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Hvolka, Diane J.
Gilchrist & Rutter
Professional Corporation
1299 Ocean Blvd.. Suite 900
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: 310-393-4000
Fax: 310-394-4700
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Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Associate
Languages
- Spanish
Lawyer Overview
Diane J. Hvolka is an associate in the Real Estate Group of Gilchrist & Rutter. Ms. Hvolka's practice focuses on commercial real estate and business transactions, including office & retail leasing; financing; purchase and sale of commercial and industrial properties; development agreements; tax-deferred exchanges; reciprocal easement agreements and CC&Rs; ground leases; title insurance; and sale-leaseback transactions.
Ms. Hvolka received her J.D. magna cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California, ranking in the Top Five Percent of her class. A Senior Staff Member of Law Review, Ms. Hvolka also received the AmJur Award in each of Remedies and Constitutional Law (Federal and State) and served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Margaret A. Nagle, United States District Court, Central District of California.
Ms. Hvolka earned her B.A. cum laude from the University of California, Irvine, in Economics, where she was a Dean's List honoree.
Representative Experience:
Negotiated & drafted major office leases on behalf of landlords, including the pre-lease of 270,000 square feet in a high-rise office tower to be constructed at Park Place in Irvine, CA, and the lease of 105,000 square feet at the Water Garden in Santa Monica, CA.
Represented clients in the purchase and sale of hotel and office properties, including the sale of the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA.
Drafted Disposition and Development Agreement and Ground Lease on behalf of the Joint Powers Authority for the development of the Grand Avenue Project in downtown Los Angeles, which will consist of up to 3.2 million square feet of retail space, hotel, & high-rise residential units.
Negotiated & documented a $240 million construction loan for a high-rise building in Irvine, CA; negotiated & documented numerous securitized mortgage transactions and mezzanine loan transactions, involving loans ranging in size from $2 million to $140 million.
Areas of Practice
- Commerical Real Estate
- Acquisition and Development
- Business and Commercial Law
- Commercial Financing
- Commercial Leasing
- Resort and Hotel Properties
West Practice Categories
Banking & Finance Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Secured Transactions, Construction Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Commercial Real Estate Women-Los Angeles (Co-Vice President of Membership: 2008)
- Co-Chair, Real Estate Finance Subsection of Real Property Section (Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2004-2006)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section)
- California Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section)
- American Bar Association (Member)
Honors and Awards
- "Most Influentual Women In Real Estate", Real Estate Southern California, 2008
- Super Lawyers "Rising Star" in Real Estate; selected by Law & Politics Media, Inc.; www.SuperLawyers.com, 2008 and 2009
- Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from Los Angeles County Bar Association Real Property Section, 2008
- Institutional Investor News' "20 Rising Stars of Real Estate", 2008
- "Top 30 Under 30", Real Estate Southern California, 2007
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, "What Every Commercial Real Estate Purchaser Should Know About Title Insurance", Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)-Los Angeles, February 15, 2005
Past Employment Positions
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Real Estate Associate
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California,
2002
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Class Rank No. 9 of 205 (Top 5%)
Honors: AmJur Awards: Remedies; Constitutional Law (Federal and State)
Honors: Senior Staff Member, Law Review - University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California,
1999
B.A. in Economics, Minor in Spanish
Honors: cum laude
Articles
Published Works
- Recent Tax Developments Affecting Real Estate, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Real Property Section Review, Summer 2005
Office Information
Address
Professional Corporation
1299 Ocean Blvd.. Suite 900
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phones
310-393-4000
Faxes
310-394-4700