O’Melveny Worldwide

Brian Kenyon is a seasoned real estate attorney with in-house and law firm experience who offers practical, results-focused solutions that help real estate owners, investors, and operators accomplish their strategic goals. Brian advises clients of all kinds across the real estate sector, including commercial lenders, private equity sponsors, REITs, pension funds, and public and private developers.

He counsels clients through every step of the real estate lifecycle, across an array of industries and property types, from development of sports and entertainment venues to acquisition and construction of oil and gas facilities to leasing, operation, and disposition of healthcare, multi-family, mixed-use and office properties. On every matter and every project, Brian looks for solutions that can achieve clients’ unique goals quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively.

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  • Represented chemical manufacturer in acquisition of 265-acre industrial complex in Lake Charles, LA, and subsequent land sales, shared utility, infrastructure and rail usage arrangements, and other ongoing site-related operational matters. 
  • Represented healthcare REIT with US$285 million sale of portfolio of medical office buildings in South Carolina, and separate sale and leaseback of portfolio of clinics in New York.
  • Represented midstream liquids storage company in US$195 million acquisition of southern California tank farm and pipeline portfolio, and subsequent sale and leaseback of a single terminal location for US$215 million.
  • Represented energy company with respect to the Engineering, Construction and Procurement (EPC) agreement for construction of US$142.2 million gas processing plant in New Mexico.
  • Represented the Madison Square Garden Company in connection with its US$400 million sale of the LA Forum.
  • Represented energy company in the sale of Torrance, CA refinery for US$537.5 million.
  • Represented pension fund in its US$400 million acquisition of an apple orchard business in the state of Washington, which included 8,000 acres of orchards and supporting facilities for cultivation and distribution. 
  • Represented investment manager, on behalf of itself and certain of its investors, in a pair of dispositions of two Nashville multifamily developments with an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$150 million.
  • Represented investment manager, on behalf of itself and certain of its investors, in connection with duo of CMBS transactions involving an approximately US$100 million portfolio sale of single-tenant, triple net leased sites across the US.
  • Represent bio-tech company with the lease and buildout of new US$40 million research, development and clean lab facility in bay area.
  • Represented leading virtual reality company in the negotiation of build-to-suit lease for development of 95,000s.f. state of the art facility to offer virtual reality entertainment.
  • Represented technology company in the sale and leaseback of its 232,000s.f. Silicon Valley campus.
  • Represented entertainment and real estate company with the sale of its thoroughbred horse racing venues and training facilities to the state of Maryland and continue to assist with the operation and management of the company’s other horse racing facilities in California and Florida.
  • Represented state stadium authority in the RFP, development and construction of a new professional sports stadium and entertainment venue and adjacent mixed-use and entertainment district.
  • Represented public real estate investment and management company with US$300 million refinancing of downtown Los Angeles office building and attached mixed-use development.
  • Represented international logistics company in the acquisition of a build-to-suit, 435,000s.f. facility with ancillary truck and trailer yard.
     

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Florida

Education

  • Florida State University, J.D.
  • University of Florida, B.S.: Engineering, Civil

Professional Activities

Member

  • ABA Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources
  • ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
  • NAIOP SoCal

Author

  • Hydraulic Fracturing Developments,” Pratt’s Energy Law Report (January 2017)
  • Hydraulic Fracturing Developments,” Pratt’s Energy Law Report (June 2016)
  • Hydraulic Fracturing Developments,” Pratt’s Energy Law Report (March 2016)
  • Contract and Conditional Zoning, Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section Treatise Update (June 2014)
  • Introduction and General Overview of Transferable Development Rights, Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Section Treatise Update (June 2014)
  • Florida section of “Smart Growth and Green Buildings Annual Report,” ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2011 (co-author)