Paul was the founding Managing Member of the firm’s San Francisco office. Paul is a nationally recognized real estate attorney. His practice focuses on acquisition, development, leasing, secured financing, disposition, restructuring work, joint ventures, and other real estate matters. He has also served as counsel to pension fund advisors, financial institutions, and developers in connection with origination and restructuring of loans secured by real estate. Paul is consistently recognized by Best Lawyers® and other legal ranking organizations for excellence in real estate law, and he is ranked AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
Before joining Mintz, Paul served as chair of the San Francisco office of an international law firm.
Experience
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition of Macy's I. Magnin Building in Union Square, San Francisco.
- Represented a joint venture between a developer and a private real estate investment firm in the development, construction financing, leasing, and sale of Palo Alto Networks’ office campus in Santa Clara, California. This effort included representing the developer in the negotiation of the joint venture agreement, and representing the joint venture in the acquisition, phased construction, leasing, and phased sale of over 1,600,000 square feet of office and amenity space in the campus.
- Represented a joint venture between a developer and CalPERS in acquisitions and financings of large multifamily properties totaling in excess of $1 billion. A number of these transactions were structured as purchases of shares in the REITs owning the properties.
- Represented a joint venture between affiliates of Carlyle Partners and a Silicon Valley-based developer in the leasing and development of the four-building Netflix campus in Los Gatos, California, and the phased sale of the buildings to different buyers.
News & Press
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Mintz’s Jon Welner Re-Elected to Tiburon Town Council
November 08, 2022
Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz Northern California Real Estate Practice Closes $1.3 Billion in Transactions in 2016
February 01, 2017
Mintz Expands National IP Litigation Capabilities with Addition of Top Silicon Valley Attorney
January 17, 2017
Recognition & Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Real Estate Law (2007 – 2025)
Recommended by The Legal 500 United States for Real Estate (2024)
Included on the San Francisco, California Super Lawyers list (2004 – 2020)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Involvement
- Member, Policy Advisory Board, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley
- Member, American Bar Association and Real Property Section
- Member, San Francisco Bar Association
- Member, California Bar Association and Real Property Section
Recent Insights
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
