Albert Valencia

Albert Valencia is a Partner and Chair of the Real Estate Department at Ervin Cohen & Jessup’s Beverly Hills office. His practice focuses on real estate and related business matters. His clients include developers, operators, private equity investors and commercial banks in a broad range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and syndications, commercial leasing, financing, loan modifications, workouts and restructurings. His legal experience covers commercial, office, retail, multi-family, mixed-use and industrial properties.

Prior to practicing law, Valencia was a business consultant for the global consulting firms of Arthur Andersen LLP and Deloitte Consulting LLP, where he provided business process reengineering and systems consulting services for Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, utilities and entertainment industries. He later played an integral part of forming and operating two startup companies. His legal career began in the real estate department of the Am Law 100 law firms Mayer Brown LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP.

Valencia is active in the community and was recognized by Public Counsel with the Pro Bono of the Year award. He also received the Proskauer Golden Gavel award for his outstanding pro bono work. He previously served on the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

He’s been named Commercial Real Estate Visionary (Los Angeles Times), Minority Leaders of Influence (Los Angeles Business Journal) and has been listed in Southern California Super Lawyers.

These are some of the reasons why we are honoring Albert Valencia with Connect CRE’s 2022 California Lawyers in Real Estate Award. The award celebrates real estate attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice and the larger community.