JONATHAN H. SINGER

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Jonathan Singer is a deal-oriented real estate lawyer who delivers big firm experience in a boutique setting, regularly counseling developers, investors, property owners, individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies on a wide range of complex real estate transactions, development projects, disputes, and related business matters.

Jonathan’s experience at Barg Singer Hoesly spans nearly $2.4 billion in transactions and includes:

• Acquisitions and Dispositions: Representing purchasers and sellers of office, industrial, single- and multi-tenant retail, multi-family, hotel, self-storage, mixed-use, and other properties, including development land and in tax-deferred § 1031 exchanges, on closed transactions totaling over $600 million.

• Commercial Leasing: Advising landlords and tenants on nearly $250 million of office, retail, mall, big-box, restaurant, and industrial lease transactions ranging from a few hundred square feet to over 100,000 square feet, as well as on subleases, assignments, cell tower leases, billboard leases, ground leases, and other lease-related transactions.

• Financing: Negotiating and documenting real estate and business loans on behalf of property owners, business operators, and private-money lenders, and delivering third-party legal opinion letters on behalf of borrowers, on more than $1.5 billion in closed loans (including loans from banks, credit unions, CMBS and other non-traditional lenders, life insurance companies, GSEs, and other governmental lenders, and seller-carried financing).

• Construction and Development: Assisting developers, property owners, and businesses on their construction and development projects, including negotiating construction contracts, architecture contracts, construction loans, and governmental agreements.

• Property Operations: Advising property owners and businesses on operational and maintenance issues under their leases, as well as on easements, licenses, CC&Rs, property management agreements, and listing agreements.

• Business Transactions: Assisting companies on a range of business matters, including entity formations, asset purchase agreements, financings, and other commercial contracts.

• Real Estate and Other Commercial Disputes: Representing clients on a range of real estate and other commercial disputes, including property line disputes, lease enforcement matters, earnest money disputes, and other civil litigation and arbitration matters (after having previously also handled a range of partnership disputes, financial services litigation, insurance coverage, and other commercial matters in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and mediations at other firms prior to joining Barg Singer Hoesly PC).

• Local Counsel Services: Serving as local counsel for law firms large and small around the country, including multiple Am Law 100 and Chambers-ranked firms, as well as out-of-state businesses, in connection with transactions in Oregon, including delivering third-party legal opinion letters on behalf of borrowers in financing transactions.

Some of Jonathan’s recent and ongoing clients include a leading developer and operator of industrial parks around the Pacific Northwest, a multi-generational Portland-area development firm, a private investor he has represented on nearly 100 leasing transactions and over 20 acquisitions, a fast-growing quick-service restaurant chain, and several professional athletes.

Jonathan is a fifth generation Portlander with deep roots in the community, where he remains active in civic and philanthropic matters, including through chairing and serving on the boards and committees of multiple non-profit organizations.

In 2023, Jonathan was honored in the Portland Business Journal’s annual “40 Under 40” list, which recognizes forty of the region’s young professionals for outstanding leadership in their careers and compelling community involvement, with the publication calling him “a respected real estate attorney, rising star and connector in the Portland community.”

Jonathan’s real estate law practice has also earned honors from the “gold standard” Chambers and Partners USA Guide, which shares that he “is very thorough and has a good reputation in the market” and that he “exhibits a diligent focus on win-win solutions for all parties.” Additionally, he has been recognized by the peer-review Super Lawyers® and Best Lawyers®, and he was named as a “Phenom” by DJC Oregon in 2019 for his work in the development industry.

Prior to joining Barg Singer Hoesly in 2017, Jonathan practiced law in the Washington, D.C., office of the global law firm O’Melveny representing clients on complex civil litigation, governmental investigations, and political law matters, and at Miller Nash in Portland, where he handled real estate transactions and civil litigation. Before practicing law, Jonathan was a political writer, interviewing high-profile leaders ranging from Barack Obama to Bob Dole.

In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys volunteering for and supporting charitable causes, listening to and playing jazz, traveling the world and to the Oregon coast, hiking the Portland hills and nearby mountains, cheering on the Portland Trail Blazers and Portland Timbers, viewing and collecting works of Pacific Northwest artists, and spending time with his rescue dog Bagel, his friends, and his family.