Los Angeles Real Estate Lawyers

FULL-SERVICE BOUTIQUE

LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE LAW FIRM

Simantob Law Group’s Los Angeles real estate lawyers have over thirty years experience in all aspects of real estate transactions and have assisted clients in acquisitions, dispositions, development, management, leasing and finance involving land, multi-family residential projects, hotels, office and retail projects, industrial sites and manufacturing facilities.

In addition, we advise real estate clients on non-routine matters, including insurance claims, condemnations and bankruptcies.

PURCHASE AND SALE TRANSACTIONS

Buying or selling property in Los Angeles?  We guide clients through every stage of commercial and residential real estate purchase and sale transactions, including:

• Letters of intent & purchase and sale agreement
• Ancillary documents relating to purchase and sale (e.g., broker agreements, escrow agreements, SNDAs and estoppel certificates)
• Due Diligence (title, survey and environmental)

REAL ESTATE FINANCE

Our real estate lawyers advise on real estate finance and have extensive experience in representing lenders and borrowers in structuring, negotiating and documenting financial transactions, including:

• Permanent real estate secured loans
• Construction loans
• Mixed-collateral loans
• Lines of credit
• Loan modifications, workouts & restructuring

We have represented national and regional banks in their real estate finance transactions, including Wells Fargo Bank, First Hawaiian Bank and HAB Bank.

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS/HOA

Over the past three decades, our real estate lawyers have counseled Homeowners Associations (HOAs) and management companies managing a critical mass of Common Interest Developments throughout California. We provide legal services, including: 

• Drafting and enforcing CC&Rs

• HOA governance disputes

• Board member and management guidance

COMMERCIAL LEASING

At Simantob Law Group, we represent landlords and tenants in all aspects of commercial leasing nationwide, including ground leases and unimproved land deals.

We negotiate and draft leases for:

• Office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use properties

• Shopping centers and raw land

We also prepare ancillary lease documents such as:

• Work letters for tenant improvements

• SNDAs, estoppels, guarantees, and letters of credit

• Assignments and subleases

We handle lease modifications and terminations, including those arising in bankruptcies and workouts.

Trusted by family offices, property managers, and institutional investors, we’ve advised on lease deals totaling over $1 billion. As experts in ground lease transactions, clients rely on us for guidance in complex leasing structures.

REAL ESTATE LITIGATION

Simantob Law Group’s Los Angeles real estate litigation attorneys have represented the real estate and construction industries during the past three decades.  We provide effective and result-oriented representation to our clients in a wide range of disputes involving real property including

• Property ownership & title disputes

• Easement & boundary conflicts

• Construction defect claims

• Commercial landlord-tenant issues

• Unlawful detainer (eviction) and lease enforcement

We represent both landlords and tenants Los Angeles and across California in complex commercial and residential disputes.

ONGOING REAL ESTATE COUNSEL SERVICES

Our Los Angeles real estate lawyers serve as outside general counsel to high net worth individuals, companies, family offices and institutional clients in Los Angeles and throughout Calfonria.

We help manage our clients’ commercial real estate portfolios with legal insight across acquisition, development, leasing, financing, and dispute resolution.

We represent regional property management companies and national financial institutions in all aspects of their management of commercial real estate portfolios.

LEASE DISPUTES AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER

Our Los Angeles real estate lawyers handle the full life cycle of commercial leasing—from lease drafting and review to resolving disputes and representing clients in unlawful detainer (eviction) proceedings.

We represent both landlords and tenants in eviction cases throughout Los Angeles and across California, offering:

• Guidance on California landlord-tenant laws

• Strategic dispute resolution

• Skilled representation in eviction actions and lease enforcement

Whether you’re managing multiple properties or facing a single eviction issue, our goal is to protect your rights and resolve disputes efficiently.

• EXPERIENCE.  Our lead real estate attorney – Lisa D. Simantob, Esq. has over 30 years’ experience as a Los Angeles real estate and real estate finance attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and throughout California
• HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICE. Ms. Simantob strives to provide the highest quality legal services to all clients
• STRATEGIC GUIDANCE.  Our Los Angeles real estate lawyers provide strategic guidance for the successful and expeditious closing of real property transactions and resolution of real property disputes
• COST EFFECTIVE.  Our legal fees are reasonably priced
• BROAD INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE.  We have worked with the real estate industry for over three decades and have knowledge of its intricacies
• HIGHEST CLIENT SATISFACTION.  Reviews of our firm demonstrate the highest level of client satisfaction

As experienced Los Angeles real estate lawyers, we understand our clients’ real estate operations and goals.  We address our client’s real estate legal needs on a cost effective basis. In addition to hourly rates, we provide fixed fees on select matters.

When your company needs an experienced Los Angeles Real Estate Lawyer, count on the full-service boutique real estate law firm of Simantob Law Group for effective, cost-efficient and result-oriented representation.