2015 real estate law and business forum

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545 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET, LOS ANGELES THURSDAY
MARCH 12, 2015
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW
2015 REAL ESTATE LAW
AND BUSINESS FORUM
L.A.’s top experts join the best and brightest national speakers to fill you in on L.A.’s future:
• Morning keynote, Technology & Emerging Media Expert Jeffrey Cole (USC)
• Luncheon keynote, Economics Professor Matthew Kahn (UCLA)
• Paul Brindley (HFF)
• Fred Bryant (WealthForge)
• Mark Fluent (Deutsche Bank Securities)
• Jeff Friedman (Mesa West Capital)
• Michael Govan (LACMA)
• Jilliene Helman (Realty Mogul)
• Professor George Lefcoe (USC)
• Debra Man (MWD)
• Benjamin Miller (Fundrise)
• L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
• Peter Schwartz (Westfield)
• Glenn Sonnenberg (Latitude Real Estate)
• Amy Wan (Patch of Land)
• plus dozens of other real estate stars!
foreseeing the future of Los Angeles real estate
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS AVAILABLE!
REGISTER ONLINE NOW AT HT TP://LAW.USC.EDU/CLE/REALESTATE
welcome
USC Gould School of Law invites you to participate in the most valuable, important and
highly-attended real estate law and business conference of the year.
National Speakers and Southern California Experts
You don’t have to travel to hear the best and brightest real estate professionals in the country.
Learn from national speakers who have travelled to Los Angeles from New York, Washington,
D.C., Virginia, Connecticut, Wisconsin and San Francisco, including Fred Bryant (WealthForge)
• Daniel Gorfine (OnDeck Capital) • James Henderson (Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers)
• Benjamin Miller (Fundrise) • Professor Matthew Parlow (Marquette University Law School)
• Antony Ritch (Westfield Labs) • and Daniel Rubock (Moody’s Investors Service). Plus, hear from
a local who’s who of experts and in-the-know officials, including an L.A. County Supervisor, senior
officials from the BIASC, LACMA, the MWD, and the L.A. Metro, and professors from USC and UCLA.
Foresee the Future
From crowdfunding to climate change to the future of retail to alternative lenders in the new
finance markets – this is the Forum to learn what you need to know now about how the real estate
industry is changing. Plus, don’t miss keynote presentations on the changing demands for land
use in our digital future and the new geography of jobs and what it means to land use planners.
Business Knowledge
Get the latest information on industry trends, real-world strategies for dealing with major
challenges and face-to-face interaction with local public officials and nationally-known industry
experts.
Legal Insight
Learn how to overcome legal pitfalls to maximize the success of your project. Discover
opportunities in today’s marketplace. Choose your focus by attending tracked programming on
real estate innovations, development issues or finance strategies.
Market Yourself
For more than a decade, the USC Gould Real Estate Law and Business Forum has been the most
highly-attended real estate law and business conference in Southern California. Reconnect with
your professional peers at five networking events, including a hosted reception honoring the past,
present and future deans of the USC Gould School of Law. Plus, don’t miss a breakfast session on
how to succeed as a real estate lawyer – in a law firm, in house, in the business world or with a
nonprofit.
Can’t Miss: We expect the Forum to sell out, so sign up now!
Register online at http://law.usc.edu/cle/realestate
who should attend?
The Forum is specially designed for professionals in the real estate industry, including:
Attorneys • Developers • Lenders • Investors • Brokers • Accountants • Owners
• Asset Managers • Architects • Business Leaders • Students
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sponsors
USC Gould School of Law gratefully acknowledges the sponsors and co-sponsors of the 2015
USC Real Estate Law and Business Forum:
Sponsors
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory
& Natsis LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
American Realty Advisors
Latham & Watkins LLP
Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP
Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Real Estate
& Hospitality Services
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Ballard Spahr LLP
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Blank Rome LLP
CBRE, Inc.
Commerce Escrow Company
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Frost/Chaddock Developers, LLC
Garrett & Tully, P.C.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Glaser Weil
GlobeSt.com
Goodwin Procter LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Kennerly, Lamishaw & Rossi LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Proskauer
R.W. Selby & Company, Inc.
