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Keith A. Kandarian

Shareholder

San Francisco

415.772.9620

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Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • Nevada

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Select U.S. District Courts, California and Nevada

Experience

Keith is a shareholder in the Firm’s Corporate group.

Keith represented financial institutions for much of his career but also enjoys representing individuals and small business owners, investors, and trust administrators on a wide range of topics. He is also the Practice Group Leader of the Firm’s Banking and Finance group.

He generally limits his practice to transactional services, primarily for specialty finance companies operating as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), including residential mortgage-backed securitization transactions.

A few representative samples are:

  • He has helped organize and capitalize privately-owned specialty finance companies that operate as mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs);
  • He was counsel to a Special Litigation Committee investigating allegations of excess executive compensation in a shareholder derivative action;
  • He was counsel to a Receiver appointed by the San Francisco Superior Court to oversee a lengthy partnership dissolution; and,
  • He represented the manager responsible for distributing the remaining intellectual property rights of music legend Jerry Garcia.

He was lead counsel in the following reported cases:

  • The Society of California Pioneers v. Roger Baker (1996) 43 Cal. App. 4th 774 (San Francisco jury trial resulting in recovery of a stolen museum artifact); and
  • Nevada National Bank v. Snyder (1992) 108 Nev. 151 (Nevada Supreme case confirming a lender’s lien priority relating to a planned township in Northern Nevada).
  • He also enjoyed performing corporate work for members of the Grateful Dead and other Bay Area musicians, and various non-profit organizations. Keith is rated AV® PreeminentTM by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer-reviewed rating for ethical standards and legal ability.

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California State Bar, Business Law Section
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Bar Association of San Francisco, Commercial Law Section
Member

Awards

AV Preeminent® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®

J.D., Southwestern School of Law, 1977

SCALE®

B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1974

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