Katharine E. Allen

Katharine Allen is a partner in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental Practice Group in the firm’s San Francisco Office.

Areas of Practice

Katharine's practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions and real estate secured financing.  She has represented clients on a wide variety of real estate transactions with an emphasis on acquisitions and dispositions, sale leaseback transactions, commercial leasing, joint venture transactions and limited liability entity formation.  Katharine's commercial lending experience includes both single lender and syndicate real property financings secured by office buildings, industrial and warehouse facilities, wineries and vineyards, apartment complexes, retail developments, hotel and resort properties, and mobile home communities.

Honors

Northern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2013-2016

Legal 500, Real Estate, 2017

Articles

Antitrust Law Blog Posts

• "Restrictive Covenants in Real Estate: Next Antitrust Enforcement Target?," May 2, 2023

Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog Posts

• "FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Deter Money Laundering in the Residential Real Estate Sector," March 21, 2024
• "CEQA Requires Separate Evaluation Of Mitigation Measures And Alternatives Even Where Mitigation Measures Are Incorporated Into Project Design," March 26, 2014
• "EPA's New Source Performance Standard Does Not Apply to Discharges of Mining Slurry Regulated Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act", July 8, 2009
• "Checklist Approval Of Design Plan Conforming To Guidelines Established Under Specific Plan Constitutes A Ministerial Act Under CEQA", July 8, 2009
• "County Outside Counsel Work Product Not Part of CEQA Record Even If Disclosed To Real Party In Interest", June 19, 2009
• "Bureau of Reclamation Decision to Withhold Water, As Required by Federal Law, Did Not Breach 1983 State Water Contracts Nor Did it Constitute a Taking of a Vested Property Right", March 26, 2007
• "Physical Recordation Of A LIS Pendens With The Recorder's Office Does Not Provide Constructive Notice Of The Claim Until the LIS Pendens Is Properly Indexed By The Recorder", March 6, 2007
• "Exculpatory Clauses In a Purchase Agreement Do Not Bar Claims By Buyers of Real Property Alleging That the Seller's Brokers made Intentional Misrepresentations About the Property", February 3, 2007

Events

Memberships

Member, American Bar Association

Member, San Francisco Bar Association