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Education

  • J.D., USC Gould School of Law

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

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  • California

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  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions

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  • Real Estate

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Cheryl S. Prell

Partner

Cheryl is a partner in the Century City office and a member of the Real Estate practice. Her practice has focused on the leasing and ongoing management of office, industrial projects, and retail shopping centers, as well as the acquisition, disposition, and redevelopment of retail and office building projects. She has worked on several complex lease workout transactions, including workouts with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Ameriquest, Thelen LLP, and Heller Ehrman. She has also successfully represented numerous landlords in connection with operating expense audits by their tenants. Cheryl has represented a variety of clients during her more than 30 years of practice, including institutional investors and privately owned companies, such as Kilroy Realty Corporation, Beacon Capital Partners, Macquarie Office Trust, Maguire Partners, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, Sumitomo Life Realty (N.Y.), Inc., Douglas Emmet & Company, Equity Office Properties, and J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.

Cheryl is currently involved as one of the founders of REal Women, a group formed in 2009 which includes several women with careers in commercial real estate as members. REal Women is both a networking group that provides support for the members' own career development, and an informal organization that provides mentoring to high school and college age women with respect to education and career opportunities, and preparing for the job market.

Cheryl is currently involved as one of the founders of REal Women, a group formed in 2009 which includes several women with careers in commercial real estate as members. REal Women is both a networking group that provides support for the members' own career development, and an informal organization that provides mentoring to high school and college age women with respect to education and career opportunities, and preparing for the job market.

  • Bisnow Honors Los Angeles Power Women: Part 6

    Cheryl S. Prell in Real Estate Bisnow Los Angeles

    Press Mention

    8.08.16

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

    Press Release

    7.11.13

  • Kilroy Closes on $170M Office Buy

    Peter J. Roth, Julie K. Hoffman, Hadar G. Goldstein, and Cheryl S. Prell in GlobeSt

    Press Mention

    1.22.13

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    More Than 40 Percent of Firm's Partners Make the List

    Press Release

    7.19.12

  • 60 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2011 and Rising Stars 2011

    Press Release

    7.27.11

  • Audit Clauses Provide More Protection for Landlords in Commercial Leases

    5.18.11

  • 63 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2010 and Rising Stars 2010

    Press Release

    7.19.10

  • Pamela Andes and Cheryl Prell to be Honored at Women of Influence in Real Estate Awards Ceremony

    Press Release

    10.07.09

  • Landlords: Don't Give Away the Store!

    By Cheryl S. Prell and Lee A. Edlund in the Los Angeles Business Journal

    Article

    9.29.09

  • Critical Lease Provisions From a Landlord's Perspective

    By Lee A. Edlund and Cheryl S. Prell in iCounsel Newsletter

    Article

    9.08.09

  • 57 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2009 and Rising Stars 2009

    Press Release

    7.14.09

  • Landlords: Keep Tenants Without Putting Long-Term Building Sale and Refinancing at Risk

    By Cheryl S. Prell and Lee A. Edlund in FacilitiesNet

    Article

    7.01.09

  • 44 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2008 and Rising Stars 2008

    Press Release

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