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Devin P. McComb Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3260

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3260

    DMcComb@perkinscoie.com

  • Portland

    D +1.503.727.2105

    F +1.503.727.2222

    Portland

    1120 NW Couch Street, 10th Floor

    Portland, OR 97209-4128

    +1.503.727.2105

    DMcComb@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Commercial real estate attorney Devin McComb has a diverse practice reflective of the fast-growing Pacific Northwest economy during the past decade. His primary focus is on the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing and development of commercial, industrial and agricultural properties, and his clients include national and regional building owners, healthcare companies and investors and developers in all varieties of commercial, residential and agricultural transactions. The industries with which Devin works vary from affordable housing developers in and around the Pacific Northwest to purchasers of healthcare facilities and medical office buildings throughout the country.

Devin has built a substantial leasing practice, in which he represents both landlords and tenants on transactions ranging from hotel development ground leases to single tenant retail or office leases. He drafts and negotiates the full range of lease documents, with an emphasis on getting transactions completed efficiently and on time. Experienced in structuring numerous complex agribusiness deals, and taking into account their unique requirements, Devin has represented various institutional lenders in agribusiness and agricultural loans secured by a variety of assets, including dairies, creameries, water rights, grazing leases, farms and ranches.

Additionally, Devin has in-depth experience within the retail real estate sector, and he has represented retailers in several bankruptcy acquisitions and regional mall purchases, sales, retail leasing and financings. Devin also works with a number of breweries, distilleries and cideries, handling an array of real estate matters as well as related supply and other commercial agreements that are critical to his clients’ continued success and growth.

Skilled at keeping complex deals on track, Devin has coordinated the legal team on behalf of a municipal port district in a 65-acre mixed-use development that will be include apartments and other housing, a hotel, offices, retail spaces, restaurants and marine sales and service businesses over the course of several years. Devin has also led teams and created unique approaches for pension fund management groups and investors to maximize their processes for acquiring and leasing office and retail spaces. As part of his practice, Devin provides real estate due diligence counsel in the context of major mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions.

Devin currently serves as a mayoral appointee to the governing council of the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority.

Ranked by Chambers USA Six Years in a Row

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Professional Recognition

  • Recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “40 under 40” Award, which recognizes the business community's most dynamic leaders under 40 years old, 2020
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Real Estate Law, 2020 – 2024

  • Ranked by Chambers USA, as “America’s Leading Lawyers" for Real Estate,  2018 – 2023
  • Listed among Rising Stars (Real Estate: Business), Washington Super Lawyers, 2016

Professional Leadership

  • Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Council Director of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section; Member 
  • Chicago Public Art Group, Former Member and President, Board of Directors
  • Campaign for Equal Justice, Associates Campaign, Member
  • Downtown Seattle Association, Member
  • International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
  • Oregon State Bar, Member
  • Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA) Governing Council, Chair, past Committee Chair
  • Washington State Bar Association, Member

Related Employment

  • Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA, Partner, 2010 – 2018
  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL, Associate, 2006 – 2010

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • Oregon

Education

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., with honors, 2006
  • Willamette University, B.A., 2003