Paul M. Williams

Real Estate

• Advised a multinational luxury goods conglomerate as to the acquisition of several properties on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
• Advised a multinational luxury goods conglomerate as to the development of commercial properties in California.
• Advised the nation’s largest developer, owner, and manager of high-quality student housing in long-term ground lease and development transactions on college and university campuses.
• Advised a private university as to the acquisition of land for and the development of a medical center.
• Advised a strategic investor as to the acquisition and development of commercial properties in Silicon Valley.
• Advised a multinational conglomerate as to the acquisition of data storage facilities across six states in the United States.
• Advised a private equity group as to the investment in an automotive parts manufacturing business and its real estate assets in several US locations.
• Advised a private equity group as to the investment in an aviation parts manufacturing business and its real estate assets in several US locations.
• Advised a multinational manufacturing company as to the acquisition of a cold storage facility in California.

Energy and Natural Resources

• Advised a financial services conglomerate with respect to debt and equity investments in several oil and gas projects in California.
• Advised an independent oil and gas company as to the acquisition and development of oilfield properties in Southern California.
• Advised a strategic investor as to the acquisition of land for and the development of housing for oilfield services workers in North Dakota.
• Advised a petrochemicals company as to the acquisition and development of a site for the production of biofuels in California.
• Advised a private university as to the investment in certain mineral properties.
• Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of a power generation facility in Huntington Beach, California.
• Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of a power generation and energy storage facility in Long Beach, California.
• Advised a global power company on the sale of a power generation facility in Southern California.
• Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of an energy storage facility in Arizona.
• Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of solar energy production and energy storage facilities in California.
• Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of solar energy production and energy storage facilities in Hawaii.
• Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of a power generation facility in California.
• Advised a multinational conglomerate on the leasing and development of solar energy production facilities in Massachusetts and New York.
• Advised an independent power producer as to the acquisition and repowering of several sites in California.
• Advised an independent power producer as to the ground leasing and development of a co-generation facility in California.
• Advised a public utility on the decommissioning and sale of a gas storage facility in the United States.
• Advised a multinational petrochemical company as to two facility acquisitions in California.
• Advised a multinational conglomerate as to the sale of a co-generation facility in California.
• Advised a multinational petrochemical company as to a chemicals facility acquisition in British Columbia, Canada.
• Advised an international oil and gas exploration and production company as to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility acquisition in British Columbia, Canada.
• Advised an international oil and gas exploration and production company as to the sale of its LNG business and refinery assets in Alberta and Ontario, Canada.

Finance

• Represented the lender in a construction financing secured by a multifamily property in Riverside County, California.
• Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by an industrial property in Healdsburg, California.
• Represented the lender in a construction financing secured by a multifamily property in Huntington Beach, California.
• Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by a commercial property in San Dimas, California.
• Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by a commercial property in Encinitas, California.
• Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by a commercial property in Brea, California.