Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental

Pamela Westhoff is a partner in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin's Los Angeles office.

Pam has a broad-based and versatile transactional real estate practice, with an emphasis in acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, technology and insurance issues affecting real estate.  She also has extensive experience in build-to-suit, ground lease and sale-leaseback transactions, including for life science, healthcare and industrial projects.  Pam has worked on all types of real estate development and lending transactions, including workouts, restructures and joint ventures.

Pam represents tenants and landlords in substantial commercial lease transactions, including for global corporate headquarters.  She also represents developers and equity investors in commercial developments, including hotel, condominium, retail, office, industrial, data center, entertainment venue and television and movie studio projects.  She also represents owners and providers in connection with telecommunication issues affecting commercial, residential and retail properties, as well as university campuses. She has extensive experience representing radio and television broadcasters in real estate-related matters, including broadcast and communications tower licensing.

Pamela currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and is Chair of the ACREL Leasing Committee.  She was recently recognized as a North America Global Elite Thought Leader in Commercial Real Estate by Who’s Who Legal, and is rated by Chambers USA as a Leading Real Estate Lawyer.

President of the Board of Directors, NAIOP (2021), President Southern California Chapter (2020), Board of Directors (Commercial Real Estate Development Association) Southern California Chapter (2010-Present), Executive Committee, 2013 Programs and Education Chair and 2012 UCLA/USC Real Estate Challenge Chair

Board Member, Leasing Committee Chair, American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Chair, Leasing Committee, American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Member, Executive Committee, California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section

Chair, Board of Directors of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Los Angeles (2005-2006); Board Member (1992-Present)

Program Chair, Practising Law Institute's Commercial Real Estate Financing: What Borrowers and Lenders Need to Know Now (2004-present)

Executive Committee, Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association

Board Member, UCLA Finance and Investment Conference (2001-2006)

Board Member, USC Crocker Symposium on Law and Business (2003-present); Planning Committee Chair (2007)

J.D., University of Southern California, 1986, Order of the Coif

M.B.A., University of Southern California, 1986, with highest honors

B.B.A., Loyola Marymount University, 1982, summa cum laude