Keith Allen Niesen is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office.  He is the chair of Manatt’s Alternative Energy practice group.  Mr. Allen-Niesen previously served as the firm’s National Hiring Partner, was the former director of the firm’s Southern California Business & Transactions unit and a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee.

Mr. Allen-Niesen’s practice involves providing counsel  to public and private companies.  He has a broad range of transactional experience, and oversees major business litigation, business transactions, land use and development matters.  He also has extensive experience in the acquisition, development and sale of hotels, resorts, golf courses, restaurants, office buildings, residential subdivisions, shopping centers and industrial sites, including transactions involving contaminated real property.  In addition, he represents landlords on both leasing and management issues for office buildings, mixed-use developments and shopping centers.  Mr. Allen Niesen also has significant experience in public/private development, land use and loan workouts involving real estate collateral.

Mr. Allen Niesen’s clients include Maguire Properties, JP Morgan Investment Management, Playa Capital, Hydrogen Energy International, The Mills Corporation, The Apparel Group, CIM, CB Richard Ellis Investors, Bank of America, the Bill Hannon Foundation, Fandango, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Aerospace Corporation, Decron Properties and Integrated Capital.