Mehdi Eddebbarh is a partner in the Los Angeles and Orange County offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department where he represents private equity funds, REITs, institutional and non-institutional real estate investors, developers, operators, sponsors, lenders and borrowers in negotiating and structuring real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, sale leasebacks, developments and financings involving a wide range of commercial real estate asset classes, including hotel/hospitality, life sciences, office, multifamily, vacant land, industrial, mixed-use buildings, retail and shopping centers.
Mehdi has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:
- Chambers USA for Southern California Real Estate
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers 2024
- Euromoney 2022 Rising Stars for Real Estate
- The Best Lawyers in America© for Real Estate Law
A sample of recent matters include:
- Representation of a capital partner in the joint venture, acquisition and financing of a $1.5+ billion retail shopping center portfolio located throughout the western United States.
- Representation of the seller in the $1.1+ billion sale of the luxury retail center known as “The Shops at Crystals, Las Vegas”.
- Representation of Blackstone in the acquisition of a multi-property industrial portfolio located in the western United States.
- Representation of a joint venture among Juniper Capital Partners, Fengate Real Asset Investment (on behalf of LIUNA), Virgin Management and others in the $500+ million acquisition and redevelopment of the 1,500 key Hard Rock Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas from a Brookfield-managed private real estate fund.
- Representation of the developer in the development of an approximately 40 acre mixed use development located in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Representation of the lender in the construction financing of a senior housing facility located in southern California.
- Representation of the seller in a sale-leaseback of a portfolio of 20+ manufacturing assets located throughout the United States.
Additional relevant information about Mehdi includes:
- Prior to attending law school, Mehdi obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiological Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mehdi earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
- Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mehdi served as a law clerk to the Honorable Philip M. Pro of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and practiced as a real estate associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York.
- Mehdi is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the State of New York.
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Credentials
Education:
- Harvard University - 2010 Juris Doctor
- University of California, Los Angeles - 2007 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- California Bar
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Nevada, Hon. Philip Pro, 2010 - 2011