Safarian Choi & Bolstad LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Thomas Safran & Associates
Westfield Corporation
Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
Co-Sponsors
American Institute of Architects
Los Angeles Chapter
Beverly Hills Bar Association
LA Headquarters
Los Angeles County Economic Development
Corporation
Building Owners and Managers Association
Greater Los Angeles
SPIRE – Stanford Professionals In Real Estate
California Association of Realtors
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Urban Land Institute Los Angeles
Central City Association of Los Angeles
For a complete and up-to-date list of USC Gould School of Law Real Estate Law and Business
Forum sponsors and co-sponsors, please visit our website: http://law.usc.edu/cle/realestate.
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featured speakers
morning keynote
JEFFREY COLE, PH.D.
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR THE DIGITAL FUTURE
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM
JEFFREY COLE has been at the forefront of media and communication technology issues
both in the United States and internationally for the past 25 years. An expert in the field of
technology and emerging media, Professor Cole serves as an adviser to governments and
leading companies around the world as they craft digital strategies. In July 2004 Professor
Cole joined the USC Annenberg School for Communication as Director of the newly formed
Center for the Digital Future and as a Research Professor. The Center is a research and
policy institute committed to work that has a real and beneficial effect on people’s lives,
while seeking to maximize the positive potential of the mass media and our rapidly evolving
communication technologies.
Professor Cole has testified before Congress on television issues and has worked with both the
Clinton and George W. Bush White House on media and telecommunications issues.
Professor Cole earned his Ph.D. in Mass Communication, his M.A. in History and his B.A. in
History and Political Science from UCLA.
luncheon keynote
MATTHEW E. KAHN, PH.D.
PROFESSOR
UCLA INSTITUTE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW
MATTHEW E. KAHN is a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the Department
of Economics and the Department of Public Policy, the UCLA Anderson School of Management
and the UCLA School of Law. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic
Research and the IZA. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment
(Brookings Institution Press 2006), the co-author of Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of
War (Princeton University Press 2008), the author of Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive
in the Hotter World (Basic Books 2010) and the author of Fundamentals of Environmental and
Urban Economics (Amazon Books). His research areas include environmental, urban, energy
and real estate economics.
Professor Kahn earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, his G.C. from the
London School of Economics, and his B.A. from Hamilton College.
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quick program guide
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS
STARTING AT 11:25 AM
CHOOSE AMONG THREE TRACKS
TRACK A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
TRACK B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
TRACK C – FINANCE TRACK
7:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM
Bonus Breakfast Session
How to Succeed as a Real Estate Lawyer in 2015
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
9:10 AMCrowdfunding: What You Need to Know
10:10 AM
Morning Keynote Address
Changing Demands for Land Use in the Digital Future, USC Professor Jeffrey Cole
11:10 AM
Networking Break
11:25 AM
BREAKOUT 1A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
Retail Malls and Shopping Centers: What’s Happening at the Intersection of Bricks and
Mortar and Digital Technology?
BREAKOUT 1B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
What Works (and Doesn’t) in Real Property Contracts
BREAKOUT 1C – FINANCE TRACK
Alternative Lenders in a Post-Dodd Frank World
12:25 PM
Luncheon and Keynote Address
The New Geography of Jobs and What it Means for Land Use Planners and
Real Estate Investors, UCLA Professor Matthew E. Kahn
BREAKOUT 2A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
Infrastructure and Urban Design: Projects, Plans and Ideas to Make L.A.
a More Livable City
1:45 PM
BREAKOUT 2B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Water Issues: 2015 Edition
BREAKOUT 2C – FINANCE TRACK
Conduit 2.0: The Re-Emergence of Non-Conduit Lending
2:45 PM
Networking Dessert Break
3:00 PM
BREAKOUT 3A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
Catastrophic Exposures and the Effects on Commercial Real Estate
BREAKOUT 3B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Good News and Bad News: Legal Impediments to Development
BREAKOUT 3C – FINANCE TRACK
Fad or Forever: Is Foreign Investment in U.S. Commercial Real Estate Here to Stay?
4:00 PM
Passing Period
4:05 PM
Be Quick and Stay Nimble in 2015: A Lightning Round of New Developments
in Real Estate
5:05 PM
Reception Honoring USC Law Deans Past, Present and Future:
Champagne, Caipirinhas and the Music of Brazil
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW
2015 REAL ESTATE LAW AND BUSINESS FORUM
>>>thursday program
8:00 AM
Bonus Breakfast Session
How to Succeed as a Real Estate Lawyer in 2015
In this vital session, learn how to manage your career from
junior to senior laywer and beyond. Understand what it
takes for a junior lawyer to become successful in the real
estate industry, including internal and external factors,
and how to navigate from senior associate to partner.
