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The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium on Real Estate Law and Business (Cumulative Package - On-Demand)

Real estate enjoyed unprecedented growth over the past decade until the market plummeted in value in the fall of 2008. While this market downturn was initially thought to be temporary, it is now entirely unclear when the market will turn — and what will precipitate that turn. The developers, investors, and advisors who are armed with the knowledge and professional network to negotiate the industry's convoluted maze of complex market conditions — efficiently and cost effectively — will inevitably surpass those who choose to take on the maze unarmed. So, mark your calendars for March 23, 2010 and plan to attend the Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium on Real Estate Law and Business 2010, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium 2010 will bring together Southern California’s top leaders in real estate, including developers, investors, bankers, attorneys, accountants, brokers, academics, government representatives, and property owners, for an extraordinary day of networking, thought leadership, discussion, and analysis that will provide the essential tools required to turn obstacles into opportunities in today’s real estate maze.

To learn more about the program, visit the Crocker Symposium website click here,

The Crocker Symposium will offer 12 breakout sessions touching upon various topics such as capital markets, insurance, valuation, and land use. To learn more about our breakout sessions and our speakers, visit the Crocker Symposium website, click here,

Speakers:

John C. Cushman, III, Chairman of the Board, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Opening Plenary Speaker
Karen Bass, California State Assembly, Closing Plenary Speaker
D. Eric Remensperger, Partner, Proskauer
Shawn Miller, Arch Bay Capital, LLC
William Eckland, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Lisa Greer Quateman, Managing Partner, Quateman LLP
Douglas Praw, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Brandon Davis, Attorney, Nossaman LLP
James Hamill, Program Manager, California Statewide Communities Development Authority
David Taussig, President, David Taussig & Associates, Inc.
Benjamin Reznik, Partner, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
Jane Blumenfeld, Acting Deputy Director, City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Robert Gardner, Managing Director, RCLCO
Renata Simril, Senior Vice President, Forest City Development – West Coast
Susan Booth, Partner, Head of West Coast Real Estate Group, Holland & Knight LLP
Leslie Fairbanks, Former Head of Commercial Mortgage Servicing, Wachovia Bank
Jonathan Grossman, Senior Vice President – Director Asset Resolution, George Smith Partners
John Maute, Managing Director, Helios AMC
Allan Mutchnik, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Pamela Westhoff, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Ellen Berkowitz, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Kim Westhoff, Deputy City Attorney, Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney
Sophie Akins, Partner, Best, Best & Krieger LLP
Alexandra Glickman, Area Vice Chairman, Real Estate & Hospitality Practice Leader, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
William Holden, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA
Paul Rutter, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Thomas Properties Group, Inc.
Sabine Cain, Vice President, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Linda Pierce, Area Senior Vice President
Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers of California, Inc.
Lewis Feldman, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Jonathan Klein, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group LLC
Scott Bottles, Managing Director, Wells Fargo
Keith Hall, Principal, KBS Capital Advisors
Kev Zoryan, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Michael Smooke, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Polina Chapiro, Partner, Green Hasson & Janks LLP
Stephen Corrigan, Director, BlackRock
John Sischo, Executive Vice President, Thomas Properties Group, Inc.
Sarah Spyksma, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Elizabeth Watson, Attorney, Greenberg Glusker
David Hodgins, Commerical Sector Project Development Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative, Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program
David Pogue, National Director of Sustainability, CB Richard Ellis
James Finlay, VP Commercial Appraisal Manager, Wells Fargo Bank – RETECHS
James Arnone, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Vince Bertoni, Deputy Director, City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Julie Romey, Prinicipal, Keyser Martson Associates, Inc.
Fernando Villa, Partner, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Heather Stern, Of Counsel, Kralik & Jacobs LLP
Raymond Lowe, Managing Director, Real Estate Banking Group, Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
James Phelan, Chief Financial Officer, The Ratkovich Company
Craig Stevens, Principal, Lee & Associates
Nadav Ravid, Shareholder, Buchalter Nemer
Stephen Bay, Executive Vice President, CB Richard Ellis
Anthony Gatti, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
John Tipton, Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
 
This product bundle includes the following products. (Click on the product name for details.)
  • 010891 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - After "Pray and Delay," What Comes Next? Mastering CMBS Loan Workouts and Restructurings (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010891

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - After "Pray and Delay," What Comes Next? Mastering CMBS Loan Workouts and Restructurings

    Product Description:
    Understanding the rules, processes, options, and opportunities involved in commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) loan workouts is crucial to mastering the restructuring process. This panel will review the differences between portfolio and securitized loan workouts with an emphasis on the constraints imposed on the special servicer. It will also assess the viability of workout options, including maturity date extensions, interest rate reductions, cash flow mortgages, principal write-downs, and "new money" subordinations. In addition, it will evaluate the impact of the recent changes in Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) rules and policy decisions. Finally, the panel will explore the future of securitized loan workouts and their greatest areas of opportunity for borrowers and investors.



