Craig B. Etlin's real estate practice includes all aspects of transactional real estate, including acquisitions, sales, financing, leasing of office, retail and industrial properties, negotiation of complex joint venture agreements for commercial and residential development projects, redevelopment law and large portfolio transactions. Mr. Etlin has been extensively involved in workouts of troubled projects, including foreclosures, restructuring of debt, restructuring of equity, resolution of partnership disputes and resolution of construction disputes. He has also represented both owners and contractors in connection with negotiations of construction contracts. His clients include domestic and foreign investors, real estate developers and institutional lenders.

Mr. Etlin has co-authored articles on the California Revised Limited Partnership Act and has lectured on commercial real estate lending and workouts, and construction and mechanics lien law. Most recently, Mr. Etlin has been named in the Best Lawyers in America 2007 Directory for Real Estate Law.

Mr. Etlin joined Morrison & Foerster in 1985.

• Representation of Classic Residence by Hyatt in connection with construction of a $170 million continuing care retirement community in Palo Alto, California.
• Representation of Wilson Meany Sullivan in the acquisition, leasing and redevelopment of the historic Bank of America headquarters building at Powell and Market Streets, in San Francisco, California, to house a flagship retail store for Forever 21, a new Bank of America branch and 44 residential apartments.
• Representation of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency in connection with negotiation of the Owner Participation Agreement and related documents for the redevelopment of the former Emporium department store site to accommodate a new Bloomingdale's store, a retail and entertainment mall and office space.
• Representation of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in connection with a planned development of a new hospital and medical office campus in Emeryville, California, and subsequent disposition of the site once plans to build the facility were abandoned.