Then hear how to get and/or become the client. For the
even more adventurous, learn how to parlay your legal or
business background into meaningful nonprofit and pro
bono work to better the world.
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
SPEAKERS
Jessie Kornberg
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bet Tzedek
Phillip G. Nichols
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Stacy N. Paek
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Chris K. Safarian
Safarian Choi & Bolstad LLP
MODERATOR
Tomas A. Ortiz
Garrett & Tully, P.C.
Phillip G. Nichols
Co-Chair
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Glenn A. Sonnenberg
Co-Chair
President
Latitude Management
Real Estate Investors, Inc.
Leeanna Izuel
Executive Director
Assistant Dean
Continuing Legal Education
USC Gould School of Law
continuing education credit
ATTORNEYS: USC Gould School of Law, a State Bar of California-approved provider, certifies that
this activity qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit in the amount of 5.5 hours.
This event may meet the requirements for continuing legal education credits in other states.
Please check with the State Bar Association or Supreme Court in the state in which you are seeking
continuing legal education credits to see if this program is eligible.
REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS: This program has been submitted to the California Bureau of
Real Estate (CalBRE Sponsor No. 4187) under the designation of Consumer Service for 5 clock hours
of credit. Approval by the California Bureau of Real Estate does not constitute an endorsement
of the views or opinions that are expressed by the USC Gould School of Law or Forum instructors,
authors or lecturers. It is the policy of the USC Gould School of Law Real Estate Law and Business
Forum that in order to receive CalBRE credit, you must attend 90% of the approved clock hours and
pass the exam administered at the Forum with a score of 70% or higher.
ACCOUNTANTS: This program meets the guidelines set by the California State Board of
Accountancy in the amount of 5.5 hours.
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9:10 AM
Crowdfunding: What You Need to Know
This panel features the nation’s leading real estate
crowdfunding experts discussing the evolution of the
industry to date, its potential for future growth and
the impact of crowdfunding on the real estate market
at large. Hear from leaders of the industry’s most
successful sites and the preeminent broker dealer for
online syndications. This unique program will provide a
comprehensive overview of the real estate crowdfunding
market and explore the pressing legal and regulatory
issues impacting this burgeoning industry. Learn
about present market conditions and forecasts for the
development of the industry.
SPEAKERS
Fred Bryant
Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
WealthForge
Richmond, VA
Daniel S. Gorfine
Vice President, External Affairs
Associate General Counsel
OnDeck Capital
New York, NY
Jilliene Helman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Realty Mogul
Benjamin Miller
Co-Founder and President
Fundrise
Washington, D.C.
Amy Wan
General Counsel
Patch of Land
MODERATOR
Lewis G. Feldman
Goodwin Procter LLP
10:10 AM
Morning Keynote Address
Changing Demands for Land Use
in the Digital Future
Jeffrey Cole is the Director of the Center for the Digital
Future at the USC Annenberg School of Communication.
He will highlight how demands for land use are likely to
change in the digital future – everything from retail space
to parking lots.
The Center has been the leading researcher in the field,
tracking the behavior of digital internet users and
nonusers for over a decade here and abroad.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Digital Future
Research Professor
USC Annenberg School for
Communication & Journalism
MODERATOR
George Lefcoe
Ervin and Florine Yoder Chair in
Real Estate Law
USC Gould School of Law
11:10 AM – Networking Break
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contact information
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Telephone: (213) 821-3580
Facsimile:
(213) 821-3575
Email:
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Website:
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tracks
TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS
STARTING AT 11:25 AM
CHOOSE AMONG THREE TRACKS
TRACK A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
TRACK B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
TRACK C – FINANCE TRACK
11:25 AM
BREAKOUT 1A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
Retail Malls and Shopping Centers:
What’s Happening at the Intersection of
Bricks and Mortar and Digital Technology?
Retailers and landlords are investing significant capital
into technology to better understand consumers, drive
traffic, monetize and improve physical assets, and
ultimately increase revenues for everyone. Our front
line panelists will discuss various types of existing and
developing technologies, and how these technologies
affect lease provisions (including tenants’ obligations to
provide financial, utility and data sharing information) and
confidentiality and security issues.
