Paul R. Mohun

Sr. Vice President and General Counsel of innovative developer and operator of hospitality, office and residential assets throughout the U.S.. Managed all company legal affairs, including acquisitions and dispositions, commercial contracts, litigation/arbitration, employment, licensing, franchise, trademark, tax and other matters. As member of Executive Leadership Team with CEO, CFO and Chief People Officer, participated in all company strategic decisions.

• Partner in San Francisco office of Reed Smith, an AmLaw 25 law firm with 30+ offices throughout the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Practice focuses on real estate and commercial transactions, dispute resolution and litigation.
• Primary outside real estate counsel to global retailer, Gap Inc. Represented Gap in its $342 Million purchase of a 300,000 s.f. headquarters property in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood from Hines Global, and it $221 Million sale to Google of 200,000 s.f. of office space in San Bruno, CA.
• Other representative clients include Keysight Technologies, the Kraft Heinz Company, M&G plc, Remy Cointreau, the University of California, AB Volvo, Wind Point Partners, Yahoo! and Zynga.

• Led teams responsible for all office, industrial and retail real estate transactions and associated commercial agreements, plus all related litigation and dispute resolution, for North America, Japan and Mexico. Collaborated regularly with C-suite leaders, including Gap Inc. CEO, CFO and SVP of Real Estate.
• Managed North America Leasing and Property Management teams as well as Gap's Japan legal team in Tokyo, collectively comprising 40+ attorneys, legal assistants, contractors and other professionals.
• Managed all real estate aspects of Gap's expansion into Latin America.
• Real estate lead for numerous strategic initiatives, including acquisition and disposition of major corporate real estate assets and flagship retail real estate, as well as M&A transactions.
• Supervised outside law firms and legal service providers in the United States and multiple foreign jurisdictions, including Canada, Japan, India, Korea and Mexico.
• As Chair of Gap Inc.'s Global Pro Bono & Pipeline Committee, responsible for setting policy, overseeing engagement efforts and managing client portfolio for Gap's innovative global pro bono and pipeline diversity efforts.

• Carneros Partners was the ground-up developer of the Carneros Inn in the Napa Valley, one of the leading luxury boutique hotels in the United States. My responsibilities as a founding principal included:
• Supervision of all legal matters pertaining to the acquisition, entitlement, construction, management and operation of the property.
• Serving as Chair of the ownership partnership, Carneros Holdings, LLC.
• Management of all outside legal advisors relating to corporate, regulatory, land use, employment, water rights, tax and litigation matters.

• Partner in leading international law firm, with practice focused on real estate, commercial, lending and finance transactions and dispute resolution. Clients included money center banks (including Bank of America and KeyBank) and real estate investment trusts, commercial real estate owners, developers and operators, technology companies, health care companies and high net worth individuals and families.
• Published cases include In Re Helit Mining Claims, Department of the Interior, Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) 98-58 (1998).
• Represented Reed Smith on the San Francisco Committee on Jobs, an association of San Francisco’s leading businesses and employers advocating for job growth and long-term economic vitality in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Associate attorney in litigation group at one of California's most venerable law firms. Extensive commercial litigation, real estate, professional liability and appellate practice representing real estate owners and operators, financial institutions, brokers, contractors and others in a broad array of commercial and real estate disputes, including workouts.
• Substantial arbitration, trial and appellate experience, including the following published California Court of Appeal cases: Bellows v. Aliquot Associates, Inc. 25 Cal. App. 4th 426 (1994); and Cisneros v. Vueve 37 Cal. App. 4th 906 (1995).
• Represented the Russian Arts Foundation and the Russian National Orchestra, founded in 1990 as the first private symphony orchestra in post-Soviet Russia and widely recognized as one of the world's leading orchestras ensembles.
• Major contributor to California real estate litigation treatise, "California Civil Practice: Real Property Litigation" (Bancroft –Whitney 1994).

• In partnership with future California Governor Gavin Newsom, organized and launched new business venture with from conceptual stage through the establishment of PlumpJack as a leading wine business and lifestyle brand in San Francisco.