Robert Friedman and Alon Lagstein Named to LA Times 2025 Commercial Real Estate Visionaries

LOS ANGELES, CA – Carlton Fields attorneys Robert P. Friedman and Alon Lagstein were named to the 2025 “Commercial Real Estate Visionaries” list by L.A. Times B2B Publishing.

This annual list recognizes lawyers who have produced exemplary accomplishments within their practice areas, profiling the top CRE executives, dealmakers, and advisers in Southern California. This recognition underscores their dedication to excellence, thought leadership, and impactful contributions to their clients and the broader legal community.

Friedman advises commercial developers, property owners, and businesses, guiding them through complex real estate transactions. His work has included structuring high-value deals for some of Southern California’s largest developers and investors, such as representing a promote partner in the nearly $500 million sale of partnership interests across nine shopping centers and leading a $46 million, 75-year ground lease for a shopping center tied to a major Los Angeles housing project. In 2024 alone, Friedman oversaw the legal side of three significant acquisitions in California for one of the most active developers in Los Angeles County.

Lagstein navigates complex transactions for a diverse range of clients, including property owners, operators, tenants, landlords, borrowers, lenders, investors, and developers. With a specialized focus on acquisition and disposition, leasing, financing, and joint ventures, Lagstein serves high net worth individuals, family offices, startups, private equity firms, financial institutions, and project sponsors. In one of the most culturally significant and strategically savvy real estate transactions of the year, he represented an investor group, including singer-songwriter John Mayer and director/producer McG, in the acquisition and leaseback of the historic Jim Henson Company lot in Hollywood. Lagstein also played a pivotal role in representing a mall operator in the acquisition, financing, and disposition of more than $100 million in regional malls.

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