Practice Areas
Clients routinely call upon Munger, Tolles & Olson’s real estate attorneys to structure and oversee complex and challenging real estate transactions and land use matters. With a small but dynamic practice group, MTO provides clients with the value and responsiveness generally associated with a real estate boutique, while offering the full range of services that one would expect from a national law firm.
MTO’s real estate attorneys have led transactions with some of the most important landmarks in Los Angeles at their center. For example, we represented both the County of Los Angeles and developer Walt Disney Concert Hall, Inc. in the development of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, we represented the Roman Catholic Archdiocese in its development of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles, and we represented U.S. Bank in its lease as lead tenant of the 73-story U.S. Bank Tower, the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
Each of MTO’s real estate attorneys works in multiple practice areas, ensuring that each has the broad experience to provide thoughtful and pragmatic advice. Our attorneys are leaders in national, state and local bar and industry organizations, teach at national law schools, and have given speeches and written articles and practice guides on issues relating to real estate development, land use, leasing and finance. Moreover, two of our attorneys, O’Malley Miller and Richard Volpert, are members of the prestigious American College of Real Estate Lawyers and have served as chairmen of the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and as members of the executive committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California.
MTO’s clients include a broad range of developers, major corporations, real estate companies, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, major financial institutions and individual entrepreneurs. We have experience in virtually every type of transaction affecting real property, from the structuring and negotiating of traditional commercial projects (e.g., office buildings, shopping centers, hotels and industrial facilities) and mixed-use and residential projects (e.g., apartments and senior housing and congregate care facilities), to land use entitlement projects associated with public or quasi-public developments and special real estate assets (e.g., power plants, stadiums and entertainment venues). The geographical scope of our practice is focused on Southern California, but we are regularly involved in projects throughout the country.
