John F Simonis

John Simonis is a partner in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings. He is chair of the firm’s Orange County Office and chair of the Orange County Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Simonis represents landowners, investors, developers, and users in connection with complex real estate transactions and development matters, and has substantial expertise in connection with real estate joint ventures, funds, purchases and sales, leasing, master planned communities, construction and grading, financings, and entity formation, with particular expertise with respect to data centers and technology-related facilities. He also has substantial experience in connection with commercial, industrial, retail and mixed-use developments, including acquisition/disposition, leasing, entitlement, construction, infrastructure development and land-use controls.

Speaking Engagements and Publications

Frequent speaker and writer regarding real estate transactions, development matters and telecommunications and power issues impacting the real estate industry.

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1986
- Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
Marquette University, B.S., 1983

News

Paul Hastings Named ‘Real Estate Group of the Year’ by Law360
December 23, 2020

Colony Capital Leads $1.2 Billion Investment in Vantage Data Centers
July 08, 2020

The Greenbrier Companies Inc. Acquires Manufacturing Business of American Railcar Industries
July 30, 2019

QuadReal and T5 Data Centers Launch $2.5 Billion Platform for Data Center Investment
April 29, 2019

Total Produce to Acquire Substantial Stake in Dole Food Company
February 01, 2018

Peak 10 to Acquire ViaWest from Shaw Communications for $1.675 billion
June 13, 2017

GI Partners Sells Waypoint Portfolio to Colony Starwood for $815 Million
June 05, 2017

LinkedIn Acquires Google Properties
July 12, 2016

GI Partners Invests in Far Niente Wine Estates
May 20, 2016

Paul Hastings Represents GI Partners in Acquisition and Financing of Peak 10
July 18, 2014

Paul Hastings Represents Dole in $650 Million Financing
April 02, 2013

Paul Hastings Represents Lodging Enterprises in the Sale of its Business to Canadian REIT
March 13, 2013

Paul Hastings Team Assists Korean Air Lines With Major Development Project
February 01, 2013

Paul Hastings Represents GI Partners in Acquisition of San Diego Data Center and Launching Real Estate Funds with CalPERS
December 28, 2012

Paul Hastings Represents GI Partners in Sale of Stake in FlatIron Crossing
December 11, 2012

Paul Hastings Represents Castle & Cooke Cold Storage in Sale to Lineage Logistics and investor Bay Grove Capital
July 13, 2012

Paul Hastings Representing Fitness International In Acquisition of 171 Bally Total Fitness Clubs
November 21, 2011

Paul Hastings Represents Telx in its Sale to ABRY Partners and Berkshire Partners
September 28, 2011

Paul Hastings Represents Telx in its Sale To ABRY Partners and Berkshire Partners
August 08, 2011

Best Lawyers Names 91 Lawyers to 2011 Edition of Rankings
August 16, 2010

Insights

What trends in the real estate industry will have the biggest impact on data centers over the next 12 months?
May 16, 2014

California Civil Code Section 3110.5
May 01, 2002

Upcoming events

Rankings & Awards

Association for Corporate Growth
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth honored Endeavour Capital's acquisition of Bristol Farms as the LA Middle Market Sponsor Deal of the Year. Partners Bill Simpson and John Simonis and associate Claudia Simon represented Endeavour Capital in this transaction.
April 28, 2011

Legal Media Group
Legal Media Group was pleased to recognize the following lawyers as Top Real Estate Lawyers of 2010: Marty Edelman, Philip Feder, Patrick Ramsey, John Simonis, Charles Thornton, Alan Weakland, and Robert Wertheimer.
May 15, 2010