SPEAKERS
Mary M. Kasper
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Fresh & Easy, LLC
Antony Ritch
Chief Operating Officer
Westfield Labs
San Francisco, CA
Sandy Sigal
Chief Executive Officer and President
NewMark Merrill Companies
Michael R. Udell
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
MODERATOR
Peter Schwartz
General Counsel, US
Westfield Corporation
BREAKOUT 1B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
What Works (and Doesn’t) in
Real Property Contracts
Real property contracts often contain the same core
provisions, including pages upon pages of boilerplate
provisions, all included and intended to (i) specifically
delineate the parties’ rights and obligations, (ii) limit
the parties’ liability with respect to the transaction, and
(iii) dictate the manner in which potential disputes are
adjudicated. While real estate lawyers and their clients rely
on these ubiquitous provisions, do they actually work? Will
they be enforced literally and as everyone thought they
would be when the contract was drafted? This panel will
examine the enforceability of common provisions in real
property contracts and provide guidance on how to draft
such provisions to ensure they are enforced.
SPEAKERS
Bridget S. Johnsen
Sidley Austin LLP
Robert J. Odson
Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP
Eric V. Rowen
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
MODERATOR
Peter J. Breckheimer II
Glaser Weil
BREAKOUT 1C – FINANCE TRACK
Alternative Lenders in a
Post-Dodd Frank World
The risk-based capital rules of Dodd Frank likely will
impact, if not constrain, the most active area of finance
today – namely construction and repositioning loans.
This panel of esteemed and active nontraditional lenders
will discuss their anticipation of the new markets
post-Dodd Frank, as well as how they each view the
alternative lender’s role in filling the potential vacuum in
the capital stack for value add transactions. As part of
the discussion, the panel will discuss any implications
that Dodd Frank will have relative to alternative lending
space (such as the cost of funds).
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SPEAKERS
Jeff Friedman
Co-Founder
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mesa West Capital, LLC
James A. Henderson
Managing Director
Head of Alternative Investments Group
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC
Hartford, CT
Glenn A. Sonnenberg
President
Latitude Management Real Estate
Investors, Inc.
MODERATOR
Adam B. Weissburg
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
12:25 PM
Luncheon and Keynote Address
The New Geography of Jobs and
What it Means for Land Use Planners
and Real Estate Investors
Join UCLA economics and public policy Professor
Matthew Kahn, author of Climatopolis, in a 30-minute
discussion of the real estate and land use planning
implications of The New Geography of Jobs, by
UC Berkeley Professor Enrico Moretti. Professor Kahn
will discuss what makes some cities prosperous, high
wage, high productivity places, and others not, and
where Los Angeles fits in this run down.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Matthew E. Kahn, Ph.D.
Professor
UCLA Institute of the Environment
Department of Economics
Department of Public Policy
UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA School of Law
INTRODUCER
Stanley L. Iezman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American Realty Advisors
1:45 PM
BREAKOUT 2A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
Infrastructure and Urban Design:
Projects, Plans and Ideas to
Make L.A. a More Livable City
What impact do public transportation, airports, parks
and museums have on a city’s livability? What major
infrastructure and civic-sponsored projects are planned
in Los Angeles that might impact livability for its citizens?
What design elements should be considered in the
development of such projects to encourage livability? This
panel will include one of L.A.’s top architects, the head of
planning for the L.A. Metro, a key L.A. County Supervisor,
a case study by a senior executive at LACMA, and a law
professor who studies land use and urban redevelopment.
This group will share their views of the meaning of livability
and how such future projects and design ideas may impact
livability in Los Angeles.
SPEAKERS
William H. Fain, Jr.
Partner and Director of
Urban Design & Planning
Johnson Fain
Michael Govan
Chief Executive Officer
Wallis Annenberg Director
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Matthew J. Parlow
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Law
Marquette University Law School
Milwaukee, WI
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, Second District
Martha L. Welborne
Chief Planning Officer
Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MODERATOR
Keith M. Allen-Niesen
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
BREAKOUT 2B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Water Issues: 2015 Edition
Get updated on the drought, how Southern California
is dealing with it and how it will impact development
now and in the future. Learn about the drought’s
potential impact on the ability of development to meet
CEQA requirements and comply with Water Supply
Assessment requirements, and pending cases that
could impact real estate water availability.
