Anita Famili serves as head of real estate transactions and finance at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and is widely regarded as a trusted outside counsel to major institutional and private clients. She advises a range of clients including Westfield, Golden State Water Company, and private developers. Famili recently guided a national grocer through a $500m+ brownfield acquisition and development, advised the board of a luxury golf and beach club in a $1bn+ cross-border project, and handled significant retail dispositions for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.
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Distinctions

Los Angeles Elite

Clients clés

  • Golden State Water Company
  • Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Points forts

Advising the Board of Directors of a luxury golf and beach club in a cross-border, $1bn+ residential development project, including fiduciary obligations, development strategy, capital raise, and structuring a complex member buyout converting the club from equity to non-equity ownership.
Represented a national specialty grocer in the $100M acquisition and development of a 55+ acre West Coast warehouse facility located on an EPA-designated Superfund Site, navigating complex environmental approvals, regulatory negotiations, and infrastructure agreements, with the project’s total value exceeding $500m.
Represented Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in the sale of the Westfield Annapolis shopping center in Annapolis, Maryland, to Dallas-based Centennial Real Estate Management LLC.