Allen Matkins Partners Nancy Lundeen and Kate Kraus Elected Fellows of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American College of Tax Counsel, Respectively

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericanCollegeofRealEstateLawyers?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#AmericanCollegeofRealEstateLawyerslt;/agt;–Allen
Matkins, a California-based full service real estate and business
law firm, announced today that Nancy
Lundeen, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, was elected a
Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and Kate
Kraus, a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, was elected a
Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. Membership in both
Colleges is reserved for attorneys who have made an exceptional
contribution to their practice of law. Fellows must be nominated for the
honor of membership and must then undergo a rigorous screening process
prior to being elected as Fellows of the respective College.

Nancy’s practice includes a full range of real estate transactions,
including the purchase and sale of real estate, real estate finance,
commercial leasing (including office, retail, and industrial leasing),
and loan workouts. Her clients range from large institutional clients to
small companies, and include purchasers and sellers, lenders and
borrowers, and landlords and tenants. Nancy is a past-president of both
CREW San Francisco and Women in Real Estate (WIRE), and is frequently
recognized by media publications and industry groups as one of the
leading real estate attorneys on the West Coast.

Kate has extensive experience in tax planning and structuring, including
formations, financing transactions, acquisitions, restructurings, debt
workouts, and liquidations. Her clients include real estate funds,
private equity funds, hedge funds, Fortune 100 companies, mid-market
companies, and high net worth individuals. She is frequently invited to
speak across the country, and she has published articles on a diverse
range of topics including bankruptcy taxation and the partnership audit
rules. She is also the CLE Chair for the ABA Tax Section Real Estate
Committee.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF REAL ESTATE LAWYERS

Founded in 1978, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers is
comprised of more than 1,000 lawyers distinguished for their skill,
experience, and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in
the practice of real estate law. Its primary objectives include
improving the quality of real estate law and practice, making available
to the Bar and to the public authoritative educational materials in the
field of real estate law, informing members of the most current
developments in real estate law, participating in law reform when
appropriate, and cooperating and consulting with national, state, and
local bar organizations, government agencies, and other groups that have
an interest in real estate law and practice.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TAX COUNSEL

The American College of Tax Counsel is comprised of attorneys who have
made an exceptional contribution to the practice of tax law through
their representation of clients, involvement in bar organizations,
speaking engagements, and writing. The College provides a venue for
these outstanding lawyers to work together to promote sound tax policy
and to engage in thoughtful discussion with the government about matters
affecting the tax system. In addition, the College supports public
conferences on tax policy issues and encourages the publication of
scholarly articles. As part of its mission to improve the tax system,
the College provides recommendations to Congress and the Internal
Revenue Service for improving the nation’s tax laws and the way that
they are interpreted and administered, and it provides input into the
judicial system by filing “friend of the court” briefs in selected tax
cases.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins, founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm with
approximately 200 attorneys in four major metropolitan areas of
California: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and San Francisco.
The firm’s areas of focus include real estate, construction, land use,
environmental, and natural resources; corporate and securities, real
estate and commercial finance, bankruptcy, restructurings and creditors’
rights, joint ventures, and tax; labor and employment; and trials,
litigation, risk management, and alternative dispute resolution in all
of these areas. For more information about Allen Matkins please visit www.allenmatkins.com.

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