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 recent experience at Barg Singer Hoesly spans $1.4 billion in transactions, including:

• Acquisitions and Dispositions: Representing purchasers and sellers of office, industrial, retail, multi-family, hotel, self-storage, and mixed-use properties and development land on nearly $550 million of closed transactions since joining the firm in 2017.

• Commercial Leasing: Advising landlords and tenants on $200 million of office, retail, 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.

• Real Estate Financing: Negotiating and documenting real estate loans on behalf of borrowers and private-money lenders on nearly $650 million in closed loans since joining the firm in 2017 (including loans from banks, credit unions, life companies, CMBS and other non-traditional lenders, and governmental lenders, and seller-carried financing), and delivering third-party legal opinion letters to lenders.

• Construction and Development: Assisting developers, property owners, and business owners on their construction and development projects, including negotiating construction and design 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.

• Commercial Disputes: Representing clients on a range of real estate and commercial disputes, including lease enforcement and earnest money litigation and arbitrations.

• 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.

Some of Jonathan’s clients include a leading developer and operator of industrial business parks in the Pacific Northwest, a multi-generational Portland-area development firm, a private investor he has represented on more than six dozen leasing transactions and over 20 acquisitions, an Arizona-based commercial real estate firm that has developed and owned properties across nine states, 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.

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 been recognized by the prestigious Chambers and Partners USA Guide, which shares that he “is very thorough and has a good reputation in the market,” and has been further recognized by the peer-review Super Lawyers® and Best Lawyers®. He was also previously named as a “Phenom” by DJC Oregon in 2019 for his work in the region’s 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 he practiced 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.