Aaron Friberg is a counsel in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins.

Aaron represents clients in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions, particularly in the hospitality, gaming, and energy industries. These transactions have included real estate acquisitions and dispositions of:

  • Hotels
  • Senior living communities
  • Multifamily housing
  • Hospitals
  • Office buildings
  • Shopping malls
  • Casinos
  • Sites for riverboat gaming and retail developments
  • Power generation facilities

Aaron has advised a number of clients in the acquisition/disposition of several of the marquee properties owned by Caesars — high-end luxury hotels in Manhattan, New York; Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California; and several other jurisdictions. Representative clients include:

  • Starwood
  • GEM Capital
  • Colony
  • Bridge
  • StepStone
  • Host Hotels
  • Walton Street

Aaron’s finance transactions have principally included representing both borrowers and lenders in secured and unsecured bank financings, CMBS financings, and high-yield bonds secured by casino (both tribal and non-tribal) and other real property assets. Representative matters include financings pertaining to the following gaming companies:

  • Caesars
  • MGM
  • Stations Casinos
  • Shingle Springs
  • Golden Gaming
  • Twin River
  • Buena Vista
  • Penn Gaming

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2009
  • BA, Point Loma Nazarene University, 2004