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Douglas W. Pyle

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Areas of Expertise

  • Corporate Securities
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Real Estate Acquisitions & Dispositions
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With in-house experience on both the landlord and tenant side, Doug Pyle leverages a deep understanding of his clients’ businesses to help them achieve their goals in commercial leasing transactions.

Doug’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of real estate transactional law, including the development, acquisition, financing, leasing, operation, and disposition of all types of commercial, residential, industrial, agricultural and mixed-use properties. He regularly represents private equity funds, corporate owners and users, banks and other institutional investors, and small businesses and private individuals on all sides of real estate transactions. Doug’s leasing practice covers everything from office, industrial and retail leases to stadium and other entertainment venue leases to agricultural and renewable energy leases and agreements. 

Doug uses his experience working in-house to look beyond the immediate transaction and to ensure that his clients’ medium and long term needs are addressed. He understands that closing the transaction is often only the first step in a lease, acquisition, joint venture or financing and provides counsel and guidance that goes beyond that mere first step.

Education

University of Illimois College of Law; J.D., 2003

DePaul University; B.A., Economics, 2000

Bar Admissions

California

Accolades

Best Lawyers:  Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law, 2024-2026

Languages

Italian, conversational

Experience

Commercial Leasing

  • Negotiated on behalf of the landlord in the leasing of an office complex to a major media company for its headquarters in Los Angeles, CA*
  • Advised a large technology company in the leasing of office, retail and R&D space throughout North America*
  • Counseled a publicly traded REIT in the leasing of Class A office properties in San Francisco and Los Angeles*

 

Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions

  • Advised a public pension fund in the $2 billion acquisition of a trophy office building in New York, NY*
  • Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition disposition of numerous office properties on the west coast*
  • Counseled a private equity fund in the acquisition and disposition of numerous affordable housing projects across the country*

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