Allen Matkins Welcomes New Real Estate Attorney Keith J. Pollock

LOS ANGELES – September 30, 2015 – Allen Matkins, a California-based full service real estate and business law firm, announced today the hiring of real estate attorney Keith J. Pollock in its Los Angeles office. As a member of the firm's renowned Real Estate Department, Keith represents owners, operators, asset managers, developers and lenders on a broad range of commercial and corporate-based real estate transactions.

In addition to Keith's hire, Allen Matkins has added a diverse mix of 16 attorneys to its Real Estate, Corporate and Litigation Departments over the past year. In the last six months, the firm has hired experienced attorneys from other prominent law firms including Latham & Watkins, Mintz Levin and Hinshaw & Culbertson, as well as a former assistant general counsel from JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Keith was a real estate associate at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP in New York City where he counseled a wide variety of clients regarding commercial office leasing, the acquisition, disposition and development of commercial real estate assets, and real estate finance. Some of Keith's more notable deals include representing the seller of a $139 million three-building portfolio on South Beach, Miami's famed Lincoln Road - Florida's largest retail sale in 2012; representing the purchaser of a $51 million acquisition of The Raleigh Hotel, also located in South Beach; and representing Madison 92nd Street Associates in its $82 million sale of the Courtyard Marriott in Manhattan to RLJ Lodging Acquisitions, part of Madison 92nd Street's successful Chapter 11 filing.

"A healthier economic climate and an uptick in client legal needs, particularly with real estate transactions, has provided Allen Matkins the opportunity to hire an abundance of highly successful attorneys over the past year," says Allen Matkins Managing Partner David L. Osias. "Keith is a prime example of the quality attorney Allen Matkins seeks when looking to expand its services to existing and potential clients. He and the other recent hires have made an immediate impact on the firm's continued success as one of the leading real estate and business law firms in the Western United States."

Keith received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, one of the most distinguished and accomplished moot court programs in the country, and his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Prior to his time at Olshan, Keith spent five years as a real estate associate at renowned New York City law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins, founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm with approximately 200 attorneys in four major metropolitan areas of California: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco. The firm's areas of focus include real estate, construction, land use, environmental and natural resources; corporate and securities, real estate and commercial finance, bankruptcy, restructurings and creditor’s rights, joint ventures and tax; labor, employment and OSHA; and trials, litigation, risk management and alternative dispute resolution in all of these areas. For more information about Allen Matkins please visit www.allenmatkins.com.