Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP,
Glenn Q. Snyder,
Partner,
Mr. Snyder's practice includes real estate transactions and project development, equity and debt structuring for investment and projects, commercial finance, and insolvency matters and workouts.
In the real estate area, Mr. Snyder focuses on negotiating and documenting complex portfolio acquisitions and financings (including sale-leasebacks) and structuring multitiered equity and debt financing transactions. He also regularly represents landlords and tenants in commercial and industrial lease transactions, and borrowers and lenders in mortgage loan transactions. In 25 years of real estate practice, Mr. Snyder has been involved in the acquisition, financing, development and operation of a broad range of property types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily residential and resort investment properties, as well as timber, mining, agricultural and energy projects. Mr. Snyder also has extensive experience in dealing with environmental issues affecting real estate.
Mr. Snyder also focuses on corporate real estate, regularly representing users in the acquisition, development, leasing and financing of facilities of all types, including office, research and development, industrial and agricultural.
Mr. Snyder's experience in commercial finance covers secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities and term loans as well as project financing. He has also represented borrowers, lenders, landlords and other parties in workouts and insolvency matters.
Mr. Snyder has served as a member and Vice-Chair of the California State Bar Real Property Section Executive Committee. Mr. Snyder has served as a member of the firm's San Francisco Office Management Committee. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Snyder was the Managing Partner of the San Francisco office.
Practices / Industries
Real Estate
Distressed Real Estate
REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets
Restaurant, Food & Beverage
Travel, Leisure & Hospitality
Corporate & Securities
Investment Funds & Investment Management
Climate Change & Sustainability
Energy
Renewable & Alternative Energy
Health Care & Life Sciences
Focus Teams -
Water Resources
Public-Private Partnerships
Admissions -
State of California,
Education -
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1984
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1981
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1977;
Representative Matters -
Representation of institutional real estate investments companies in acquisitions and dispositions of hundreds of properties, including dozens of sale-leaseback transactions and tax-deferred exchanges.
Representation of property owners in debt and equity financings and recapitalizations of portfolios and single properties and projects, including structuring and documentation of investment funds and joint ventures, partnership roll-ups, REIT contribution transactions, synthetic leases, project financings and lease revenue bond financings.
Representation of developers of office, research, industrial and infrastructure projects.
Representation of lenders in origination, workouts and enforcement of real estate, commercial, corporate and project financings.
Representation of pension funds and other institutions in a broad range of real estate and other investment activities.
Representation of corporate sellers and acquirors in real estate and corporate aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Honors & Awards -
Legal 500 US, Real Estate: Transactions & Finance—Northern California (2007),
Middle-Market M&A Award, Consumer and Retail Products—Finalist, M&A Advisor (2008),
Best Office Lease of the Year, San Francisco Business Times (2009);
Affiliations -
California State Bar Real Property Law Section (former member of the Executive Committee)
Publications
4/16/2013
Doing Business in the U.S.
Authors: Stephan E. Becker, Louis A. Bevilacqua, Benjamin J. Cote, Nancy A. Fischer, Jeffrey R. Gans, Kimberly A. Harshaw, Kirke M. Hasson, Keith D. Hudolin, Aaron R. Hutman, David A. Jakopin, Christine Nicolaides Kearns, Michael G. Lepre, Michael S. McNamara, Jerry W. Ross, Susan P. Serota, Thomas M. Shoesmith, Woon-Wah Siu, Glenn Q. Snyder, Joseph R. Tiano, Jr., C. Brian Wainwright, Lu Wang, Reza Zarghamee
“Doing Business in the U.S.” is a practical, introductory guide for non-U.S. businesses interested in doing business in the United States. The guide, authored by numerous Pillsbury attorneys, is an initiative of the firm’s China Practice Group, and the authors frequently use Chinese business or Chinese regulations as examples. However, the book may also be useful for other non-U.S. businesses.
Summer 2011
Perspectives on Real Estate
Authors: Glenn Q. Snyder, Kimberly C. Moore, Jeffrey A. Knight, Daniel S. Herzfeld, Josephine S. Lo, Ignacio Barandiaran, H. Carl Moultrie III, William A. Wilcox Jr.
Welcome to the Summer 2011 edition of Pillsbury’s Perspectives on Real Estate. We decided to focus this edition on public-private partnerships (PPPs) because so many of our clients are involved in these ventures. Typically, PPPs are partnerships between a governmental entity and one or more private parties, specially created to design, build, operate and maintain public projects—such as roads, power plants, hospitals or schools—or some combination of these activities. PPPs also may be viewed in a broader context, to include such things as affordable housing projects (where tax credits make the projects economically feasible) or urban infill projects made possible because of tax increment financing and other financial support from local redevelopment agencies.
Summer 2011
Bringing Entrepreneurship to Public Projects: An Interview with Edgemoor Real Estate Services
Perspectives on Real Estate Newsletter - Summer 2011
Author: Glenn Q. Snyder
I recently had a conversation with Edgemoor’s Neal Fleming to get his views on the state of public-private partnerships (PPP) in the U.S. and the lessons Edgemoor has learned in its own PPP projects. Mr. Fleming is a Principal of Edgemoor and provides executive leadership for all of Edgemoor’s pursuits. With more than 35 years of experience in construction and real estate development, he began his career at The George Hyman Construction Company and was a founding member of OMNI Construction, which later merged to form The Clark Construction Group, Inc.
Spring 2009
Perspectives on Real Estate
Special Edition: Purchasing Distressed Notes
Authors: William C. Bowers, Marjorie Fisher Gannett, Peter G. Freeman, Jerry L. Hall, Laura E. Hannusch, Robert (Robin) Childress Jones, Jr., Elizabeth Vella Moeller, Dana Proud Newman, Patrick J. Potter, Glenn Q. Snyder, Christina Cole, Michael G. Silver, H. Carl Moultrie III, Susan Ormand Berry
News
August 14, 2012
Pillsbury Advises Tesoro in $2.5 Billion Acquisition of BP Refinery and 800 Gas Stations in the West
December 28, 2009
Despite Financial Crisis, Pillsbury Clients Still Achieve Much in 2009
October 29, 2008
Middle-Market M&A Award Finalist