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Kathryn Bilder Jackson Counsel

  • San Francisco

    D +1.415.344.7094

    F +1.415.344.7050

    San Francisco

    505 Howard Street, Suite 1000

    San Francisco, CA 94105-3204

    +1.415.344.7094

    KBilder@perkinscoie.com

  • San Diego

    D +1.858.284.5513

    F +1.858.720.5799

    San Diego

    11452 El Camino Real, Suite 300

    San Diego, CA 92130-2080

    +1.858.284.5513

    KBilder@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Kathryn’s practice focuses on real estate transactions. She represents financial institutions in connection with construction financing, bridge and permanent financing for new construction sites, hotel developments, residential and mixed use projects, and retail and office buildings. She also represents owners and buyers in acquisition and sale transactions. She regularly advises clients on title, survey, zoning and other due diligence matters for commercial properties. She also assists landlords and tenants with the negotiation of commercial leases.

Her experience also includes litigation involving tenant eviction, defense of solar site development entitlements, and defense of administrative development decisions. She has handled administrative record compilation, land use due diligence, compliance with CEQA and other regulatory statutes, and defense of land use entitlements. Kathryn is particularly interested in the intersection of environmental issues in the commercial real estate context.

Kathryn is also active in the firm’s pro bono practice, assisting in a foreign mother’s petition for the return of her minor children, as well as assisting a San Francisco nonprofit with expansion of housing facilities for low income individuals.

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Professional Recognition

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law, 2022 – 2024

Professional Leadership

  • University of California, Davis School of Law, President, Law Student Association, 2014

Community Involvement

  • Property, Civil Procedure, and Legal Writing Tutor at UC Davis School of Law 2012  2014
  • Casa of Yolo County, Woodland, Court Appointed Special Advocate, 2011  2013

Related Employment

  • Perkins Coie LLP, Summer Associate, San Francisco, 2013
  • Sacramento Superior Court for the Hon. Troy L Nunley, Intern, 2012

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Education

  • UC Davis School of Law, J.D., 2014
  • Harvard College, B.A., Social Anthropology, 2010