Michelle Chan

Practice Areas

Real Estate & Land Use

Land Use & Development

California Environmental, Land Use, Energy & Resources

Land Development

Career

Michelle Chan focuses her practice on land use entitlements, environmental compliance, and real estate transactions, representing developers, landowners, and public agencies in all stages of the development process for mixed-use, commercial, and residential development projects. Michelle assists clients in drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, general plan amendments, zoning, and securing approvals under the Subdivision Map Act.

Michelle regularly advises clients on compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and represents clients at public hearings to obtain land use approvals. She also has experience with litigation involving environmental and land use laws and challenges to development exactions in federal and state courts and administrative proceedings.

Michelle’s experience includes securing entitlements and permits in connection with the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 redevelopment project, which includes 10,500 residential units; 3-5 million square feet of office and research and development uses; nearly 1 million square feet of retail; and 300 acres of open space and parks.