Katharine E. Allen

Katharine E. Allen is a real estate attorney who advises clients on a wide range of commercial real estate transactions. Her practice focuses on acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, joint ventures, and entity formation. She works with businesses and investors to structure transactions that support their long-term goals and operational needs. Her experience covers many types of real estate assets, including office properties, retail centers, industrial facilities, hotels, and multifamily housing developments.

Allen earned her J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 2006, where she served as Senior Articles Editor of the U.C. Davis Law Review. During law school, she received Witkin Awards for Academic Excellence in Torts and Bioethics. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, earning her B.A. with honors in 2003. Her legal education provided a strong foundation in legal analysis, research, and commercial law.

Throughout her career, Allen has represented clients in complex real estate transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, and commercial leasing arrangements. She also assists with joint ventures, strategic alliances, and real estate financing transactions. Her work includes representing clients in both single-lender and syndicated financings secured by properties such as office buildings, warehouses, apartment communities, hotels, wineries, vineyards, and retail centers.

Katharine E. Allen has additional experience handling distressed real estate matters, including loan workouts, enforcement actions, and restructuring issues. She works with clients to resolve financial challenges involving real estate assets while protecting their business interests. Through careful negotiation and strategic planning, she helps clients navigate complicated transactions and legal issues in the commercial real estate market.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Sheppard Mullin
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, San Francisco Bar Association

Licensed State

• California

Education

• University of California, Davis
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of California, Berkeley
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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