National CRE News In Your Inbox.

Sign up for Connect emails to stay informed with CRE stories that are 150 words or less.

Sub Markets

Property Sectors

Topics

National  | 

Lawyers in Real Estate 2020: Orrick’s Michael Liever

Michael Liever is a partner in the San Francisco office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and a lawyer with one of the largest and most diversified national real estate practices in the country. Orrick’s Real Estate Group concentrates on developing, buying, selling, leasing and financing commercial real property.

Liever has extensive involvement in representing both foreign and domestic investors in the acquisition, disposition, development, leasing, financing, and joint venture of office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, industrial parks, and apartments. In the 2020 Northern California Real Estate category of Chambers USA, a client said, “he is the best in the business – he is hard-working, honest and reasonable.” Another added that “he’s very consistently thoughtful and responsive, and he has a steady commitment to client service.”

His clients include RREEF America L.L.C. and its various separate accounts; Bentall Kennedy Group; New York Life Insurance Company; Alecta Investments Management (USA); Morgan Stanley; BlackRock Realty Advisors; Heitman Properties, McMorgan & Company, Gerson Bakar & Associates, Legacy Partners Commercial, Inc.; Broadreach Capital Partners LLC; CharterMac Mortgage Capital; GLL US Office, L.P.; University of California; Rockwood Capital Corporation; Industrial Income Trust, Inc., Stockbridge Real Estate Funds, Divco West Properties; Bristol Group; Cargill; the City & County of San Francisco; CalPERS; IowaPERS; Mass PRIM; San Bernardino County Retirement System; the County of San Diego Retirement System; the County of Alameda Retirement System; the City of Sacramento; Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association; RNM Properties; Union Property Capital; and Starbucks Corporation.

It’s for these reasons that we named Michael Liever to our inaugural grouping of Lawyers in Real Estate. These are real estate attorneys who have distinguished themselves in both their practice and the larger community.

For comments, questions or concerns, please contact Paul Bubny

Connect

Inside The Story

Meet the 2020 Lawyers in Real EstateConnect With Orrick's Liever

About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).