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Education

  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

  • M.S.T., Fordham University, Graduate School of Education

  • A.B., Princeton University

Bar Admissions

  • California

  • Washington, D.C.

Memberships

  • Urban Land Institute (ULI), Los Angeles Capital Markets Council

  • KIPP SoCal Public Schools, Associates Board, Member

Emily Feder

Partner

Emily is a real estate partner in the Los Angeles office. Specializing in real estate finance, she advises sophisticated borrowers and lenders in debt transactions secured by properties across asset classes and regions. In addition to her finance work, Emily helps clients navigate purchase and sale, leasing, and various other transactional matters. By monitoring and researching real estate trends and emerging industries, Emily keeps her clients apprised of new developments and offers timely, market-oriented counsel.

Before joining Allen Matkins, Emily was a vice president in the community development banking group at a leading national bank, where she sourced, structured, and led origination and closing of new markets tax credit transactions for the western United States. Emily’s background in community development gives her a holistic approach to real estate law, helping her deliver practical solutions to her client’s business objectives. She also previously practiced law in the tax credit finance and syndication group at an international law firm in Washington, D.C. and California.

Emily, who began her professional career as a teacher, currently serves on the Associates Board for KIPP SoCal Public Schools, a nonprofit organization that operates 23 high-performing, open-enrollment charter public schools. She is also a member of the Junior Committee for the Phase One Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting clinical cancer research, education, and treatment programs.

Accolades

  • Recipient of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award (2023)
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" list (2022-2025)

Before joining Allen Matkins, Emily was a vice president in the community development banking group at a leading national bank, where she sourced, structured, and led origination and closing of new markets tax credit transactions for the western United States. Emily’s background in community development gives her a holistic approach to real estate law, helping her deliver practical solutions to her client’s business objectives. She also previously practiced law in the tax credit finance and syndication group at an international law firm in Washington, D.C. and California.

Emily, who began her professional career as a teacher, currently serves on the Associates Board for KIPP SoCal Public Schools, a nonprofit organization that operates 23 high-performing, open-enrollment charter public schools. She is also a member of the Junior Committee for the Phase One Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting clinical cancer research, education, and treatment programs.

Accolades

  • Recipient of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award (2023)
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" list (2022-2025)
  • Lender. A $70 million loan for the acquisition and improvement of a property in West Hollywood, California, with hotel, multifamily, and private social club components, and (ii) a $65.75 million construction loan for the renovation of a hotel into a boutique hotel and private club in New York, New York, which loans were cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted.
  • Developer/Manager. Structured and negotiated a $575 million construction loan for the development of a 730,000 square foot office building in Century City, Los Angeles, California.
  • Real Estate Investment Company. Led deal in entering into a joint venture, acquisition, and acquisition financing for a multifamily residential housing development in Colorado.
  • Lender. Financing of a note purchase and subsequent real estate-secured loan in connection with real property located in Orange County, California.
  • Client/Joint Venture Partner. The closing of $575 million in secured and mezzanine financing for an office property located in Burbank, California.

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