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Real Estate/Development

Aug. 14, 2014

John W. Whitaker

DLA Piper LLP Los Angeles Specialties: real estate, land use


Whitaker's challenges in the approximately $150 million purchase and re-entitlement of the Metropolis development site in downtown Los Angeles included helping his overseas client bridge a cultural divide.


"This was their first U.S. project, and understanding the approval system in L.A. is different than it is in Shanghai," he said.


Whitaker led a legal team representing an affiliate of Greenland Holding Group Overseas Investment Company ...

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