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San Francisco

T(415) 273-7460

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Education

  • LL.M., University of Miami School of Law

  • J.D., University of Oregon School of Law

  • B.A., with honors, University of California, Santa Barbara

Bar Admissions

  • California

Services

  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions

  • Real Estate Joint Ventures & Equity Investments

Industries

  • Real Estate

  • Financial Services

  • Office

  • Shopping Center, Retail & Mixed-Use

Memberships

  • NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area, Member (Former Board Member)

  • Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Advisory Board Member

  • Belden Club, Member (Former Board Member)

Mark Mengelberg

Partner

Mark is a partner in the real estate practice in the San Francisco office. His practice spans the entire spectrum of transactional real estate, including acquisitions and dispositions, financing, development, joint venture formation, and leasing as well as loan enforcement and loan foreclosures. Mark’s real property acquisitions and dispositions practice includes complex purchase, sale, and 1031 exchange transactions. His leasing practice includes the representation of both landlords and tenants in leases of office, industrial, and retail space located throughout the United States. His financing experience includes representing borrowers and lenders on the origination of real property secured loans and mezzanine loans, the negotiation of swap agreements and other derivatives contracts, and loan servicing matters. Mark has extensive experience in the restructuring of distressed loans, enforcing defaulted loans and the California foreclosure process. He has also represented both developers and investors in the structuring and formation of complex joint ventures (using LLC’s, partnerships, and TIC structures) as well as the negotiation and preparation of development agreements, construction contracts, completion guaranties, CC&Rs, easements, and management agreements.

Accolades

  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2023 - 2025)
  • Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers (2013 - 2024)

Accolades

  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2023 - 2025)
  • Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers (2013 - 2024)
  • ULI/Allen Matkins Capital Markets Roundtable

    Webinar

    10.13.20

  • Bay Area Real Estate Roundtable

    Half Moon Bay, California

    5.14.18

  • Bisnow's San Francisco Retail Real Estate Summit

    San Francisco, California

    11.19.13

  • Bisnow San Francisco Retail Real Estate Summit

    San Francisco, California

    8.28.12

  • 64 Allen Matkins Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in America®

    Press Release

    8.15.24

  • 38 Allen Matkins Partners Recognized in 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®; Keith Bishop, Jeff Chine, and Val Hoy Named ‘Lawyers of the Year’; 16 Additional Lawyers Named to ‘Ones to Watch’ List

    Press Release

    8.17.23

  • San Francisco’s Office Investment Sales, Lending Markets Poised For Reset

    Mark Mengelberg in Real Estate Capital USA

    Press Mention

    7.04.23

  • 28 Allen Matkins Lawyers Named 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

    6.30.23

  • 40 Allen Matkins Partners Recognized in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®; Dwight Armstrong, Jeff Chine, Val Hoy, and Sandi Nichols Named ‘Lawyers of the Year’; 13 Additional Attorneys Named to ‘Ones to Watch’ List; Firm Receives National Tier 1 Rankings

    Press Release

    8.19.22

  • 33 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

    7.08.22

  • Thirty Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

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  • Top 6 Takeaways from the Allen Matkins/ULI Capital Markets Roundtable

    1.07.21

  • Thirty-Two Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

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  • Thirty-Eight Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

    6.26.19

  • Forty-One Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2018 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

    7.16.18

  • 44 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2017 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

    7.07.17

  • Single-User Toilet Facilities in any Business Establishment

    By Mark Mengelberg and Nathaniel Touboul

    Article

    5.03.17

  • Single-User Toilet Facilities in Any Business Establishment, Place of Public Accommodation, or Government Agency Must Be Identified as All-Gender

    3.08.17

  • Fifty Allen Matkins Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Press Release

    7.08.16

  • 56 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

    Nine Allen Matkins attorneys received special honors in their respective regions.

    Press Release

    6.26.15

  • 55 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2014

    Press Release

    7.03.14

  • Brick and Mortar Isn't Dead

    Mark Mengelberg in Real Estate Bisnow San Francisco

    Press Mention

    11.20.13

  • 60 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2013 and Rising Stars 2013

    Press Release

    7.11.13

  • Commercial Landlords in San Francisco Beware

    2.25.13

  • Mark Mengelberg Joins Allen Matkins’ San Francisco Office as Partner

    Experienced Real Estate Attorney Handles Leasing, Finance & Restructuring Deals for Landlords & Tenants

    Press Release

    6.20.12

  • Proceed With Caution: Enforcing a Defaulted Loan Within the Framework of California's One Action Rule

    By Mark Mengelberg and Anthony Burney in Real Estate Finance

    Article

    8.01.08

  • Predispute Contractual Waivers of Jury Trial

    By Mark Mengelberg in the ALM Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3

    Article

    1.01.07

  • 25 Years of Commercial Leasing: What A Long, Strange, Cyclical Trip It Has Been

    By Richard C. Mallory and Mark Mengelberg, co-authors, in the California Real Property Journal, Volume 24, Number 3

    Article

    9.01.06

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