Lee A. Edlund

Lee’s diverse breadth of experience enables to him to quickly identify potential issues and mitigate risk at the earliest stages of a transaction. He routinely negotiates and drafts ground leases, subleases, license agreements, and related documentation, including tenant work letters, guaranties, consents and subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreements, among others.

On the landlord side, Lee represents institutional owners and investors, including real estate investment trusts and large development companies, in transactions that range from small, multi-tenant floor leases to leasing entire buildings.

In negotiating with prospective tenants, Lee employs techniques that favor long-term relationships without compromising the preservation of owners' rights.

As tenant's counsel, Lee represents large enterprises and corporate users, with a focus on the technology sector where he excels at negotiating its non-traditional requirements. For example, tech companies often have specific issues regarding confidentiality, security, and technical infrastructure. Also, due to the intermittent growth that technology companies typically face, he helps them to negotiate assurances should they require additional space or to receive fair and reasonable subleasing rights as their needs evolve.

Community Involvement

Lee is a long-standing member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), where he formerly served on the San Francisco District Council Executive Board and is now a member of its Emeritus Board. He is currently a member of ULI San Francisco’s Commercial Local Product Council. He is a long term member and former Co-Chair of the UrbanPlan Committee for ULI’s San Francisco District Council, which supports the volunteer efforts of the UrbanPlan program—an educational enterprise. The curriculum is taught in high schools and colleges, and it has been adapted for use in one-day workshops for elected and appointed public officials and other members of the community at large, in connection with which Lee served on a national steering committee. In his work with UrbanPlan, Lee volunteers as a facilitator in high school classrooms and as an instructor at one-day workshops. 

Accolades

• Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers (2013, 2018 - 2020)