Leizl Hinajon

Leizl Hinajon is an attorney based in Holland & Knight's San Francisco office and is a member of the firm's West Coast Real Estate Practice Group.

Ms. Hinajon's real estate practice includes a variety of commercial transactions including acquisitions, dispositions and financing of office buildings, residential multi-family portfolios and hotels. She has represented owners, developers, hotels (owners, managers and franchised brands), technology companies, real estate investment trusts and institutional clients. She also advises real estate and corporate clients on issues arising in connection with restructuring, bankruptcy and receiverships. She also represents homebuilders and private equity funds in land bank transactions across the United States.

Her real estate experience has specific focus on the acquisition, disposition and management of mixed-used developments in the hospitality industry, with concentrations in protecting hotel brand standards and intellectual property, as well as integrating residential components in complex mixed-use legal structures for luxury resort and hotel projects throughout the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. Ms. Hinajon also assists her clients with ongoing hotel operations, including facilitating ownership transitions, handling food and beverage agreements, and drafting other third-party agreements. She has seconded at two luxury hotel companies and has firsthand experience communicating the distinct needs of the business, compliance, in-house legal and on-site teams, and collaborating to push deals forward to completion.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Hinajon worked for a boutique real estate law firm and several public agencies, which gives her a holistic view of real estate development from inception to stabilization from both the private and public sector perspective. This experience has been invaluable when drafting governance documents for condominium homeowner's associations, advising on environmental issues as they relate to urban developments and restoration projects, analyzing Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment in acquisitions and dispositions, and navigating local government approval processes, with an emphasis on water law and local ordinances.

In addition, Ms. Hinajon has a robust entertainment practice, which includes preparing and negotiating agreements for television, film and similar media projects. Her experience protecting luxury hospitality brands gives her a thorough understanding of her entertainment client's interests in structuring ownership of and protecting intellectual property, copyrights and trademarks. She has advised filmmakers, production companies, private investors and well-known retail brands.