Coronavirus Q&A: Allen Matkins' Real Estate Leader

Law360 (June 19, 2020) In this edition of Coronavirus Q&A, Allen Matkins' global real estate leader discusses the problems with a proposed California Senate bill designed to help small businesses amid the pandemic, and addresses the challenges of reopening businesses in the state. Tony Natsis, chair of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP's global real estate group and a shareholder in the firm's Los Angeles Century City office, works on a wide range of transactional and finance matters for clients in the Golden State and across the country. Earlier this month, he shared his views as part of a series of interviews Law360 is doing with attorneys to look at the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has created new legal questions and impacted businesses. Natsis has been particularly focused on California S.B. 939, the most significant attempt by California lawmakers at legislation amid the pandemic. It remains unclear whether the bill will make it to the floor of the California Senate for a vote scheduled for June 26, Natsis told Law360 in a brief follow-up conversation Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday failed to pass the bill. Read More