Catherine Oh provides legal counsel to clients on commercial real estate transactions. She has expertise in matters ranging from leases for office, retail and industrial properties, purchase and sales of shopping centers, office and industrial buildings and unimproved land, to loan transactions for permanent and construction financings.
Catherine negotiates and structures leases, purchase agreements, loan documents and other real estate and business contracts, and works closely with her clients in providing advice at all stages of their transactions. She has extensive experience in representing landlords and tenants in leases of healthcare facilities, including medical offices and clinics.
Catherine received her B.A. in History from University of California, Los Angeles, and was awarded her J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she was a member of the Hastings Law Journal. She was named in the Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar List in 2016 and 2019.
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
J.D., 2001 - University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., cum laude, 1996
History
Admissions
- State Bar of California
Leadership
- California Lawyers Association, Commercial Leasing Practice Area Committee (2019-Present)
- Center for Land-Based Learning, Board of Directors (2015-2018)
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC); Next Generation Programs Committee (2010-2011)
- Urban Land Institute (ULI), Communications Committee (2008-2010)
- Association of Commercial Real Estate (ACRE); Developer Showcase Planning Committee (2005-2009)
- Sacramento Metro Chamber, Leadership Sacramento, Class of 2008
- Commercial Real Estate Women of Sacramento (CREW), Board of Directors (2006-2007); Governance Task Force Chair (2006)
- Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (ABAS), Board of Directors (2006)
Memberships
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP)
- Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (ABAS)
- Sacramento County Bar Association, Real Property Section
- California Lawyers Association, Real Property Law Section
- American Bar Association, Real Property Section
Speaking Engagements
- Co-Presenter, “Whose Space is it Anyway?: Top Issues in Subleasing in a Post-Pandemic World,” The California Lawyers Association (CLA), Real Property Law Section, 2023 Real Property Law Retreat (March 25, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, “Assignment/Subletting: Top Tips for Protecting Your Client’s Interests,” The California Lawyers Association (CLA), Real Property Law Section, Commercial Leasing Round Up: 7th Annual Women in Leasing Law Symposium (June 8, 2021)
- Moderator, “Hospital and Healthcare Systems,” BisNow Healthcare Real Estate Summit, Panel 2 (March 2014)
Publications
- “SNDA Toolbox: Ten Tips for the Health Care Tenant When Reviewing Subordination, Nondisturbance, and Attornment Agreements,” Co-authored with Suzanne E. Hennessy, American Health Law Association, August 6, 2021
- “Rent Relief Considerations for Commercial Landlords,” April 21, 2020
- “Foreclosures in California,” Co-authored with Russell J. Austin
- “Real Property Law: Lease Renegotiations with Troubled Commercial Tenants” (Part 2), ULI Landlink
- “Real Property Law: Lease Renegotiations with Troubled Commercial Tenants” (Part 1), ULI Landlink
