Kevin A. Corbett, a lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex real estate matters throughout the U.S., has joined the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner.

Corbett is the fourth lawyer, and third partner, to join Davis Wright’s real estate practice in Los Angeles since January, when the firm added Mark Nelson, Tiffany Switzer and Nancy Clapp from DLA Piper.

“We’re happy to announce that we’re continuing to grow our office and the real estate practice,” said Mary Haas, partner-in-charge at Davis Wright’s L.A. office. “The firmwide group now includes more than 40 attorneys who provide a full range of real estate counsel for our clients throughout the U.S.”

Corbett was most recently a partner at Locke Lord LLP in Los Angeles, and prior to that, he was a partner at Allen Matkins and of counsel at Mayer Brown. Earlier in his career, he served for 12 years as in-house counsel at CBRE Global Investors, formally known as CB Richard Ellis Investors, one of the world’s largest real estate investment services firms. He has extensive experience with all types of commercial property and has handled a full range of transactions, with particular focus on institutional and tax-exempt clients.

“Kevin’s skill set aligns extremely well with the work of our current team in L.A. and the Northwest, and his experience will help us to further expand relationships with institutional investors,” said real estate and land use practice co-chair Don Percival. “His addition fits our growth plan in terms of both geography and expertise.”

Corbett received his J.D. from Boston University and his M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. He earned his B.A. at Cornell University.

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