SPEAKERS
Eric L. Garner
Managing Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Mark Grey, Ph.D.
Director of Environmental Affairs
Building Industry Association of
Southern California
Debra C. Man
Assistant General Manager
Chief Operating Officer
The Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California
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BREAKOUT 2C – FINANCE TRACK
Conduit 2.0: The Re-Emergence of
Non-Conduit Lending
CMBS financing is back, seemingly with a vengeance. The
panelists will explore what borrowers (and lenders) need
to know about the current state of the CMBS market, and
how CMBS 2.0 really differs from 1.0.
SPEAKERS
Paul Brindley
Senior Managing Director
HFF
Mark Fluent
Managing Director
Head of CRE Banking US West
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Michael D. Hamilton
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Anthony Jaffe
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan & Co.
MODERATOR
Jesse Sharf
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2:45 PM – Networking Dessert Break
3:00 PM
BREAKOUT 3A – BRAVE NEW WORLD TRACK
Catastrophic Exposures and the
Effects on Commercial Real Estate
Earthquakes-Wildfires-Hurricanes-Floods-Terrorism:
natural or manmade, these are serious issues. Learn
about the exposures, the operational and financial impact
to owners, lenders and tenants, and the risk transfer
options available to mitigate those issues. Experts
representing ownership, rating agencies and insurance
will discuss their views and approaches to balancing risk
mitigation with financial performance.
SPEAKERS
Martha Bane
Managing Director - Property Practice
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Diana M. Laing
Chief Financial Officer
American Homes 4 Rent
Daniel B. Rubock
Senior Vice President
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
New York, NY
MODERATOR
Alexandra J. Glickman
Area Vice Chairman
Managing Director - Practice Leader
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
BREAKOUT 3B – DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Good News and Bad News:
Legal Impediments to Development
Take away information from experts on how recent legal
developments will affect your project. Learn about recent
U.S. Supreme Court opinions offering property owners
relief when they are denied the right to develop their
land. Then, hear whether those cases are changing how
local governments operate. Understand the impending
shift from CEQA’s traditional focus on traffic congestion
to a new focus on “vehicle miles traveled.” Finally,
get guidance on CEQA litigation trends, how land use
complexity impacts development risks, and whether the
future offers hope for relief.
SPEAKERS
James L. Arnone
Latham & Watkins LLP
Michael M. Berger
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Amy E. Freilich
Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP
Christi Hogin
Jenkins & Hogin LLP
MODERATOR
James M. Frost
Co-Founder
Frost/Chaddock Developers, LLC
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BREAKOUT 3C – FINANCE TRACK
Fad or Forever: Is Foreign Investment in U.S.
Commercial Real Estate Here to Stay?
Over the past few years, billions of dollars of foreign
capital has flowed into U.S. commercial real estate.
The acquisition and construction of high profile assets
has garnered much of the attention but is not the
entire story. Some experts predict that investors from
China and other countries will continue their massive
investments in markets like Los Angeles and New York
as part of a long term “diversification” strategy. This
panel will discuss significant sources of foreign capital,
including EB-5 financings, sovereign funds and direct
private investment. The panel will also discuss the
impact that foreign capital is having in Los Angeles
with projects such as Metropolis and Figueroa Central
and acquisitions like the U.S. Bank Tower.
SPEAKERS
Susan J. Booth
Holland & Knight LLP
Meryl K. Chae
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
John Ho
Managing Director
U.S. Real Estate Division
Landsea Holdings Corporation
Kai-Yan Lee
Managing Director
Vanke Holdings (USA) LLC
Richard Stockton
President and Chief Executive Officer
OUE Limited – The Americas
MODERATOR
William S. Small
Blank Rome LLP
4:00 PM – Passing Period
4:05 PM
Be Quick and Stay Nimble in 2015: A Lightning
Round of New Developments in Real Estate
Our panelists will take you through a quick one-hour
roundup of the recent trends and cutting edge issues
in real estate transactions. Topics include the latest in
hospitality deals, an update on property tax assessment
rules and the looming “split roll” tax, recent rules
regarding the documentary transfer tax, 1031 exchange
rules and trends, renewable energy developments
and key legislative developments affecting real estate
transactions, including the 2015 brokerage disclosure
rules. Be ready for what’s coming at you this year by
attending this fast paced and informative panel!
