Paul Churchill
Areas of Practice
Paul Churchill, a partner in the Business Law Department and chair of the firm’s San Francisco office, specializes in a variety of real estate matters including acquisition, development, leasing, disposition, secured financing and restructuring work. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2006.
Work for Clients
On the development front, Mr. Churchill has represented a developer of office and R&D facilities in connection with the acquisition and/or development of over five million square feet of rentable office/R&D space in Santa Clara county; two different development joint ventures developing in the aggregate approximately three million square feet of space in Santa Clara County; a developer specializing in leasing to biotechnology companies; a real estate investment bank that specializes in often unique real estate solutions for its corporate tenants; a luxury hotel developer in connection with its development of a 210-room, four-star, waterfront hotel; and a national hotel developer in its development of a national “all-suites” hotel chain.
Mr. Churchill has also represented financial institutions, pension fund advisors, and developers in connection with origination as well as restructuring of loans secured by real estate. His leasing practice has included the development of the standard form leases for one of San Francisco’s premier high-rise mixed use projects and for numerous Silicon Valley office and industrial buildings.
Mr. Churchill’s representative clients have included Menlo Equities LLC, Drawbridge Partners, LLC, PCG Development Partners, LLC, Menlo/Juniper Networks LLC, Misawa Homes of America, Inc., Lodgeworks Corporation, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Pacific Property Company, Kipling Partners, LLC, Kenwood Investments LLC and Woodside...more » On the development front, Mr. Churchill has represented a developer of office and R&D facilities in connection with the acquisition and/or development of over five million square feet of rentable office/R&D space in Santa Clara county; two different development joint ventures developing in the aggregate approximately three million square feet of space in Santa Clara County; a developer specializing in leasing to biotechnology companies; a real estate investment bank that specializes in often unique real estate solutions for its corporate tenants; a luxury hotel developer in connection with its development of a 210-room, four-star, waterfront hotel; and a national hotel developer in its development of a national “all-suites” hotel chain.
Mr. Churchill has also represented financial institutions, pension fund advisors, and developers in connection with origination as well as restructuring of loans secured by real estate. His leasing practice has included the development of the standard form leases for one of San Francisco’s premier high-rise mixed use projects and for numerous Silicon Valley office and industrial buildings.
Mr. Churchill’s representative clients have included Menlo Equities LLC, Drawbridge Partners, LLC, PCG Development Partners, LLC, Menlo/Juniper Networks LLC, Misawa Homes of America, Inc., Lodgeworks Corporation, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Pacific Property Company, Kipling Partners, LLC, Kenwood Investments LLC and Woodside Hotels. less »
Professional Activities
Mr. Churchill is a member of the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the real property sections of both the American and California Bar Associations, and the San Francisco Bar Association. Mr. Churchill has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, and has been recognized as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” every year since 2004.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Churchill was partner in the San Francisco office of Cooley Godward LLP, where he headed the Real Estate Group.
Bar and Court Admissions
Mr. Churchill is admitted to practice in California.
Education
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1986
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1982 (Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma)
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