Paul Mohun - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.268.4126

F 415.989.1663

pmohun@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D.

University of San Francisco School of Law (1992)
B.S.

Georgetown University (1988), Foreign Service
Certificate of Political Studies (C.E.P.), magna cum laude,

L'Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (1987)

Practices

Real Estate

Paul Mohun counsels companies and their executives on a broad range of business and legal matters. He advises clients on real estate and commercial transactions, commercial contracts, strategic business matters, and dispute resolution, and acts as outside general counsel to companies seeking efficient, business-minded legal guidance. Paul brings more than fifteen years of experience as a general counsel and senior in-house legal advisor at leading hospitality and apparel companies, as well as twelve years of experience as a real estate partner at an AmLaw 25 law firm.

Prior to joining Coblentz, Paul served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Stanford Hotels Corporation/Cresleigh Homes Corporation, a diversified national real estate developer and owner/operator based in San Francisco. In this role he managed all company legal affairs, including real estate acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, commercial contracts, and construction, as well as employment, litigation, and arbitration matters. He supervised dozens of law firms throughout the U.S. across a range of legal specialties and participated in the company’s strategic decision-making as a member of its executive leadership team.

Paul previously served as Associate General Counsel at Gap Inc., where he led company-wide teams responsible for all retail, office, and industrial leasing, real estate acquisitions and sales, and associated commercial agreements for North America, Japan, and Mexico. He also supervised legal and business teams responsible for all property management and dispute resolution across Gap’s extensive North America real estate portfolio. In this role he regularly advised and collaborated with Gap’s C-suite executives and led numerous strategic initiatives, including the acquisition and disposition of significant leased and owned corporate real estate assets and flagship retail properties.

In private practice Paul has represented a diverse range of real estate owners and users, from developers and REITs to technology companies, hospitality operators, banks, health care companies, high net worth families, and many others across a wide variety of property types, with an emphasis on retail and office leasing, purchases and sales, commercial contracts, real estate finance, and dispute resolution.

He also brings an owner’s and operator’s pragmatic perspective to his counsel. In addition to his work in senior corporate legal roles, Paul was a co-founder and principal of Carneros Partners, LLC, the ground-up developer and operator of the Carneros Inn, a luxury resort in the Napa Valley. In that capacity he oversaw legal matters involving the acquisition, entitlement, construction, management, and operation of the property and coordinated outside advisors across a range of legal specialties. A native San Franciscan, Paul also served as a co-founder and principal of PlumpJack Wines in San Francisco.

Paul serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of ICA Cristo Rey Academy in San Francisco. He previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Larkin Street Youth Services and remains an Honorary Director. He also served for many years on the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents of St. Ignatius College Preparatory. Paul is a member of the Sovereign Order of Malta and participates in the Order’s domestic and international charitable works benefiting the sick and the poor.

Paul earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1992. He received his B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1988 and earned his Certificate of Political Studies (C.E.P.), magna cum laude, from l’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1987.

Paul is bilingual in French, fluent in Spanish, and conversant in Italian.