Zak Baron is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department. Zak’s practice involves the representation of borrowers, lenders, private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers and operators in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leasing and development, traditional construction, permanent and leasehold financing, preferred equity and mezzanine financing, and disposition of a wide range of commercial real estate asset classes, including vacant land, hotels, residential, office, retail and mixed-use buildings, data centers, shopping centers, and other commercial and residential properties throughout the United States.
Zak earned his law degree from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. While in law school, he served as Senior Submissions Editor for the Southern California Law Review, a Teaching Fellow in the First Year Legal Writing and Advocacy Program, and served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable M. James Lorenz, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
Prior to law school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and a Minor in Philosophy from UCLA.
Zak is admitted to practice law in the State of California.
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Credentials
Education:
- University of Southern California - 2020 Juris Doctor
- University of California, Los Angeles - 2015 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar