About

Provided by Valence LLP

Valence LLP focuses exclusively on commercial real estate transactions. The firm represents clients ranging from emerging start-ups to Fortune 100 companies across the San Francisco Bay Area and nationwide in commercial leasing and purchase and sale transactions.

Recent work highlights include:

  • Negotiated a 120,000 square foot headquarters lease in San Francisco in 2024, recognized as a Deal of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times.
  • Negotiated a state-of-the-art laboratory lease for a life sciences client, involving a complex buildout and flexible expansion rights to support future growth.
  • Structured a 100,000 square foot ground lease and build-to-suit transaction for a manufacturing technology client.
  • Advised a retail tenant on dozens of leases across multiple markets, creating templates to streamline expansion while protecting key lease terms.
  • Serve as ongoing leasing counsel to institutional landlords for more than 1 million square feet of Class A office space.
  • Negotiated a lease for a 3-building headquarters and R&D campus for a technology client, including environmental due diligence on a Superfund site.
  • Negotiated a 290,000 square foot full-building build-to-suit laboratory and warehouse lease for a technology client.

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What the Team is Known For

Valence LLP is a highly respected women-owned boutique that advises across a wide range of real estate transactions, with a notable expertise in commercial leasing, purchasing and sale and transactions and construction contracts. The San Francisco bay area firm primarily represents commercial tenants, across the US.

Valence LLP advised a clinical-stage medical technology company on a 75,000-square-foot headquarters and laboratory lease in Alameda, California, valued at over $50 million.

Krista Kim is a key contact.

Members

Provided by Valence LLP

Corinne Wessel

Head of Department

Jon Nealer

Katherine Abrahams

Krista Kim

Head of Department

Lauren Balsamo

Linda Shelby

Samantha Rudolph

Head of Department

Industries

Provided by Valence LLP

Commercial Tenants

Corporate Occupiers

Industrial and R&D

Life Sciences

Manufacturing

Office

Property Owners

Retail

Technology