Sam Wesson

Associate

Los Angeles

213.929.2535

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Sam Wesson is a real estate associate in the Los Angeles office. He assists clients with a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financing, and leasing. He also assists clients with title work and matters related to developing, owning, operating, and leasing real estate.

Represented family office in an over $75M acquisition of a business park with office and retail space in Los Angeles County, California
Represented private equity real estate investment company in its acquisition as well as debt and equity financing of a multifamily property in San Antonio, Texas
Represented a private equity real estate investment company in the $70M sale of its newly developed mixed-use project in San Diego, California
Represented publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) in its sale of several single-tenant triple net properties
Represented family office in a nearly $60M sale of a multifamily property located in King County, Washington, where the property served as the “downleg” of a 1031 exchange
Represented clients in an acquisition of three parcels with existing ground leases with fast-food restaurants in Richmond, Texas, where the properties served as the “upleg” of a 1031 exchange
Represented retailer in its brick-and-mortar expansion, including its lease of six new locations
Represented client in its lease of 22,000 sq. ft. of office space in Los Angeles County, California
Represented client in its lease of 10,000 sq. ft. of creative office space in Venice, California
Represented lender in its bridge loan to developer for a multifamily project in Los Angeles County, California
Represented lender in its loan to a borrower to finance a multifamily property in Los Angeles County, California

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2019)
- St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
- Dean’s Honor List
- Loyola International and Comparative Law Review
  - Chief Production Editor (2018-2019)
  - Staff Member (2017-2018)
- Real Estate Law Society
  - Co-President (2018-2019)
  - Treasurer and Secretary (2017-2018)
- Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic, Clinical Student (2018)
- Legal Research and Writing Department, Legal Writing Tutor (2018)
- Judge Stephen O’Neil Trial Advocacy Mentoring Program, Mentor (2018)
- Public Interest Law Foundation, Mentor (2017-2019)
University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., History with a minor in Politics, 2015)
- Dean's Honor List

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Real Property Section Member
Urban Land Institute, Associate Member

“Venezuela Undermines Gold Miner Crystallex’s Attempts To Recover On Its ICSID Award,” Author, Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review (2019)

Los Angeles Legal Eagles, Law Day Executive Committee Member, (2020-Present)

Sklar Kirsh LLP, Associate
California Department of Justice, Law Clerk
United States District Court for the Central District of California, Extern
City of Los Angeles, Legal Intern
Wai & Connor, LLP, Clerk

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