Andrew S Gabriel

Practice Areas

Real Estate & Land Use

Business Entities & Transactions

Business Relocation to Nevada

Career

Practicing primarily in commercial real estate and business transactions, Mr. Gabriel is a partner in the Las Vegas office, a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, and Chair of the Real Estate & Land Use Practice. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Nevada State Bar’s Business Law Section. Mr. Gabriel represents lenders, borrowers, and guarantors in secured commercial real property and personal property financing transactions, including lender legal opinions, loan workouts and restructuring, receiverships, and foreclosures; landlords and tenants in the negotiation and drafting of retail, industrial, and office leases, resolution of lease disputes, and lease default workouts; buyers and sellers of commercial real property, business entities, and assets; common interest community owners’ associations; real estate brokers and property managers; business owners and executives in the negotiation of contracts and the resolution of contract disputes; and Nevada corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships and their shareholders, directors, members, managers, and partners in entity formation and governance matters.

Professional Memberships

Member, Executive Committee, Nevada State Bar’s Business Law Section

Former member, Board of Directors, Meritas

Publications

Author, “AB 239: Notable Changes to Title 7 of Nevada Revised Statutes Governing Business Entities,” Communiqué, Clark County Bar Association’s official publication, September 2025

Quoted, “After a Downturn in Deals, Real Estate Market Begins to Rebound,” Of Counsel: The Legal Practice and Management Report, February 2024

Quoted, “How far should lawyers go to make sure their clients aren’t using them to launder money?”, ABA Journal, October 2023

Author, “Understanding Easements in Nevada,” Lorman Education Services CLE Program materials, August 17, 2018

Work Highlights

Real Estate

 Represent buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants of commercial real estate, including shopping centers, office buildings, industrial buildings, multi-family apartment projects, hotels, casinos, resorts, restaurants, taverns, gas stations, and convenience stores.

 Advise clients on commercial real property due diligence, including title and survey reviews, environmental conditions, water rights, land use and other encumbrances, and lease and property contract abstracts.

 Represent landlords and tenants in the negotiation and drafting of retail, industrial, office, restaurant/tavern, and casino leases, resolution of lease disputes, and lease default workouts.

 Represent lenders, borrowers, and guarantors in loans secured by commercial real property, including conventional development/construction and takeout financing, CMBS conduit financing, and mezzanine financing (includes lender legal opinions and representing parties in loan workouts and restructuring, receiverships, foreclosures, and compromise and settlement agreements).

 Represent title companies, real estate brokerage companies, and property management companies in connection with the legal requirements of their businesses.

 Advise developers’ and owners’ associations on the creation, governance, and operation of common-interest communities, including condominiums.

 Counsel developers on land-use entitlement matters, including zoning, variances, use permits, development agreements, and subdivision laws.

Business Entities & Transactions

 Represent corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies and their directors, shareholders, officers, partners, members, and managers in entity formation, ownership structure, shareholder agreements, and corporate governance.

 Represent buyers and sellers of commercial real property, business entities, and business assets, including bulk sales and the sales of restaurants, taverns, and casino assets with privileged licenses (includes negotiating Asset Purchase Agreements and ancillary supplier agreements, intellectual property agreements, non-compete agreements, and sublease agreements to allow continue use of facilities, as well as preparing Amended and Restated company operating agreements and related entity and transaction authorization documents).

 Represent buyers and sellers of stock, partnership interests, and membership interests in equity transactions.

 Represent lenders and borrowers in asset-secured financing transactions pursuant to the UCC and the enforcement of UCC security interests.

 Represent business owners and executives in the negotiation of contracts and the resolution of contract disputes.

 Draft and negotiate contracts governing a wide variety of business transactions.

Education

Awards