Steven Sunshine’s practice focuses on business transactions with an emphasis on real estate. He represents real estate developers/owners, mid-sized businesses and institutional lenders. Mr. Sunshine is one of the four members of the Management Committee, which manages the day-to-day worldwide operations of the firm.

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• Acquisition and development of real property/purchase and sale of real property: Mr. Sunshine has been involved with retail, office and industrial real estate development. He is experienced in purchase and sale agreements, escrow instructions, title insurance issues, construction contracts and loan documentation review and negotiation. Real estate clients include The Fritz Duda Company, The Irvine Company, Burke Commercial Development, Inc., Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Resco Self Storage, LA Fitness, Pouch Self Storage and Rhodes Development Company.
• Lease negotiation and drafting: Mr. Sunshine has negotiated and drafted more than 200 leases with a particular emphasis in representing developers and owners. His experience in leasing includes high-rise office building leases, industrial buildings and retail space, restaurants and movie theaters.
• Business transactions: For several years Mr. Sunshine served as outside general counsel to Edwards Theatres Circuit, Inc., at the time the largest motion picture theater exhibition chain in the Western United States and was lead counsel in the reorganization of the Company and eventual sale to Regal Cinemas.  Mr. Sunshine’s business clients include Bristol Park Medical Group, Inc., Sperry Van Ness International, Inc., C&E Vision Group, Video Applications, World Stage Entertainment, Hammond Securities LLC, Steadfast Properties and William Hezmalhalch Architects, Inc.
  

Bar and Court Admissions

California, 1976

Education

University of California-Los Angeles, J.D., 1976

University of California-Los Angeles, A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973