Named to The Best Lawyers in America list for Real Estate Law in 2026 and 2027 and recognized annually since 2021 by LA Times Studios Business as a Commercial Real Estate Visionary, Tom Sestanovich is an award-winning real estate attorney who is well-known in the Los Angeles market but has a legal practice that spans the United States. With over 30 years' experience, Tom has spent his entire legal career working on commercial transactions, environmental matters and litigation. He focuses his legal practice primarily on commercial real estate sales, acquisitions, securitized financings, and negotiation and documentation of leases for office, retail and industrial properties.
Tom also regularly handles the commercial leasing of several million square feet of industrial and office properties and the acquisition and sale of about the same throughout the country.
Tom is responsible for a national real estate portfolio in excess of 17 million square feet. He serves as outside general counsel to some of California's largest privately held developers and represents ARKA Properties Group, Inc., Black Equities, LLC, Michael Development Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and other institutional owners.
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Tom also handles environmental-related agreements, remediation and environmental transactions with public and quasi-public agencies (EPA, DTSC and LARWQCB), as needed, and has resolved various environmental matters for clients in states including California, Arizona, Kentucky, Georgia and New Jersey.
Tom was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for Real Estate Law in 2026 and 2027.