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Education

  • J.D., Loyola Law School

  • B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Bar Admissions

  • California

Services

  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions

  • Commercial Real Estate Finance

  • PropTech

  • Real Estate Joint Ventures & Equity Investments

  • Real Estate Services

Industries

  • Real Estate

  • Hospitality & Leisure

  • Industrial & Logistics

  • Residential & Multifamily

  • Office

  • Shopping Center, Retail & Mixed-Use

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Real Property Law Section

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Real Property Law Section

  • Urban Land Institute (ULI), Young Leaders Group

Jennifer E. Sung

Partner

Jennifer is a real estate partner in the Orange County office, and represents institutional investors, public and private REITs, and investment funds, as well as owners, managers, and developers on the structuring, documenting, and closing of complex commercial real estate transactions.

Jennifer regularly advises clients on complex joint ventures (including platform joint ventures), asset-level and entity-level acquisitions and dispositions, development, construction, mortgage and mezzanine financings, loan acquisitions and sales, and equity recapitalizations and financings. She has extensive experience across a variety of real estate sectors, including data center, retail, office, industrial, self-storage, multifamily, manufactured housing, and hotel assets. Jennifer also has significant recent experience in workouts, restructurings and other distressed asset transactions.

Additionally, Jennifer has unique understanding of PropTech, and helps clients navigate this emerging digital landscape throughout the entire lifecycle of a transaction.

Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Jennifer practiced at a prominent AmLaw 100 firm in Los Angeles, and served as General Counsel for a major real estate firm.

accolades

  • Winner of Connect Media's 2024 Women in Real Estate Award for the California region
  • Recognized by Chambers USA as one of the Leading Lawyers in California in Real Estate Law (2015, 2021 - 2025)
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 US for Real Estate (2022 – 2023)
  • Named the Best Lawyers’ Los Angeles – Real Estate "Lawyer of the Year" (2025)
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2022 – 2023, 2025)
  • Named an “Emerging Leader in Hotels,” Real Estate Forum (2015)
  • Named one of “Tomorrow’s Leaders,” Real Estate Forum (2013)

Jennifer regularly advises clients on complex joint ventures (including platform joint ventures), asset-level and entity-level acquisitions and dispositions, development, construction, mortgage and mezzanine financings, loan acquisitions and sales, and equity recapitalizations and financings. She has extensive experience across a variety of real estate sectors, including data center, retail, office, industrial, self-storage, multifamily, manufactured housing, and hotel assets. Jennifer also has significant recent experience in workouts, restructurings and other distressed asset transactions.

Additionally, Jennifer has unique understanding of PropTech, and helps clients navigate this emerging digital landscape throughout the entire lifecycle of a transaction.

Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Jennifer practiced at a prominent AmLaw 100 firm in Los Angeles, and served as General Counsel for a major real estate firm.

accolades

  • Winner of Connect Media's 2024 Women in Real Estate Award for the California region
  • Recognized by Chambers USA as one of the Leading Lawyers in California in Real Estate Law (2015, 2021 - 2025)
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 US for Real Estate (2022 – 2023)
  • Named the Best Lawyers’ Los Angeles – Real Estate "Lawyer of the Year" (2025)
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2022 – 2023, 2025)
  • Named an “Emerging Leader in Hotels,” Real Estate Forum (2015)
  • Named one of “Tomorrow’s Leaders,” Real Estate Forum (2013)
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