Alexander J. Pugh

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email   apugh@lubinolson.com
phone    (415) 981-0550
fax    (415) 981-4343
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Alexander J. Pugh is a Partner in Lubin Olson's Real Estate, Business, Finance and Workouts, and Construction Law Practice Groups. Mr. Pugh has been the Chair of Lubin Olson’s transactional practice group since 2016.

Mr. Pugh represents clients in a wide range of real estate and business transactions, including debt and equity financing, real estate acquisitions and sales, real estate construction and development, commercial and industrial leasing and ground leases, workouts, mortgage loan repurchase transactions, and UCC and mortgage foreclosures. He represents private equity funds, hedge funds, corporate and individual developers and owners of office, multi-family, retail, hotel, industrial, recreational and high end residential real estate, mortgage and mezzanine lenders, and other public and privately-held companies investing in or using real estate. Mr. Pugh also has particular expertise in matters relating to California broker licensing.

Before joining Lubin Olson, Mr. Pugh practiced in the real estate and finance group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in San Francisco. Mr. Pugh lives with his wife, son and daughter in San Francisco.

Mr. Pugh was honored by Thompson Reuters as a Northern California Super Lawyer “Rising Star” in 2016 and 2017.

Mr. Pugh is a member of the board of HealthRIGHT360, the largest mental health and substance abuse non-profit in California.

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Acquisitions and Financing

Represented an owner and operator of a large portfolio of multi-family properties in the San Francisco Bay Area in a $685 million dollar recapitalization of their portfolio involving CMBS and balance sheet mortgage financing and two tranches of preferred equity investment
Represented a large national bank in the origination of a construction loan to build an office park in Santa Clara, California
Represented a large national bank in the origination of an acquisition loan to acquire a large portfolio of office buildings in Southern California
Represented a major real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition, financing and sale of a 400+ key San Francisco hotel
Represented a major real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition of various office and industrial complexes in California
Represented a large investment firm in the acquisition and financing of a large multi-tenant office building in New York
Represented a development company in the sale of a portion of a large tract of land in San Jose, California to a national development company, which sale included the negotiation of multiple reciprocal development agreements regarding the future development of such tract
Represented a development company in the acquisition and leaseback of a large national flag hotel in Oakland, California
Represented an operator in a $35 million dollar financing of a large shopping center in the East Bay area
Represented a major real estate opportunity fund in the negotiation of a joint venture agreement and a hotel management agreement with a national hotel operator to acquire multiple Red Roof Inns
Represented a major real estate opportunity fund in the negotiation of a joint venture agreement to acquire land for residential development in Nevada
Represented a national property manager in the negotiation of a joint venture agreement and management agreement to acquire multiple multi-family apartment complexes throughout California

Construction and Development

Represented a development company in the negotiation of contractor, architect and other consultant contracts for a $40 million dollar development of such mixed use campus, including multi-family, retail and a park in San Jose, California
Represent a large multi-family operator in the negotiation of construction, architect and other consultant contracts for major renovations, alterations and restoration of multiple buildings in their portfolio

Leasing

Represented a technology company as tenant in lease of office space in office complexes in Colorado, Virginia and California
Represented a major retail financial institution as tenant in its negotiation of a lease for retail space in Florida and California
Represented a major real estate opportunity fund in the amendment of a ground lease for an airplane hangar in Washington State and the contemporaneous sublease of such space to a major American airplane manufacturer
Represented a development company in the lease of a hotel in Oakland, California