Key Takeaways
- • Mayer Brown has hired Gabriel (Gabe) Steffens as a partner in its Los Angeles office, joining its Real Estate and Real Estate Funds practices, according to the firm's announcement.
- • Steffens was previously global head of legal for Nuveen Real Estate and general counsel of The Amherst Group, a single-family rental-focused alternative investor and operator.
- • Steffens brings more than two decades of transactional experience spanning joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, fund formation, and operating company investments across industrial, housing, self-storage, office, and retail sectors.
- • The hire strengthens Mayer Brown's national real estate and California practices, per managing partner John Nadolenco.
Summary
Mayer Brown announced that Gabe Steffens has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate and Real Estate Funds practices. Brian Aronson, co-lead of the firm's Real Estate practice, described Steffens as bringing a unique perspective shaped by in-house leadership and extensive deal experience across asset classes and geographies.
Steffens most recently served as global head of legal for Nuveen Real Estate, one of the world's largest real estate investors and operators, and earlier as general counsel of The Amherst Group, a leading alternative investor and operator with a particular focus on single-family rental. According to the announcement, in these roles he oversaw legal strategy across multi-billion-dollar investment portfolios, led negotiations on marquee transactions, and advised C-suite executives and boards on governance, compliance, and risk management.
The firm describes Steffens as a transactional lawyer with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of real estate and private equity. His practice covers complex joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, fund formation, and operating company investments, with exposure to industrial and logistics, housing, self-storage, office, retail, and other alternative asset classes.
John Nadolenco, managing partner of Mayer Brown's Los Angeles office, said Steffens strengthens the firm's ability to lead negotiations on transformational deals, and that many of the firm's lawyers have worked across the table from him. Steffens said the firm's real estate, fund formation, and corporate, finance, tax, and regulatory capabilities match his multi-disciplinary practice.
Steffens most recently served as global head of legal for Nuveen Real Estate, one of the world's largest real estate investors and operators, and earlier as general counsel of The Amherst Group, a leading alternative investor and operator with a particular focus on single-family rental. According to the announcement, in these roles he oversaw legal strategy across multi-billion-dollar investment portfolios, led negotiations on marquee transactions, and advised C-suite executives and boards on governance, compliance, and risk management.
The firm describes Steffens as a transactional lawyer with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of real estate and private equity. His practice covers complex joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, fund formation, and operating company investments, with exposure to industrial and logistics, housing, self-storage, office, retail, and other alternative asset classes.
John Nadolenco, managing partner of Mayer Brown's Los Angeles office, said Steffens strengthens the firm's ability to lead negotiations on transformational deals, and that many of the firm's lawyers have worked across the table from him. Steffens said the firm's real estate, fund formation, and corporate, finance, tax, and regulatory capabilities match his multi-disciplinary practice.
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