LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 2, 2025--
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, a leading full-service law firm specializing in real estate in the United States, proudly announces the election of three attorneys to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1 st. These partners advise the top businesses, institutions, and individuals in the real estate, land use, environmental, and renewable energy industries on their most complex legal and business matters.
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"Our new partners reflect our firm’s depth and breadth of expertise across all facets of law relevant to the real estate industry and to businesses with real estate needs,” said Mathew Wyman, co-chair, Cox Castle. “Selected for their expertise, accomplishments, exceptional client service, and dedication to our clients and our firm, we are proud to welcome them as our partners. They will continue to drive forward our practice in vital areas, helping our clients navigate their most significant and complicated matters.”
The new partners are:
Laura Cable (Los Angeles) is a leading tax attorney whose practice focuses on income tax planning for real estate transactions. Laura’s practice includes federal and California income tax planning for real estate investments by partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, individuals, and tax-exempt entities, as well as planning for California property and documentary transfer taxes. She has advised a wide range of real estate clients on various tax issues, which allows her to holistically look at transactions and the implications and provide strategic guidance as to what can be done to make it as tax efficient as possible. She advises her clients on tax implications of proposed acquisitions, dispositions, and exchanges of real property, and has extensive experience drafting and negotiating tax provisions in purchase and sale agreements, joint venture, and partnership agreements.
Robbie Hull (San Francisco) is a leading land use, natural resources, and environmental attorney who represents developers across various industries in obtaining permits needed to develop complex land use projects, including some of the nation’s largest renewable energy projects, as well as mixed-use and affordable housing projects. Robbie plays a crucial role in counseling clients through the local, state, and federal entitlement process and has significant experience with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), planning and zoning laws, and laws related to wetlands and endangered species, water supply, and the Williamson Act. As part of Cox Castle’s Renewable Energy Industry Team, Robbie has helped clients develop thousands of megawatts of renewable energy and battery storage in California and other western states.
Ira Klein (Los Angeles / San Francisco) is a leading environmental attorney who represents developers in the remediation and redevelopment of complex contaminated properties, including at large sites such as former power plants and former landfills. He also advises clients across various industries on a range of environmental and occupational safety and health issues, including on complicated environmental compliance issues, enforcement defence and environmental litigation, regulatory and legislative advocacy, and project development work. His clientele hails from a range of sectors, including real estate, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, construction, manufacturing, waste-to-energy, solar, oilfield services, and biomass.
About Cox Castle
Cox Castle was founded in Los Angeles in 1968, with the goal of providing superior and comprehensive legal services to businesses, institutions, and individuals in all aspects of the real estate, finance, and construction industries. Cox Castle is now one of the largest full-service law firms specializing in real estate in the United States with more than 140 transactional attorneys and litigators in its Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Francisco offices.
The firm has substantial expertise in matters involving land and improved property acquisitions and dispositions; joint ventures; single and multifamily residential development; land use, entitlement, and regulatory compliance (including coastal commission and condemnation); office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use development, leasing, and management; commercial lending and institutional investment; loan workouts and financial restructuring; construction; resort and hospitality; labor and employment; risk management and insurance; environmental compliance; renewable energy and natural resources; and tax and estate planning. For more information, please visit www.coxcastle.com.
Ira Klein (Photo: Business Wire)
Robbie Hull (Photo: Business Wire)
Laura Cable (Photo: Business Wire)
