Colton Addy is an associate in the Irvine office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher located in Orange County, California. Colton is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group and his practice involves all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, real estate development, financings, and real property secured transactions involving hotels and resorts, income producing properties, multifamily, mixed use, retail and shopping centers, residential, industrial, vacant and raw land, and other real estate assets of all sizes. Colton also regularly handles corporate entity formations and advises clients on corporate governance matters in connection with his real estate practice, including joint venture formations.

Selected matters include:*

• Representation of a Fortune 500 Company in the sale and leaseback of its corporate headquarters located in Irvine, California.
• Representation of a sponsor in the joint venture, acquisition and financing of a build-to-rent residential portfolio located throughout the southern United States.
• Representation of a lender in a $250 million loan transaction secured by a multi-state retail property portfolio.
• Representation of a sponsor group in the joint venture, acquisition and financing of a $100+ million portfolio of office buildings located throughout the United States.
• Representation of a hospitality group in the acquisition and disposition of various hotels and resorts throughout California.
• Representation of the seller of 120+ acres of raw land entitled for residential development in Southern California.
• Representation of a data analytics company in a long term office lease of 183,000 square feet for its corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.

*Includes representative matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Colton graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2017 and is a member of the Order of the Coif. While at the University of San Diego School of Law, he was a member of the San Diego Law Review and a three year grad school intramural softball champion. Colton obtained a B.A. degree in English Literature and a minor in Political Theory from San Diego State University in 2012.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Colton served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and practiced as a real estate associate at Snell & Wilmer in Orange County.

Colton previously served as the Business Development Chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division and is a member of NAIOP.

Colton is admitted to practice law in the State of California.