Sharon Madere
Special Counsel

Services & Specializations
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Joint Ventures and Equity Investments
- Real Estate Joint Ventures
- Partnerships, LLC's and Strategic Ventures
Admissions
California
Address
525 B Street, Suite 2200, San Diego, CA 92101
Office Tel.
619.515.3296
Overview
Sharon counsels clients on a variety of business transactions, including relating to real estate and strategic joint ventures. In particular, Sharon’s practice focuses on strategic partnering and joint venture transactions using alternative vehicle structures, such as limited liability companies and partnerships. Sharon also has experience in private equity funds, mergers and acquisitions, and general business and corporate governance transactions, such as equity-based compensation programs. Sharon previously was with Latham & Watkins LLP.
- Represented Greystar Real Estate Partners in connection with equity financing transactions and related corporate matters supporting the acquisition, capitalization, and ongoing ownership of multifamily and mixed-use real estate assets across multiple markets throughout the United States, advising on deal structuring and negotiation of investment terms with institutional equity capital providers.
- Represented a San Diego-based real estate developer and property manager with over $15 billion in assets under management in the comprehensive structuring and drafting of its governing documents, including entity-level organizational agreements, to support the ownership structure and operational framework of its real estate development and property management platform.
- Represented a major U.S. multifamily developer and property manager in designing and implementing equity-based compensation plans and programs to align management and employee incentives with the long-term growth of its real estate development and property management platform.
- Represented a real estate investment firm managing nearly $1 billion in assets in connection with fund formation and recapitalization transactions spanning opportunistic, value-add, growth, and income fund strategies, advising on fund structuring, investor terms, and capital restructuring to support the firm’s multi-strategy investment platform.
- Represents residential multi-family developers in the acquisition and development of new properties across the U.S., including with respect to the negotiation of joint venture arrangements.
- Represents clients in business entity formations, capital structuring and governance.
- Represents sponsors and issuers with respect to the formation of private equity funds and related governance matters.
- Represents companies with respect to the design and implementation of executive and equity-based compensation plans.
- JD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999
- BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
- State Bar of California
- San Diego County Bar Association