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Javier F. Gutierrez

Partner

620 Newport Center Drive

Suite 200

Newport Beach, CA 92660

949-791-5191
949-791-5291

Javier F. Gutierrez is a partner at Stuart Kane LLP, and practices in the Real Estate group.

Experience

Mr. Gutierrez focuses his law practice on Real Estate Transactional Law, and guides clients in the acquisition, finance, construction, lease and transfer of real estate and other corporate assets. His diverse practice includes all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including the drafting and negotiation of commercial leases, joint venture agreements, purchase and sale agreements, covenants, conditions and restrictions, reciprocal easement agreements, site development agreements and financing documents.

Mr. Gutierrez has been honored by the Urban Land Institute for the 2013 Emergent Leadership Award for Professional Services. Mr. Gutierrez has been recognized since 2019 on the Southern California Super Lawyers list and previously to the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list, and was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers® in America 2023 in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Mr. Gutierrez has received the 2016 Top 40 Under 40 Award in Real Estate by Urban Land Magazine.  He has been featured in the Spring 2018 edition of the USC Trojan Family, a publication for alumni and friends of the University of Southern California, as a “USC Groundbreaker” in the area of Real Estate Transactional Law.  Mr. Gutierrez was also one of Stuart Kane’s contributing attorneys for the 2014, 2015,  2016  and 2018 World Bank “Doing Business” report on Real Property around the globe, and was named to the Daily Journal 2020 Top 40 Under 40 list.

Mr. Gutierrez is a member of the Real Estate Executive Council (RECC) and currently serves on the national organization’s membership committee. A leader in the real estate industry, Mr. Gutierrez is a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute, an international real estate and land use organization, and has served on the ULI Next, Young Leaders Group and Infrastructure Initiative committees. In 2012, Mr. Gutierrez chaired a Pro Bono Technical Assistance Panel for ULI, a year-long endeavor which culminated in a technical report on homeless shelter planning and development for the Orange County Rescue Mission. Mr. Gutierrez is also involved in a variety of other real estate industry organizations, including the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Building Industry Association of Orange County.

As a legal professional, Mr. Gutierrez is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association and the John M. Langston Bar Association and has served as a Director on the Thurgood Marshall Bar Association.

In the community, Mr. Gutierrez completed a full term on the Board of Directors for American Family Housing and served as Chair of AFH’s Real Estate Acquisitions Committee and member of AFH’s Finance and Governance Committee. In his role as Chair, Mr. Gutierrez was responsible for guidance on all real estate assets for AFH, including award winning projects such as AFH’s Potter’s Lane project, a modified shipping container project that provides housing for homeless veterans. Mr. Gutierrez currently serves on the Orange County Regional Committee for the USC Gould School of Law Alumni Associates. 

Mr. Gutierrez graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003, and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law in 2007.

Publications

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Experiential Retail: Leasing and Marketing for the Millennial Demographic

PATH and OFAC Unwind Restrictions on Foreign Investment

Early Collaboration for Greater Protection: Don’t Wait to Assemble Your Team

News About Javier Gutierrez

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Five Stuart Kane Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers 2023

Nine Stuart Kane Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2023

Five Stuart Kane Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers List

Stuart Kane Partner Javier Gutierrez Participates in LACBA Crocker Commercial Real Estate Symposium Panel

Five Stuart Kane Attorneys Recognized in 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers List

Javier Gutierrez Recognized in Daily Journal’s 2020 Top 40 Under 40 List

Javier Gutierrez Participates in Panel: A Conversation About the Impact of Race in the Criminal Justice System

Four Stuart Kane Partners Recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers 2020

Javier Gutierrez Featured in USC Groundbreakers

Stuart Kane Contributes to the World Bank Doing Business Report 2018

Javier Gutierrez Recognized as 2017 Southern California Rising Star

Stuart Kane Partner Javier Gutierrez Participates at ULI NEXT Roundtable Discussion

Stuart Kane Partners Contribute Again to the Annual World Bank Doing Business Report

American Family Housing Breaks Ground on Unique Potter’s Lane Housing Development

Javier Gutierrez Chairs Potters Lane Housing Project: An Environmentally Sustainable Housing Project for Veterans

 

Education

University of Southern California, J.D., 2007
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2003, with honors

Memberships & Associations

  • Real Estate Executive Council (REEC)
  • Orange County Regional Committee Member, USC Gould School of Law Alumni Association
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Orange County Hispanic Bar Association
  • Langston Bar Association
  • Thurgood Marshall Bar Association
  • Urban Land Institute (Full Member; ULI Next Committee, former chair of 2012 Pro Bono Technical Assistance Panel; past Infrastructure Initiative Council member)
  • International Council of Shopping Centers
  • American Family Housing (member of Board of Directors; Finance and Real Estate Acquisitions Committee)
  • Building Industry Association of Orange County
  • Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (past board member)

Honors

  • Daily Journal 2020 Top 40 Under 40 List
  • Featured as a “USC Groundbreaker”, USC Trojans Family Magazine
  • Best Lawyers in America (2023)
  • Southern California Super Lawyers (2019 – 2023), Rising Star (2015, 2016, & 2017)
  • 2013 ULI Emergent Leadership Award for Professional Services
  • Featured in the “Orange County Rescue Mission: Young Leaders Group Pro Bono 2012 Technical Assistance Panel Report”

Bar Admissions

California