Matthew L. Friedrich

Partner

Century City
matthew.friedrich@lw.com
+1.213.891.8112

PRACTICES

  • Real Estate

INDUSTRIES

  • REITs

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • California

EDUCATION

  • JD, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2009
    magna cum laude
  • BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
    cum laude

PROFILE

Matt Friedrich advises clients on a wide range of commercial real estate transactions across asset classes and geographies.

Matt helps private equity investors, family offices, institutional investment advisors, REITs, and real estate companies navigate:

  • Programmatic and single-asset joint ventures
  • Acquisitions and dispositions
  • Financings

Matt has spent his entire career in the commercial real estate industry, including working as a broker prior to his legal practice. He leverages more than two decades of real estate experience and longstanding industry relationships.

He serves on the board of Make-a-Wish Greater Los Angeles and is a member of the Jewish Federation Los Angeles Real Estate and Construction (REC) Network.

EXPERIENCE

Matt's recent experience includes advising:

  • A real estate operator and developer in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture for the acquisition of industrial properties located in Northern and Southern California and Washington State
  • A global asset manager in connection with the acquisition and formation of a programmatic joint venture for investment in self-storage properties
  • A global asset manager in connection with the acquisition, financing, and formation of a joint venture for investment in a cold storage portfolio
  • A publicly traded multi-family REIT in connection with the financing and formation of a joint venture for the recapitalization of an existing multi-family residential portfolio
  • A publicly traded multi-family REIT in connection with the acquisition, financing, and formation of a joint venture for investment in an existing multi-family residential portfolio
  • A family office in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture to make multi-family bridge loans in the Tri-State area
  • One of California’s largest privately held companies in connection with the formation of a joint venture for a ground-up development industrial project