David B. Lambert is an associate in the Real Estate Group of Gilchrist & Rutter. His practice focuses on all aspects of real estate and corporate transactions, including: representing landlords and tenants in commercial, retail, industrial and telecommunications and data center leases and other lease related matters; representing buyers and sellers of commercial real property; representing real estate developers and/or investors in joint ventures; representing owners in preparing and negotiating construction contracts and architectural services agreements; representing lenders and borrowers in loan transactions secured by real property; representing developers in various aspects of real property development (including development of contaminated properties); representing buyers and sellers of interests in business entities; forming business entities and preparing organizational documents; and providing counsel with respect to land use and environmental issues.
Mr. Lambert received his J.D. cum laude from Loyola Law School, where he was a Fritz B. Burns Scholar and a Sayre MacNeil Scholar. In addition, he participated in the Scott Moot Court Honors Board Jessup Team, and was a member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society and Order of the Coif. He obtained a Master of Arts in Economics from California State University, Long Beach and a Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University. In addition, Mr. Lambert graduated summa cum laude from Clemson University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and is a Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California.
Mr. Lambert was previously an associate in the Los Angeles real estate department of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, and previously worked as a law clerk for Horvitz & Levy LLP. He also has ten years of prior experience as a Civil Engineer.
Representative Experience:
Represented landlord in connection with leasing nearly 1M square-feet of space at City National Plaza, Los Angeles, CA.
Represented landlord in connection with leasing more than 600,000 square feet of office space in a portfolio of properties in San Diego and Orange Counties.
Represented landlord in connection with leasing of space at 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.
Represented landlord in connection with leasing more than 700,000 square feet of Industrial warehouse Space at Cheli Distribution Center and Ontario Distribution Center
Represented a real estate investment trust in the leasing of space in numerous data center-telecommunications properties throughout the country.
Represented landlords and tenants in many additional lease transactions and leasing matters throughout the country.
Represented a national financial institution in lease transactions for headquarters space and local branch locations in the southwestern portion of the country.
Represented a real estate investment trust in the acquisition (for $175M) of a data center property in Arizona and a business operating within the property.
Represented a real estate investment trust in the acquisition of numerous data center-telecommunications properties throughout the country.
Represented a large media company in the sale (for $125M) of a studio property and related sound stage assets in Hollywood, CA and the lease back by an affiliated television broadcasting company of a portion of the property.
Represented a leading private investment firm in the acquisition (for $275M) and refinancing (including mortgage and mezzanine financing in a combined $250M) of a hotel property in Hawaii (located on ground leased property).
Represented a leading private investment firm in the acquisition (for $77M) of a hotel property in Arizona.
Represented a seller in the sale (for $27M) and lease back of an industrial property in Los Angeles, CA.
Drafted the acquisition and disposition agreements for numerous clients for a variety of commercial properties.
Represented a large search-engine company in preparation and negotiation of $50M+ construction contracts for large data center projects in several locations throughout the country..
Represented landlords and tenants in preparation and negotiation of construction contracts for tenant improvements.
Represented multiple clients in joint venture transactions.
Represented multiple borrowers in real estate secured loan transactions.
Represented multiple companies on property management agreements and service agreements.
