Rick S. KirkbrideRick S.Kirkbride
Partner, Real Estate
Rick Kirkbride is a partner in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Century City office.
Rick is also chair of the Global Hospitality & Leisure practice group and brings over 35 years of experience representing institutional real estate companies and capital providers in the acquisition, development, finance and operation of hotels, resorts, other hospitality properties and businesses throughout North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 1983
University of Southern California, B.A., 1979
- Band 1 – National Leisure & Hospitality, Chambers USA and
Chambers Global every year since it started rankings in 2007 Named one of only two individual Leisure & Hospitality lawyers
- Named at various times over the last decade as one of the Top 100 Lawyers (across all practice areas of law), one of the Top 10 Deal Makers in California as well as one of the Top 50 Development Lawyers in California, Los Angeles and
San Francisco Daily Journals
Has spoken on various hospitality topics over the last 20 years at seminars and conferences throughout the world, whose sponsors include the International Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, American Bar Association, UCLA, NYU, University of Houston’s Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University, Florida International University, Columbia University, University of Michigan, Continuing Legal Education Institute and the International Management Network
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Written articles for, and is quoted frequently in, legal and hospitality industry-related magazines and newspapers
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Adjunct Professor
Columbia University, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Member
Law360 Hospitality Advisory Board