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  • 010889 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - California Infrastructure: Leveraging Today's Economic and Legislative Tools to Become Shovel Ready (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010889

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - California Infrastructure: Leveraging Today's Economic and Legislative Tools to Become Shovel Ready

    Product Description:
    Infrastructure serves as the foundation for our daily lives. We use freeways, streets, and interchanges to move from place-to-place. We purchase goods that pass through ports and drink water from public water systems. However, California's infrastructure is failing and the resources to fix it are dwindling. California cannot afford the multi-billion investment required to bring California's infrastructure up to par. However, this panel will bring together experts from the public and private sector to discuss how to find and successfully secure the limited funding sources available as well as how to maneuver through the legal backdrop against which these projects are to be approved.



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  • 010894 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Defining the New Capital Markets Financing Paradigm (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010894

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Defining the New Capital Markets Financing Paradigm

    Product Description:
    After a period of gridlock, the lending market is slowly returning. Yet this is not the lending market of yesterday. A majority of past lenders have disappeared and those that have returned are lending under a revised set of guidelines which can be challenging for borrowers to accept. In addition, a new variety of lenders have entered the market. Who are these lenders and what are their rules? This panel will explore how borrowers can successfully access both old and new sources of capital and how they can best position themselves to qualify for financing in the new capital markets paradigm.



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  • 010898 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Exploring the Uncharted Waters of Valuation in Today's Commercial Real Estate Market (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010898

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Exploring the Uncharted Waters of Valuation in Today's Commercial Real Estate Market

    Product Description:
    Valuation of commercial real estate has always been fundamental to real estate transactions. However, valuation has taken on an even more pivotal role in today's distressed real estate market. During this panel, a senior accounting professional, property owner, and real estate valuation expert will explore how current valuation models are being used to analyze today's real estate transactions. In particular, the panel will focus its attention on how to effectively incorporate into the valuation process such key issues as minimal deal flow, continual repricing of commercial real estate, unavailability of traditional sources of capital, and evolving accounting standards.



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  • 010899 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Leasing 2010: A Tenant Opportunity or Apocalypse Now? (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010899

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Leasing 2010: A Tenant Opportunity or Apocalypse Now?

    Product Description:
    In today's dynamic commercial real estate environment, a tenant can find itself in the back seat or in the driver's seat. This panel of industry veterans will address both scenarios, sharing the perspectives of tenants, landlords, lenders and other affected parties. The panel will focus on providing current, practical strategies and action plans for dealing with a variety of landlord-tenant scenarios. Specifically, the panel will explore alternatives to manage a financially troubled tenant's lease obligation exposure as well as evaluate opportunities for stronger tenants to create value through alteration of existing lease relationships.



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  • 010892 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Off the Beaten Track: Innovative Ways to Make Money in Real Estate (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010892

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Off the Beaten Track: Innovative Ways to Make Money in Real Estate

    Product Description:
    Opportunities to profit from owning real estate are limited only by a property owner's ingenuity and persistence. This panel will explore some of the best new (and not so new) profit opportunities, focusing on both the legal and business aspects of generating revenue from licensing advertising space on outer walls to inside elevators, leasing rooftops for 3rd party solar panels, cell towers, and wind turbines, and installing electric carports. In addition, panelists will discuss the challenges of leasing space to such unique tenants as marijuana dispensaries and data centers, and conclude by reviewing strategies to overcome obstacles and maximize profit without unreasonable risk.



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  • 010886 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Opening Plenary Session - John C Cushman, III, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010886

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Opening Plenary Session - John C Cushman, III, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc

    Product Description:
    John C. Cushman, III, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry on a global basis. As Chairman of the Board of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., he is responsible for formulating and articulating strategic policies and initiatives for the company on a domestic and global basis. Prior to becoming Chairman, he was acknowledged by a variety of media sources as the top office leasing broker in the country. Cushman & Wakefield is the world’s largest private commercial real estate firm with 231 offices in 58 countries on 6 continents with more than 15,000 employees on a global basis. Drawing on his depth and breadth of experience as both a brokerage leader and corporate citizen, Mr. Cushman will provide context for the numerous economic crosscurrents that are impacting the industry, helping separate transient economic noise from sustainable trends in real estate. He will also describe how shifts in client demand are leading practitioners from different aspects of the industry to break down silos and collaborate in new ways, particularly in the area of environmental sustainability, and the implications—and the opportunities—for the real estate services sector.



