Mark s. pecheck

Mark S. Pecheck is now Of Counsel with the firm, after 38 years in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (formerly known as Boalt Hall).  Mr. Pecheck received his undergraduate education at UCLA, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics  cum laude  in 1979.  He has been named as one of the  Best Lawyers in America  in Real Estate Law since 2015.

Mr. Pecheck is a member of the State Bar of California. He is an accomplished real estate finance lawyer, having structured, negotiated and documented (on behalf of both lenders and borrowers) hundreds of complex transactions involving senior loans, mezzanine financing, CMBS loans, construction loans, participations and syndicated loans, and large multi-state and multi-property portfolio transactions.  He also has significant experience and expertise in the area of mortgage loan remedies, including foreclosures and receiverships. In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, Mr. Pecheck was deeply involved in several of the residential mortgage servicer reviews undertaken pursuant to consent decrees mandated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board.

In addition to his real estate finance expertise, Mr. Pecheck has broad experience in real property acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, development projects and commercial leasing.  He has represented a wide range of clients, including major financial institutions, pension plans, high net worth individuals and families, and European, Asian and Middle Eastern investors.

Over the years, Mr. Pecheck has been involved in a number of high-profile projects, including:

Representation of the ownership of CityCenter (a multi-billion dollars mixed-use project on the Las Vegas Strip) in the sale of The Shops at Crystals.
Representation of a major financial institution in a deed-in-lieu transaction involving $500 million in mortgage indebtedness secured by 51 multi-family apartment properties.
Representation of Dillon Read Capital Management in $133 million senior and mezzanine financing secured by portfolio of 15 apartment buildings in San Francisco, California.
Representation of UBS in bridge loan made in connection with the recapitalization of a major landowner in Napa and Lake Counties, California.
Representation of CSFB in $165 million senior and mezzanine financing secured by portfolio of 24 apartment buildings in San Francisco, California.
Representation of a Riverside County landowner in the long-term ground lease of a 35-acre site to an energy company for the construction of an 500 megawatt combined cycle power plant.
Representation of Juniper Capital in the acquisition and financing of the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas and re-branding the property as the Virgin Hotel Las Vegas.
Representation of private company in the disposition of a 27-property industrial portfolio in the States of Florida, Illinois and Michigan.
Representation of private company in the sale of multifamily portfolio containing 2,000+ apartment units in Phoenix, Arizona.
Representation of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of a 53-acre parcel of land in the City of Irvine and the development of a 940,000 square foot corporate campus.
Representation of Proficiency Capital LLC, a Los Angeles based developer, in the disposition of a portfolio of office buildings in El Segundo, California, and in the sale of a 1.4 million square foot multi-building industrial complex in the City of Ontario.
Representation of a joint venture between Cerberus and Harridge Development Group in a long-term ground lease of property located in the heart of Hollywood, CA for the development of a multi-billion dollar mixed-use project.

Mr. Pecheck is involved in a number of community and non-profit organizations.  He is a native of Los Angeles and resides with his family in Sherman Oaks.