SPEAKERS
William R. Ahern
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory
& Natsis LLP
Mona E. Dajani
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Daniel B. Guggenheim
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
H. David Nahai
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
D. Eric Remensperger
Proskauer
MODERATOR
Pamela L. Westhoff
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton LLP
5:05 PM
Reception Honoring USC Law Deans Past, Present and Future:
Champagne, Caipirinhas and the Music of Brazil
(featuring Roberto Montero on guitar, Alec Milstein on bass, and Tim Redfield on piano)
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planning committee
Phillip G. Nichols ▲
Co-Chair
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Mark J. Forbes
Executive Vice President, Real Estate Division
City National Bank
Glenn A. Sonnenberg ▲
Co-Chair
President
Latitude Management
Real Estate Investors, Inc.
Steven K. Fowlkes
President
R.W. Selby & Company, Inc.
Leeanna Izuel
Executive Director
Assistant Dean
Continuing Legal Education
USC Gould School of Law
Frederick L. Allen
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP
John J. Allen
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP
Keith M. Allen-Niesen ▲
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Rand S. April
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Dennis B. Arnold
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
James L. Arnone ▲
Latham & Watkins LLP
W. Randall Boggan
James M. Frost
Co-Founder
Frost/Chaddock Developers, LLC
Eric L. Garner ▲
Managing Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Robert Garrett
Garrett & Tully, P.C.
David A. Goldberg
Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP
S. Gail Goldberg
Executive Director
Urban Land Institute Los Angeles
Richard K. Green, Ph.D.
Director and Chair
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Timi Anyon Hallem
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Susan J. Booth ▲
Holland & Knight LLP
J. Dean Heller
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Peter J. Breckheimer II
Glaser Weil
J. David Hitchcock ▲
Kennerly, Lamishaw & Rossi LLP
Joseph P. Byrne ▲
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Stanley L. Iezman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American Realty Advisors
Mona E. Dajani
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Dean E. Dennis
Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP
Alex P. Jacobs
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Kevin M. Ehrhart
Latham & Watkins LLP
Frank J. Jansen
Senior Vice President, Special Projects
Chicago Title Company
Lewis G. Feldman ▲
Goodwin Procter LLP
Bridget S. Johnsen
Sidley Austin LLP
Amy R. Forbes
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jeffrey C. Krause
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
▲ Session Organizer
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Matthew L. Friedrich ▲
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
▲
George Lefcoe ▲
Ervin and Florine Yoder
Chair in Real Estate Law
USC Gould School of Law
Gregg J. Loubier
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP
Thomas J. Masenga
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Gregory W. Schultz
Managing Director/Strategic Clients
First American Title Insurance Company
Peter Schwartz ▲
General Counsel, US
Westfield Corporation
Michael F. Sfregola
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
George M. Means
Sidley Austin LLP
Kevin A. Shannon
Vice Chairman/Managing Director
CBRE, Inc.
Michael E. Meyer
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Jesse Sharf ▲
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
George J. Mihlsten
Latham & Watkins LLP
Sheldon H. Sloan
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
O’Malley M. Miller
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
William S. Small
Blank Rome LLP
Tom Muller
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Hushmand Sohaili
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Tony N. Natsis
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP
Gregory Thorpe
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Robert J. Odson ▲
Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP
▲
Michael R. Udell ▲
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Tomas A. Ortiz
Garrett & Tully, P.C.
Fernando Villa
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dean C. Pappas
Goodwin Procter LLP
Ira J. Waldman
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Michael W. Rabkin
Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro,
Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
Adam B. Weissburg ▲
2015 Forum Director of Publications
and CLE/CalBRE Compliance
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Christian L. Redfearn
Associate Professor
Director, Graduate Programs in Real Estate
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
D. Eric Remensperger
Proskauer
▲
Pamela L. Westhoff ▲
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
John W. Whitaker
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Eric V. Rowen
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Lynn A. Williams
Vice Chairman
Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc.
