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Grant Puleo
Partner
Practice Areas |
Admissions |
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Real Estate Finance, Restructuring and Bankruptcy |
California |
Contact Information
1917 Palomar Oaks Way, Suite 300 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Direct Phone: 760.496.0776 Direct Fax: 619.744.5462 gp@procopio.com v-Card Download BioProfessional Summary
Grant Puleo's practice includes a wide variety of real estate, finance and business transactions. He has extensive experience in a broad array of multi-family residential and commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, dispositions, specialized leasing and financing of all product types throughout California and the United States. Mr. Puleo represents lenders, preferred equity investors, operators and developers as well as users in the acquisition, financing, development, ownership, leasing and disposition of commercial, retail, industrial, residential and office condominium, multi-family residential, single family developments, restaurant, hotel, office, biotech, campus, research and development and manufacturing facilities and properties.
Mr. Puleo's finance experience includes both borrower and lender representation in the initiation and workout of complicated debt and equity transactions, including acquisition and construction financing, mezzanine financing and synthetic leasing transactions. Mr. Puleo also represents clients in business matters involving the purchase and sale of business assets and the formation and restructuring of business entities.
Previously a trial attorney, Mr. Puleo provides general litigation advice to clients and negotiates on behalf of both landowners and users to resolve real estate-related litigation, such as unlawful detainer, lis pendens and condemnation. Mr. Puleo also provides his business clients with risk management and litigation avoidance counseling.
Prior to joining Procopio, Mr. Puleo was an associate with the law firms of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.
Mr. Puleo's finance experience includes both borrower and lender representation in the initiation and workout of complicated debt and equity transactions, including acquisition and construction financing, mezzanine financing and synthetic leasing transactions. Mr. Puleo also represents clients in business matters involving the purchase and sale of business assets and the formation and restructuring of business entities.
Previously a trial attorney, Mr. Puleo provides general litigation advice to clients and negotiates on behalf of both landowners and users to resolve real estate-related litigation, such as unlawful detainer, lis pendens and condemnation. Mr. Puleo also provides his business clients with risk management and litigation avoidance counseling.
Prior to joining Procopio, Mr. Puleo was an associate with the law firms of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.
Education, Distinctions & Community Involvement
Mr. Puleo received a B.A. in Political Science from San Diego State University in 1990 and his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law with great distinction (Order of the Coif) in 1995. He is an AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Puleo has lectured and written on various real estate and litigation topics. He is a frequent panelist and moderator for BIOCOM's Facilities Workshops. He has spoken at BioParks, CALBIOSummit, Building Owners' & Tenants' Summit on Biotech, Medical Pharmaceutical Lab Facilities, and Sterling Education Services' Commercial Leases - Drafting, Enforcing, and Litigating Program. From 1996 to 1999, he lectured to thousands of healthcare professionals throughout the western United States on various aspects of professional liability, risk management, insurance coverage, litigation avoidance and other legal issues.
Mr. Puleo is a member of BIOCOM’s Facilities and Finance Committee and the American Bar Association Advisory Panel and serves as pro bono legal counsel for Monarch Schools and VOICE, LLC.
Mr. Puleo has lectured and written on various real estate and litigation topics. He is a frequent panelist and moderator for BIOCOM's Facilities Workshops. He has spoken at BioParks, CALBIOSummit, Building Owners' & Tenants' Summit on Biotech, Medical Pharmaceutical Lab Facilities, and Sterling Education Services' Commercial Leases - Drafting, Enforcing, and Litigating Program. From 1996 to 1999, he lectured to thousands of healthcare professionals throughout the western United States on various aspects of professional liability, risk management, insurance coverage, litigation avoidance and other legal issues.
Mr. Puleo is a member of BIOCOM’s Facilities and Finance Committee and the American Bar Association Advisory Panel and serves as pro bono legal counsel for Monarch Schools and VOICE, LLC.
News*, Publications & Events
Recent Articles/Publications
- "Mezzanine Loans to Developers and Owners of Real Estate Projects: 10 Ways to Improve the Quality of the Equity Pledge," The Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2007
Recent Seminars and Speeches
- Moderator and Speaker, “Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers,” Lorman Education Service Seminar, San Diego, CA, November 2008
- Panelist Speaker, “Intercreditor Issues in Commercial Real Estate Workouts,” Commercial Real Estate Workouts, Turnarounds & REO, Irvine, CA, July 2008
- Panelist Speaker, "The Intercreditor Agreement: How Have the Details Changed Since the Early 90’s," 5th Annual Western Borrowers' & Investors' Forum on Real Estate Mezzanine Loans, Los Angeles, CA, April 2008
- Panelist Speaker, “What are Lenders Doing With Underperforming Properties Pre-Foreclosure?,” Symposium on Distressed Residential Real Estate, Miami, FL, March 2008
