Vivek Chavan is a Real Estate Shareholder in the firm's Silicon Valley office. He represents clients across a broad range of real estate transactional needs, at two separate levels of investment for clients: (i) fund and joint venture investments and (ii) real estate investments. He has represented numerous clients with the formation of their real estate funds and with their investment or sponsorship in real estate joint ventures. He also represents clients in the acquisition, disposition, financing, development, construction, operation and leasing of real properties throughout the United States, with a particular focus on the industrial, retail, office, forestry, hotel and multi-tenant property sectors. His practice includes a variety of business and transactional real estate matters, including equity, debt and construction financing, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, contributions, OP units, and tax driven structures.Vivek represents clients in the development and construction of industrial, retail, office and hotel properties. He regularly advises clients on land-related issues and negotiates development, construction and architectural/engineering agreements, declarations, conditions of approval, subdivisions, and easements. Vivek's clients include REITs, TIMOs, funds, developers, investors, banks, foreign investors and other institutions.