ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2022 – Bruce Fischer, co-managing shareholder of global law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Orange County office and chair of the firm’s West Coast Real Estate Practice, and Irene Pyun Kim, a real estate shareholder in the firm’s Orange County office, were named 2022 OC Visionaries by the TimesOC, a local publication arm of the Los Angeles Times.
Fischer and Kim join an elite group of professionals highlighted for their noteworthy successes and accomplishments during the last two years, with emphasis on major real estate projects and deals closed. Exemplary leadership within their organizations and communities based in Orange County was also a major criterion for inclusion, according to the publication. Their profiles appeared in the October 2022 issue of Orange County Commercial Real Estate: Trends, Updates & Visionaries magazine which is produced by the Los Angeles Times brand publishing team.
Fischer focuses his California and nationwide practice on working with real estate funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and institutional owners, and their advisors, in connection with the purchase and sale, ground-up development, and financing of commercial properties, directly or through the formation of joint ventures with local operators and/or developers. In recent years, Fischer has gained significant experience in representing his clients in connection with the acquisition and ground-up development of large, mixed-use projects – including multiple tiers of financing with mortgage, mezzanine, and bond debt – in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Clara.
Kim has been an essential member of the firm’s commercial real estate practice for more than a decade. Her practice, while based in Orange County, is national in its scope, encompassing national projects and real estate transactions for REITs, real estate funds, and financial institutions. Kim’s work with commercial banks involves the origination and restructuring of construction loans, permanent loans, and multiphase residential projects. She also represents real estate funds in connection with the acquisition, disposition, and financing of commercial and multifamily projects throughout the United States.
About Greenberg Traurig's Real Estate Practice: The Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Practice is a cornerstone of the firm and recognized leader in the industry. The firm’s real estate attorneys deliver diversified and comprehensive counsel for property acquisition and investment, development, management and leasing, financing, restructuring, and disposition of all asset classes of real estate. The team draws upon the knowledge and experience of more than 600 real estate lawyers from around the world, serving clients from key markets in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The group’s clientele includes a broad range of property developers, lenders, investment managers, private equity funds, REITs, and private owners. The firm’s real estate team advises clients on a variety of matters across a broad spectrum of commercial, recreational, and residential real estate, including structured equity and debt and the hybrids.
About Greenberg Traurig’s California Offices: Greenberg Traurig has more than 200 corporate, entertainment, government law and policy, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and taxation attorneys in California, located in Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2500 attorneys in 43 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm reported gross revenue of over $2 Billion for FY 2021 and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law 100, Am Law Global 100, and NLJ 250. On the debut 2022 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard, it is a Top 15 firm. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab and the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program certifies that the firm’s U.S. offices are 100% powered by renewable energy. The firm is often recognized for its focus on philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.