Vincent K. Wong

Purchase and Sales

• Lead associate in conducting due diligence and other closing duties in investment fund’s purchase of a multi-million-dollar property for mitigation bank purposes.
• Representative transactions include: sale of several hundred acres of semi-improved property in rural Northern California, sale of hotel property in Davis, sale of sale of partially-entitled development properties in Placer County, and acquisition of stabilized commercial property in Roseville.

Financing

• Represented borrowers of construction and permanent loans for wide range of developments, including hotels, medical condominiums, mixed use, commercial, and multifamily projects.

Leasing

• Negotiated 20-year industrial leases on behalf of two international corporations.
• Resolved CC&R disputes, including allocation and scope of CC&R passthrough costs.
• Negotiated lease termination agreements containing asset acquisition, liquor license, and bulk sale provisions on behalf of both landlords and tenants.

Land Use

• Represented developer in mixed-use project spanning several hundred acres in Placer County.
• Consulted and negotiated with local, state, and federal agencies to entitle wide range of projects, including mixed-use developments, aggregate mines, and major subdivisions.
• Drafted conservation easements on behalf of landowners as well as mitigation bank sponsors.
• Assisted in the approval of a 4,000-acre mitigation bank in Los Angeles County, including the review and response to Interagency Review Team comments.
• Advised property owners on permitting efforts of a mitigation bank in Northern California.

Environmental / CEQA 

• Lead associate in defending two Fortune 500 companies against groundwater and pipeline contamination environmental lawsuits.
• Advised clients on front-end CEQA compliance, including review of Environmental Impact Reports for industrial projects throughout the State.
• Settled an oil and gas royalty dispute with a monetary payment of ten percent of the original demand amount.
• Assisted in the successful defense of an air pollution agency’s approval of upgrades to an oil refinery.
• Supported successful permit revocation proceedings against a centralized waste treatment facility, including the assessment of a million-dollar penalty.

Other Experience

• Served as Deputy City Attorney and Assistant General Counsel to numerous public entities throughout Southern California, including the Orange County Sanitation District and City of Palm Springs.