General Information
Overview
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP was founded in Los Angeles in 1968, with the goal of providing superior and comprehensive legal services to businesses, institutions, and individuals in all aspects of the real estate, finance, and construction industries. Cox, Castle & Nicholson is now one of the largest full-service law firms specializing in real estate in the United States, and has over 130 transactional and litigation attorneys in our Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Francisco offices.
We have substantial expertise in matters involving land and improved property acquisitions and dispositions; joint ventures; single and multi-family residential development; land use, entitlement and regulatory compliance (including coastal commission and condemnation); office, industrial, retail and mixed-use development, leasing and management; commercial lending and institutional investment; loan workouts and financial restructuring; construction; resort and hospitality; labor and employment; risk management and insurance; environmental compliance; renewable energy and natural resources; and tax and estate planning.
Rankings
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP is nationally ranked in 7 practice areas and metro ranked in 10 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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- Alvarez & Marsal Capital Real Estate
- Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors
- Crimson Pipeline
- Douglas Emmett Inc.
- EDF Renewable Energy
- Legacy Partners Commercial, Inc.
- Pacifica Hotel Investors
- Pattern Energy
- Recurrent Energy
- Shores LLC
- Signature Properties
- Sutter Health
- Terra-Gen Power, LLC
- Thomas Properties Group
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Practice Areas
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Construction Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Law
- Economic Development Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - ERISA
- Litigation - Insurance
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Municipal
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation - Securities
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mediation
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mining Law
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Municipal Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Project Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Reinsurance Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Venture Capital Law
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