Douglas J. Workman is of counsel law firm of Hartman and Workman,Los Angeles. Mr. Workman specializes in real estate, corporate transactions and estate planning. He has represented real estate and other business clients for over 25 years in all phases of their businesses from real estate acquisitions, financing, leasing, workouts, defeasance, to business contracts, business acquisitions and succession planning. Mr. Workman has represented both public and private corporations, developers, lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, REITS and pension funds. Mr. Workman has worked extensively with limited liability companies, limited partnerships, corporations in formation, operations and dispositions. He received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce from theUniversityof Virginia, where he passed the CPA examination and Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law where he was Book Review Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Drafted and structured numerous limited liability and limited partnership agreements
Represented both landlords and tenants in commercial/office/retail leases ranging from 800 to 50,000 square feet
Represented Chevron service station owner in multi-million dollar asset sale of business
Represented single member limited liability companies and limited partnerships (structured as disregarded entities for Federal income tax purposes) in acquisition and disposition of 300+ unit multi-family housing projects inNevadaandTexas
Numerous loan workouts and restructurings
Represented many members of California Mortgage Association (hard money lenders) in lending and financing activities
Represented institutional lenders in lending and financing activities
Institutional representation regarding sale and defeasance of single tenant distribution facility inMassachusetts
Acquisition of numerous office buildings and retail centers inCalifornia,Texas,Kansas,Tennessee,NevadaandMinnesota
Counseled public REIT in its role as bridge financier
Represented physician group in its acquisition, development and financing of medical office building
Represented sponsors in acquisition of replacement properties in 1031 exchanges
Represented promoters and investors in acquisition of retail centers inCaliforniaandNevada
Represented clients usingDelawarestatutory trusts in multiple acquisitions of medical office buildings, retail centers, warehouses and industrial centers in Utah,Colorado,TexasandArizona
Represented developers in land acquisitions, financings and development townhome projects inCalifornia
Represented corporate client in acquisition of manufacturing facility followed by subsequent sale/leaseback of same facility inCalifornia
Numerous matters acting as general counsel for real estate developers and investors including litigation management
