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Areas of Practice
Mr. Meza has extensive experience in a
wide range of complex real estate
transactions, and real estate, corporate
and project financing transactions,
including sales and acquisitions,
leasing, sale/leasebacks, multi-state
transactions, wind power project
development, acquisition, sale and
financing transactions, and oil, gas,
and geothermal producing property
acquisitions, sales and financings. Mr.
Meza has experience with many asset
types, including multi-family, gas
station and c-store, retail, office and
hospitality/gaming properties. His
corporate practice includes debt
financing transactions, asset-based
lending transactions, and partnership
and joint venture organization. Prior to
joining the Firm, Mr. Meza had been
special counsel with the law firm of
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP,
where he practiced primarily in the area
of real estate and corporate finance.
Education
Mr. Meza graduated from the University
of California – Berkeley in 1984 with a
degree in Economics, and from the
University of Michigan Law School in
1987 with a Juris Doctor. In 1982, Mr.
Meza was awarded a scholarship by the
American Economics Association to attend
accelerated Economics classes during its
summer program at Yale University.
Professional Qualifications and
Activities
Mr. Meza was admitted to the California
State Bar in 1987, and is also admitted
to practice before the United States
Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals. He is a member of the
American Bar Association Real Estate
Section and the Los Angeles County Bar
Association Real Property and Corporate
Law Sections.
Other Activities
Mr. Meza sits on the Board of Directors
of the Art of Elysium, a non-profit
corporation bringing the joy of the
performing and fine arts to terminally
ill and critically injured children in
local area hospitals. |
