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Timothy G. Giacometti

Of Counsel, Seattle Office, Portland Office

Direct Dial: 206.521.6430
Fax: 206.386.5130
tim.giacometti@bullivant.com



Practice Areas

Industries

Bar/Court Admissions

Admitted to Oregon Bar
Admitted to Washington Bar

Education

  • Seattle University, School of Law - J.D.
  • University of California, Berkeley - M.B.A.
  • Georgetown University - B.A.

Practice Experience

Tim Giacometti's real estate and business law practices are informed by than 10 years of finance experience in the real estate industry. His background as an acquisitions and asset management professional for a Seattle-based institutional investment management firm and his experience with a multifamily property mortgage bank brings a practical, business oriented perspective to his practice.

Tim's real estate work includes:

  • Representing investors, lenders, landlords and tenants in the negotiation of purchase and sale agreements
  • Preparing loan documents, leases and easements, and closing of such transactions
  • Negotiating, construction and architects agreements and covenants for owners
  • Advising residential brokerage firms on agency, licensing and transactional issues

Tim's business transactional work includes:

  • Reviewing, preparing and modifying of entity documents, such as LLC operating agreements
  • Reviewing, preparing and modifying tenancy in common agreements that define the rights and obligations of the business owners

Tim has served his community as a volunteer attorney for the Southeast Legal Clinic of the King County Bar Association since 2002. He served as a volunteer big brother for Big Brothers Big Sisters of King and Pierce County for ten years and as a board member of the Lutheran Alliance to Create Housing, a Seattle nonprofit housing developer.

Representative Matters

  • Represented seller in sale of 250-unit multifamily property in Seattle, Washington
  • Represented seller of 38,000 sq ft suburban office building in Tigard, Oregon
  • Represented borrower in $7.5 million loan secured by hotel in Tacoma, Washington
  • Represents community development lender in acquisition and development loans in Seattle, Washington
  • Represented declarant in formation of commercial condominium and sale of unit in Seattle, Washington

Professional and Civic Involvement

  • Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
  • Volunteer Attorney, Southeast Neighborhood Legal Clinic, King County Bar Association
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Oregon State Bar

Awards and Honors

  • Named as a "Rising Star" by Washington Super Lawyers (2010, 2009)

Advisories and Insights

Publications and Presentations

  • Speaker, "In-Depth Title Insurance Principles and ALTA Updates," National Business Institute CLE, June 2006