February 7, 2006
ORANGE COUNTY – Addition Strengthens National Real Estate and Land Use Practice and Orange County Presence
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the national law and consulting firm, announced today that Adam R. Salis, a highly-regarded transactional real estate attorney, has joined the firm’s Orange County office as a counsel. Mr. Salis was previously a partner in the Irvine office of Buchalter Nemer.
Mr. Salis focuses on acquisitions, sales, financing, development, joint ventures and commercial leasing transactions in the real estate industry. He previously served as a Senior Asset Manager at J.E. Robert Companies/Archon Group, a subsidiary of Goldman, Sachs & Company, where he managed a portfolio of real estate debt and equity assets.
“Adam is a welcome addition to our expanding Orange County office,” said Paul H. Irving, Manatt’s Chief Executive and Managing Partner. “His business perspective, legal acumen and market knowledge add to a real estate and land use capability that is at or above the level of any firm in the region.”
Mr. Salis received his B.A. in 1986 from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. in 1989 from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he was Associate Editor of the UCLA Law Review. He also received a Certificate in Real Estate Investment at the University of California, Irvine, in 1991. Mr. Salis writes frequently, and has been published in California Real Estate Journal, Daily Journal, Commercial Lender Magazine and Shopping Center Business Magazine.
Active in the Orange County community, Mr. Salis is a member of the Board of Directors and the Planned Giving Committee of Goodwill Industries of Orange County, and is the Founder and past Chairman of the Commercial Real Estate Division of the Jewish Federation of Orange County.
“We are delighted to welcome Adam to Manatt,” commented Ellen R. Marshall, Administrative Partner of Manatt’s Orange County office. “Adam’s real estate practice is a terrific complement to our strong Orange County real estate, land use and financial services practices.”