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  • 010893 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Professional Liability: Managing the Hidden Exposures Facing Today's Real Estate Professionals (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010893

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Professional Liability: Managing the Hidden Exposures Facing Today's Real Estate Professionals

    Product Description:
    In today's tough economic times, the risks and liabilities associated with owning, managing, and professionally representing real estate property has increased significantly. Professional liability claims are on the rise and insurance carriers are taking steps to protect themselves. During this panel, senior executives in the real estate, insurance, and underwriting fields will focus on the core trends developing in real estate-related professional liability claims. The panel will utilize real life claims situations to demonstrate how to identify and prevent exposures, as well as effectively address law suits from investors, JV partners, and lenders when they do arise.



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  • 010890 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Reviving Multifamily Housing Development: Hurdles and Opportunities (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010890

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Reviving Multifamily Housing Development: Hurdles and Opportunities

    Product Description:
    With a shortfall of available financing, falling rents, and unstable home prices, it is nearly impossible to undertake new residential development for apartments and condominiums. However, market conditions are continually shifting. During this panel, a top researcher, a leading developer, and a city planning department representative will explore the evolving state of the multifamily housing market. Specifically, the panel will review today’s key challenges and opportunities relating to entitlements, affordability requirements, construction, broken or incomplete condominiums, recent legislation affecting multifamily real estate, and overall project feasibility. Finally, the panel will offer its perspective on what the future holds for this unique facet of the real estate industry.



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  • 010897 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Surviving the Storm: Preserving Land Use Entitlements and Exploring Transit-Oriented Development (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010897

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Surviving the Storm: Preserving Land Use Entitlements and Exploring Transit-Oriented Development

    Product Description:
    As a developer embarking on a new project, an owner or lender looking to protect existing land use entitlements, or a service professional advising real estate clients, it is vital to understand how to preserve hard-won land use entitlements and how to take advantage of new incentives for transit-oriented development. This panel will examine key new rules for preserving entitlements such as AB 333 and SB 1185, how these rules interact with previous rules such as the Development Agreement Act and the Subdivision Map Act, and how new legal developments such as AB 32, SB 375, and air district CEQA guidelines for assessing global climate change, are creating incentives for transit-oriented development.



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  • 010888 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - The Bidding Game: Acquiring Assets from the FDIC (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010888

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - The Bidding Game: Acquiring Assets from the FDIC

    Product Description:
    Doing business with government institutions has both its challenges and opportunities. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is no different. This panel will provide a basic understanding of the opportunities available to acquire assets from the FDIC. It will explore how and where those opportunities can be found, how acquisitions can be structured, and how to qualify as a bidder including securing the required Purchaser Eligibility Certification. In addition, the panel will explore the ways in which transactions with the FDIC today can be expected to differ from transactions consummated with the Resolution Trust Company (RTC) in the early 1990s.



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  • 010896 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Turning "Green" into Greenbacks (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010896

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Turning "Green" into Greenbacks

    Product Description:
    In the rapidly evolving world of "green building" economics, key questions are emerging. This panel will address today's most compelling green questions, including: What are the financial costs and benefits of incorporating green features? Are underwriting standards changing to recognize the lower operating costs of high efficiency buildings? Does retrofitting an existing building to obtain LEED-EBOM certification pay off and over what time horizon? Will the energy efficiency benchmarking for commercial buildings under AB 1103 provide the metrics to value sustainable features? And, which green building features contribute most to increased property valuation and decreased operating costs?



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  • 010895 - The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Unwinding and Rewinding Joint Ventures: Restructuring Equity Investments (On-Demand Audio)
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    Product #: 010895

    Product Format: On-Demand Audio

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit - 1

    Product Name: The 39th Annual Crocker Symposium - Unwinding and Rewinding Joint Ventures: Restructuring Equity Investments

    Product Description:
    In today's economic climate, no part of the capital stack, especially the equity, is immune from distress. That distress can become particularly acute and unwieldy with real estate joint ventures. Whatever ails the loan and the lender also ails its joint venture borrower. This panel will focus on the restructuring of troubled joint ventures and the variables that must be addressed during the process, including cash calls, buy/sells, squeeze-downs, tax consequences, fiduciary duties, and obligations to third parties, including the lender. The panel will also make recommendations on best practices for forming joint ventures that mitigate common pitfalls and maximize potential success.



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