MENU

Providing expert legal counsel in business, real estate, acquisitions, and financial restructuring.

George focuses primarily on assisting clients with acquisitions, investments, and liquidity events related to their business enterprises and real estate holdings. These events range from strategic to distressed situations, where he represents sellers, buyers, investors, lenders, and creditors.

George provides comprehensive real estate services to developers, owners, investors, buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, and lenders. His real estate clients own, operate, develop, and finance projects including multi-family dwellings, industrial facilities, retail/shopping centers, office spaces, residential developments, and warehouses.

In addition to his real estate practice, George works with closely held companies, publicly traded enterprises, and high-net-worth individuals, both domestically and internationally. His services encompass entity formation, equity and debt financing, strategic planning, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, reorganizations, and general business advisory.

George represents both lenders and borrowers in commercial loan transactions, including forbearances, modifications, and refinances.

Over the course of his practice, George has been actively involved in insolvency and bankruptcy matters, assisting clients with liquidity events and business reorganizations. His clients in distressed situations include Chapter 11 debtors, lenders, creditor committees, trustees, and creditors, with significant experience in numerous high-profile cases, particularly during the 2006-2012 economic recession. The focus of these matters primarily involved distressed real estate and business transactions.

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Named to Washington Super Lawyer list by Super Lawyers Magazine (2012–2024)
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America (2018-2024)
  • Named Preeminent in Corporate Real Estate Law by The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel magazines
  • Named Top Business Lawyer in the Seattle Business Monthly
  • Named Top Lawyer in both Seattle Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Board Member of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Foundation (April 2012 to present)
  • Board Member and officer of Seattle Golf Club (September 2013 to 2016)
  • Board Member of Karr Tuttle Campbell (2006 to 2010)
  • Trustee of Shoreline Public Schools Foundation (2004 to 2010)
  • Demetrios Greek Orthodox Foundation of Washington (2000 to present)
  • Ford Motor Company’s Dispute Settlement Board Member (1999 to 2002)
  • Board Member of Philanthropia Foundation (1996 to 2022)

Credentials

Education

Willamette University College of Law
(J.D., 1985)

University of Washington
(B.A., 1981)

Admitted to Practice

Washington