Derek G. Weisbender

Derek understands and can distill the most complex construction and real estate issues. He advises institutional owners, developers, investors, global technology companies, and other property owners and users on all facets of construction and real estate transactions, with an emphasis on construction, design, and purchase and sale agreements for large commercial and industrial properties and projects.  He has drafted and negotiated design and construction agreements for some of the most exciting and unique office, data center, multifamily, and industrial projects in the United States, Canada, South America, and other countries, including multiple cutting-edge developments with construction values estimated at more than one billion dollars each, and has significant experience in negotiating, documenting, and closing complex commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions for office, data center, industrial, and retail properties.  A licensed California real estate broker and realtor, Derek also advises buyers, sellers, and agents on high-value residential transactions and matters concerning the residential real estate industry.

Derek recently represented clients with numerous office and data center construction projects planned across North and South America, requiring consistent and easily repeatable construction and design agreements. Derek drafted and oversaw development of comprehensive libraries of agreements that addressed all of the project needs and were adaptable for use in multiple states and countries.

Derek studied internationally at Bond University in Australia and the University of Oxford in England. While in law school, he served as an Executive Editor of the San Diego Law Review. Derek serves his community as a Reserve Deputy for a California law enforcement agency. 

ACCOLADES

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® inaugural "Ones to Watch" list (2021)