. Mr. Weissman represents clients acquiring distressed debt and assets being sold through Section 363 bankruptcy sales. Mr. Weissman also devotes significant time representing non-profit organizations in connection with real estate, land use and governance issues.
Representative Experience- Over 75 distressed real estate and note acquisitions between 2010 and 2013, for multi-family, office, retail and industrial properties in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Indiana, Georgia and Florida ranging from $10,000,000 to $100,000,000
- Acquisition, entitlement and development of 9900 Wilshire Boulevard ultra-luxury mixed-use development
- $180,000,000 disposition of office building portfolio for Fortune 100 conglomerate
- Formation and management of joint venture for 46-acre mixed-use development outside Denver, Colorado
- Multiple $80,000,000-$100,000,000 acquisitions of office buildings in Beverly Hills, California for Forbes 400 family real estate company
- $35,000,000 acquisition and build-to-suit development of big-box anchored retail shopping center in Thousand Oaks, California
- Development joint venture for 300 unit student housing project
- Acquisition of debt and Section 363 credit bid acquisition of 150 condominium units in Los Angeles, California
- Numerous office, industrial and retail leasing transactions
J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 1995
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
magna cum laude
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Federal District Court Ninth Circuit
- Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® for 2023
- Recognized by the Los Angeles Times on their list of "Commercial Real Estate Visionaries: Professional Service Advisors," 2022
- Selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2021 & 2022
- Named Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2007