Seyfarth Names Robin Freeman as Co-Office Managing Partner in San Francisco

New York, March 5, 2025 - Seyfarth Shaw LLP has appointed Robin S. Freeman as co-managing partner of the Firm’s San Francisco office. She will join Christian Rowley in that role to oversee the office’s strategic growth, business planning, management, and operations.

“Robin Freeman is an exceptional choice to lead the San Francisco office in conjunction with Christian Rowley,” said Lorie Almon, Seyfarth’s chair and managing partner. “She exemplifies what we see as a great leader at Seyfarth. Robin has the widespread, enthusiastic support of our partners in San Francisco and across the Firm.”

Freeman is a highly accomplished lawyer in the Firm’s Real Estate practice, one of the largest in the country, as well as the leader of Seyfarth’s San Francisco Real Estate group. Her work includes the structuring and closing of mortgage loan transactions for conventional acquisition, permanent, interim/bridge, and mezzanine loan transactions. She is also involved with distressed asset situations and has led many loan workouts and restructurings.

Freeman serves as the co-leader of Seyfarth’s Real Estate and Healthcare Finance Group. She has extensive experience representing healthcare lenders in their transactions with a focus on skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and long-term acute care hospitals.

Freeman also manages other areas of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, and retail, office, and industrial leasing, as well as coordinating general corporate work for real estate owners and operators. Her representation has included drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, and lease agreements.

Freeman is recognized for Real Estate in Northern California by Chambers USA and a Recommended Attorney by the Legal 500. She has been listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Real Estate Law for the past five years.

Freeman earned her JD from Northwestern University School of Law and her BA from Washington University in St. Louis.

“I am energized to take on this opportunity and work closely with Christian and our San Francisco partners to continue the growth in the San Francisco market,” Freeman stated. “We have an amazing client base in California, and we look forward to growing our client service teams to support our clients’ continued success.”

Seyfarth’s San Francisco office represents almost all of the Bay Area’s largest tech companies as well as many other large corporations. Since its opening in 1984, the San Francisco office has grown into a full-service office practicing throughout California. The office currently has 68 lawyers and 116 Seyfarth employees.

The Real Estate group in San Francisco continues to grow, with a broad practice including acquisition/development work, lending, and leasing. It serves clients of all sizes and from various industries, ranging from high-profile nonprofit organizations to the largest public and private corporations in the world.

San Francisco’s robust Labor and Employment practice includes litigation of class and individual employment actions, such as wage-and-hour, pay equity, discrimination and harassment, workplace safety, complex discrimination, ERISA & employee benefits, and general counseling.

Seyfarth’s Litigation practice in San Francisco offers extensive proficiencies in construction, government contracts, mass torts, commercial class actions, product liability, health care fraud, and electronic discovery and information governance.

Clients of Seyfarth’s San Francisco office benefit from a close collaboration across the firm’s 17 other US offices to provide a broad perspective in various industries, including technology, health care, financial services, multi-employer benefits plans, retail and hospitality, manufacturing, the arts, and real estate. When needed on international matters, the San Francisco-based lawyers collaborate with the firm’s five offices outside the US.

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