Law Office of Robert Flick

Los Angeles Skyline

Real Property Law Solutions

About

The Law Office of Robert Flick, located in Pacific Palisades, California, conducts a national transactional commercial real estate law practice.The firm’s principal attorney, Robert Flick, has decades of experience representing domestic and foreign financial institutions, institutional and entrepreneurial investors and developers and family offices in connection with their roles as owners, lenders, borrowers, joint venture partners, landlords and tenants in purchase and sale, leasing, loan origination and workout and development matters. Product types have included industrial, retail, office and residential and have encompassed many millions of square feet and billions of dollars of value.Our mission statement is to provide representation with expertise that is akin to or better than that provided by BigLaw firms but in a personalized and cost-effective manner.

Robert Flick Biography

EducationStanford Law School (J.D.)
Research and Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor John Kaplan
Founder and Contributor—Robert’s Law Summaries
Northern Illinois University (Bachelor of Science cum laude)
Majors: Political Science and French with Departmental Honors in each major
Minor: Mathematics
Sports: Division I Basketball and Track and Field
Prior Law Firm Affiliations
Equity partner in an AmLaw 100 firm
Equity partner in a major Southern California firm
Associate in a boutique Los Angeles business and real estate firm
Professional Association Memberships
State Bar of California
State Bar Real Property Law Section
Los Angeles County Bar Real Property Law Section and Executive Committee
Non-Profit Memberships
Junior Achievement of Southern California—Secretary, Board Member and Executive Committee Member
The Seaver Institute—Secretary, Board Member and Executive Committee Member
Publications and Teaching
Two Volume Treatise Super Update Editor— Continuing Education of the Bar (“CEB”) Commercial Real Property Transactions
Chapter Co-Author—Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions for Commercial Real Estate Transactions Handbook
Article Author—"Condemnation Clauses in Real Estate Agreements” for Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine
Course Materials Author—Numerous CEB Lawyer Seminars
Seminar Moderator and Panelist—Major Real Property Acquisitions (Advanced Course of Study); Real Property Acquisitions; Secured Real Property Transactions; Mortgage Enforcement and Realization; Current Issues in Mortgage Enforcement; Current Issues in Real Property Secured Transactions and Enforcement;
Vice Chair of Steering Committee—Crocker Symposium

Experience & Clients

Acquisitions/DispositionsDocumentation, due diligence and closing of hundreds of transactions for acquisition of commercial properties (existing facilities and development sites), including portfolio transactions and properties located in complex retail and planned development projects.National acquisition counsel for top-ten self-storage company.FinanceHundreds of transactions representing borrowers in construction and existing project financings, including CMBS originated loans and portfolio financing transactions.Local counsel representation of commercial lenders in existing project financings.Representation of commercial lenders in loan modifications and collateral realization and dispositions.LeasingRegional leasing counsel (landlord side) for national commercial developer.National leasing counsel (tenant side) for world’s largest music company, including numerous major market office lease and sublease transactions.Lead counsel (landlord side) for owner/operator of SoCal entertainment theme park in leases to numerous retailers for major expansion of its associated retail development.Counsel (tenant side) for major wireless carrier in numerous communications site, equipment facility and distributed antenna system lease transactions.Lead counsel (tenant side) for entertainment companies in numerous office and studio lease transactions.Representative ClientsAnjac Fashion Buildings
AT&T Wireless
Bank of America
Boston University
Capitol Records
Fifth Street Music
Hydril
Kavli Foundation
Lincoln National Life
Major MLB Youth Foundation
MGM Studios
MGM Grand Hotels
Ovation Network
Panasonic North America
Republic Records
StorQuest
Tennis Channel
Tesco
Trammel Crow Company
Universal CityWalk
Universal Studios
Universal Music Group

Contact

15332 Antioch Street, No. 202
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
direct: 310-573-0300
fax: 424-644-2554
rflick@flicklaw.com