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Education

  • J.D., cum laude, University of San Diego School of Law, Order of the Coif

  • B.A., cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles

Bar Admissions

  • California

  • New York

  • Washington, D.C.

Services

  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions

  • Construction Contracts

Industries

  • Construction

  • Real Estate

  • Residential & Multifamily

  • Telecommunications Infrastructure

  • Data Centers

Memberships

  • Orange County Association of Realtors

  • California Association of Realtors

  • University of San Diego School of Law Orange County Alumni Association, Board of Directors

Derek G. Weisbender

Partner

Derek enjoys working on challenging and unusual construction and real estate matters that require out-of-the-ordinary ideas and solutions. Derek's background in litigating real estate and construction matters in state and federal courts informs his current work in transactional construction and real estate, and aids his ability to draft and negotiate complicated agreements and identify potential pitfalls.

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 data center, office, 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)

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 data center, office, 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)
  • Construction & Development Outlook

    Bisnow Orange County Commercial Real Estate State of the Market
    Anaheim, CA

    5.08.25

  • Hot Asset Classes & Major Projects

    Irvine, California

    2.13.20

  • Allen Matkins Elects Steven Farenbaugh, Rachel Sanders, Maxwell Shapiro, and Derek Weisbender to Partnership

    New Partners are Based in the Firm’s Los Angeles and Orange County Offices

    Press Release

    6.29.21

  • Thirty-One Allen Matkins Partners Recognized in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®; Keith Bishop and Jeffrey Chine named 'Lawyers of the Year'; Derek Weisbender named to 'Ones to Watch'; Firm Receives National Tier 1 Rankings

    Press Release

    11.05.20

  • In California, Development Bills Are The 'New Sexy.' Here's Why Housing Doesn't Get Built

    Derek G. Weisbender in Bisnow

    Press Mention

    2.17.20

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