Allen Matkins Welcomes Real Estate Attorney Jonathan Consani

SAN DIEGO – January 27, 2015 – Allen Matkins, a California-based full service real estate and business law firm, announced today the hiring of real estate attorney Jonathan D. Consani in its San Diego office. As a member of the firm's renowned Real Estate Department, Jonathan will focus on a variety of commercial leasing transactions and land use matters.

Jonathan's commercial real estate experience stems from assisting global brokerage firm CBRE's in-house legal team on a broad range of issues. In this role, he would review and update tenant, listing and brokerage agreements, amend property management contracts, assist with commission disputes, research and analyze contested contractual terms, and evaluate the firm's corporate compliance practices, including its ownership and governance of international subsidiaries.

"Jonathan's real-world experience in commercial real estate leasing will have a direct impact on the work our real estate team does at Allen Matkins," says Martin L. Togni, chair of the firm's San Diego real estate group. "We're always looking for the best and brightest young real estate attorneys to help our already thriving real estate practice grow. Jonathan fits that mold precisely." In addition to Jonathan's recent hire, Allen Matkins has hired eight new associates since Fall 2014.

Jonathan received his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Chapman University, and his juris doctorate, cum laude, from Loyola Law School Los Angeles. As an undergraduate, he served as a portfolio manager for Chapman University's Student Managed Investment Fund, as well as a legal intern for a boutique law firm in Orange County. While attending law school, he served as a law clerk at First American Title Insurance Company, prior to his in-house legal position at CBRE.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins, founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm with approximately 200 attorneys in four major metropolitan areas of California: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco. The firm's areas of focus include real estate, construction, land use, environmental and natural resources; corporate and securities, real estate and commercial finance, bankruptcy, restructurings and creditor’s rights, joint ventures and tax; labor, employment and OSHA; and trials, litigation, risk management and alternative dispute resolution in all of these areas.