Anita F. Sabine
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Gary York
Ballard Spahr LLP
Chris K. Safarian
Safarian Choi & Bolstad LLP
Marc D. Young
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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frequently asked questions
REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN
The registration fees are outlined on the inside back cover of this brochure. Your fee includes the
Forum program, luncheon, refreshment breaks, USC Deans’ Reception, bonus breakfast session,
and a copy of the Forum Syllabus (a volume of outlines, articles, forms, essays, briefs and other
topical materials prepared by our speakers), which will be distributed electronically prior to the
Forum for download.
Register early to make sure you get a ticket!
Check-In begins at 7:30 AM with a continental breakfast.
REFUNDS
Refund requests must be in writing and postmarked or emailed no later than February 27 , 2015 to:
USC Gould Continuing Legal Education
Real Estate Forum Refund
1149 South Hill Street, Suite 340, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Email: [email protected]
Refund requests will be processed following the Forum. A processing fee of $100 ($25 for student
registrations) will be deducted from all refunds.
LOCATION, PARKING AND ACCOMMODATIONS
The 2015 Real Estate Law and Business Forum will be held at:
Jonathan Club
545 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Information: (213) 624-0881
Valet parking will be available at the Club for $12 per vehicle. The Club parking attendants do not
accept tips.
There are a limited number of rooms available at the Jonathan Club. To book a room please call
Wendy Wiley Willett in the USC Gould Continuing Legal Education office at (213) 821-3579.
BADGE PICK-UP
All badges will be held at Will Call, located in the Florentine Room on the third floor of the
Jonathan Club.
DRESS CODE
The dress code for the Forum is business attire. Jackets and ties are required for gentlemen in
several areas of the Club in which the Forum sessions will be held.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Please contact the USC Gould Continuing Legal Education office at [email protected] or
(213) 821-3580 regarding any special dietary or access needs.
SYLLABUS
A volume of outlines, articles, forms, essays, briefs and other topical materials prepared by
our speakers will be distributed electronically prior to the Forum for download. If you are
unable to attend the Forum, you may purchase the syllabus for $150 at http://law.usc.edu/cle/
realestate.
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EXHIBITORS
We invite you to exhibit at the Forum. Exhibitor space is limited, so reserve your space as soon
as possible. Visit our website http://law.usc.edu/cle/realestate for more information.
registration form
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW
2015 REAL ESTATE LAW AND BUSINESS FORUM
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
Jonathan Club, 545 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Registrant Name:
Occupation/Title:
Organization/Law School:
Address:
City:
State:
Telephone:
Zip:
Email:
Check here if you do not want your contact information shared with Forum sponsors,
supporters or partners.
Check here if you are a USC alumnus.
SELECT REGISTRATION TYPE
BASIC REGISTRATION
$359 Early-Bird Registration (sent on or before February 27, 2015)
$429 Standard Registration (sent after February 27, 2015)
SPECIAL REGISTRATION
$309 Early-Bird Registration for co-sponsors and local bar association members
(sent on or before February 27, 2015)
$379 Standard Registration for co-sponsors and local bar association members
(sent after February 27, 2015)
Bar Association/Membership:
STUDENT REGISTRATION
$150 Full-Time Law Student Registration (submit a copy of the student’s ID)
Check here to attend the bonus breakfast session. No additional fee is required for
Forum registrants.
SELECT PAYMENT METHOD
Check: Please make checks payable to USC Gould School of Law and mail with completed registration form to:
USC Gould Continuing Legal Education
Real Estate Forum Registration
1149 South Hill Street, Suite 340
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Credit Card: Register and pay online at http://law.usc.edu/cle/realestate
We have changed our registration system. If you attended one of our recent Forums,
you should have an existing account linked to your email address. We can send a password
to you at your request.
Contact the USC Gould Continuing Legal Education Office at [email protected] or
call (213) 821-3580 with any questions.
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We expect
a sellout
so sign up
now!
REGISTER ONLINE AT
http://law.usc.edu/cle/realestate
The most highly attended real estate law and business conference in Southern California
Morning keynote Jeffrey Cole of USC
Luncheon keynote Matthew Kahn of UCLA
Can’t-miss features: national speakers, bonus breakfast session and Reception
for USC Gould Deans past, present and future
foreseeing the future of Los Angeles real estate
2015 REAL ESTATE LAW
AND BUSINESS FORUM
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
Continuing Legal Education
USC Gould School of Law
1149 South Hill Street, Suite 340
Los Angeles, California 90015
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF
PAID
U.S. POSTAGE
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION