As Managing Partner, Mr. Turner serves as the firm's chief executive and chairs the Management Committee. Formerly the leader of the firm's Real Estate Team, he actively maintains his broad-based commercial real estate transactional practice, which includes office, industrial, technology, resort, healthcare, residential, retail, and mixed-use projects. He has handled the acquisition, disposition and exchange of extensive income property, and assisted in the planning and development of a wide range of commercial projects. He has also facilitated the transfer of thousands of acres of raw land and addressed extensive related development and environmental issues. Mr. Turner has been involved in forming and advising numerous real estate partnerships and LLC's, negotiating and restructuring various forms of real estate secured financing, and resolving a wide range of real property oriented disputes and loan workouts. He has had a particular emphasis on commercial leasing matters, from the perspective of both landlords and tenants, including some of the largest transactions in the region. He has a strong background in high tech, biotech and biomedical facilities, having represented dozens of such companies in their facilities transactions. Mr. Turner was previously a partner in the real estate department of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison.

Representative Matters

• Representation of developer in the acquisition and redevelopment of mixed-use hospital project

• Handling of purchase/sale and financing of major golf/tennis resort

• Representation of biotechnology firm in acquisition and development of 700,000 square foot headquarters facility

• Major leasing work for the owner of San Diego's largest Class A office building