Robin

Alan J. Robin

Senior Counsel

Robin

Areas of Expertise

Alan Robin is a trusted advisor to real estate professionals who appreciate not only his broad experience, but also his pragmatic approach.

Alan represents many real estate investors, developers and users, as well as non-real estate corporate clients and law firms in connection with their real estate projects.

His expertise includes advising on property acquisitions, partnership formations, sale-leasebacks, project development, construction and leasing activities, lending and workouts. Additionally, he counsels several clients from Asia who invest in the United States and U.S.-based clients who invest in China.

Prior to joining the firm, Alan served as Associate General Counsel at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and he currently represents MetLife in many of its significant lending transactions throughout the country, including shopping centers, hotels, apartment complexes, office buildings and mixed-use projects.

Experience

In addition to MetLife, other representative clients of Alan’s include Simpson Manufacturing Company, San Francisco Jazz Organization, San Francisco Quaker School, SF University High School, Town School, Oracle, Synopsys Inc., American College of Ophthalmology, Hamlin School, Goble Investments, and Montgomery Lands Group.

Over the course of his career, Alan has worked on a number of civic projects, including the development of:

  • Bunker Hill in Los Angeles, a 12-acre parcel comprised of office buildings, hotels, residential buildings, Angel’s Flight and the Museum of Contemporary Art
  • the SF Jazz Building in San Francisco
  • a turf baseball field in the Presidio for University High School;
  • the conversion of the theater in the Presidio;
  • the conversion of the Levi Strauss factory into a K-8 Quaker School; and,
  • the acquisition by HomeWise, a Santa Fe nonprofit corporation from the City of Santa Fe of a 215-acre parcel of land for affordable housing.

Activities

  • Center of Hope Haiti
    • Advisory Board, 2016 ─ present
  • Jewish Family and Children’s Services
    • Program and Planning Committee, 2020 ─ present
    • Senior Advisory Committee Rhoda Goldman Plaza, 2024 ─ present
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers Fellow