Maria V. Bernstein

Partner

CONTACT

Direct: 415-814-6400

Email: Contact Me

Ms. Bernstein is a Partner at the firm and is licensed in California. Ms. Bernstein has practiced law since 1996 and has worked with SSL almost since its founding, both as a firm client and attorney, and has been an attorney at SSL since 2019. She is a real estate generalist currently focused largely on tenant leasing and representation of buyers and sellers of real property. Ms. Bernstein has worked at several large, national law firms and in-house experience with two publicly traded, blue-chip companies.

Ms. Bernstein’s work includes purchase and sale transactions, commercial leases and all forms of property management related legal work. Her clients include major retail, medical, industrial, data center, technology, and biotech clients.

 

EDUCATION:

  • Undergraduate School: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • Law School: University of California at Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Commercial real estate including:
    • Commercial lease review and negotiations.
    • Commercial lease related transactions and documentation, including all ancillary agreements such as ground leases, amendments, nondisclosure agreements, licenses, subordination, work letters and tenant improvement contracts, landlord waivers and non-disturbance agreements, estoppels, including for office, industrial and retail properties.
  • Purchase and sales transactions.
  • COVID-19 related dispute resolution.
  • Construction and design contracts.
  • Negotiation and strategic advice regarding property management, tenant audits, rent adjustments and lease disputes.
  • Experience in following industries:
    • High tech/ISP/Telecom
    • Data center and colocation
    • Medical
    • Retail/restaurant
    • Industrial/manufacturing
    • Office across all industries
    • Transportation