Overview

 

CBRE’s Stephen Bay, Clay Hammerstein, Kevin Bender and Danny Rees constitute one of the region’s premier occupier services team. The Los Angeles and Orange County-based team offers a combined 95 years of unparalleled market experience and transactions. Their shared passion for the business have earned them long-term partnerships with many companies, nationally and globally. Supported by CBRE’s global real estate and technology platform, the partners are able to provide their clients with a full range of integrated services for both short and long-term strategies, including portfolio management; lease administration; lease negotiations; relocation, expansion or consolidation strategies; workplace strategy; financial modeling and lease versus own analysis; project management among others. Drawing from their extensive backgrounds in real estate, the team provides their clients with winning strategy, informed decisions, new opportunities and fresh, innovative approaches.  

Our Team

Meet the Team
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Stephen Bay
Vice Chairman
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clay-hammerstein
Clay Hammerstein
Vice Chairman
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Kevin Bender
Executive Vice President
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Danny Rees
Vice President
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Gregg Pasternack
Senior Vice President
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Alen Arutyuntyan
Senior Global Portfolio Manager
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+1 213 6133005
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Lindsey Young
Sales Assistant
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+1 213 2705520

Related Industries & Specialties

Law Firm Practice Group

Serving law firm clients, large and small, seeking to make informed real estate decisions.

Technology & Media Practice

Providing specialized services to technology and media companies, combining robust resources and integrated services to deliver solutions at high speed.

Office Services

CBRE is the global leader in Office Services, with the most comprehensive advisory and transaction services platform and more professionals specializing in the office sector than any other firm. 

Related Services

Labor Analytics

Labor Analytics

CBRE Labor Analytics provides specialized consultancy services to corporate tenants, combining human capital and brick-and-mortar solutions to maximize cost savings, financial success and desired change for our clients.
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Client Strategy and Consulting

Client Strategy and Consulting

CBRE’s seasoned professionals advise clients on transformational organizational approaches, delivery models, innovations, business analytics, client strategies, and management practices.
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Portfolio Services

Portfolio Services

As the largest global provider of Lease Administration, responsible for over 160,000 leases annually, we create value through portfolio analytics, process implementation, desktop audits, savings initiatives, compliance, systems knowledge, and portfolio and asset-level reporting.
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Project Management

Project Management

Project Management provides on-time, on-budget project management solutions through various staffing models, supply chain optimization and expertise by project and asset type—all customized to ensure success of your global real estate projects.
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Featured Clients

AIG

Santa Ana - 65,000 | Los Angeles - 130,000 | Hawaii - 70,000 | San Francisco - 40,000

Jones Day

San Diego - 125,000

The Ayco Company

Orange County - 58,000

Ernst & Young

Orange County - 39,000

Payne & Fears

Orange County - 130,000

Opus Bank

Irvine (Headquarters) - 44,000

Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Los Angeles - 136,000

Southern California Gas Co.

Los Angeles - 352,000

State Street Bank

Los Angeles - 23,000 | San Diego - 18,000 | Irvine - 75,000

Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble Mallory & Natsis

Century City - 26,000 | Irvine - 55,000 | Los Angeles - 47,000 | San Diego - 32,000

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Century City - 22,000 | Los Angeles - 45,000

Bloomberg

Century City - 13,000

Credit Suisse

Century City - 15,000

Fenwick & West

Mountain View - 128,000 | New York - 30,000 | San Francisco - 70,000 | Seattle - 25,000

Fox Rothschild

Century City - 34,000

Gensler

Los Angeles - 90,000 | Houston - 40,000 | Denver - 25,000

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Century City - 27,000 | Dallas - 40,000 | Denver - 35,000 | Los Angeles - 269,000 | Orange County - 80,000 | New York - 309,000 | Palo Alto - 40,000

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management

Los Angeles - 30,000

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Century City - 55,000 | Houston - 15,000 | Los Angeles - 5,000 | Orange County - 7,000

LA Care

Los Angeles - 150,000

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp

Century City - 70,000

Munger, Tolles & Olson

Los Angeles - 160,000 | Washington, D.C. - 20,000 | San Francisco - 40,000

Netflix

Hollywood - 750,000

Norton Rose Fullbright

Los Angeles - 50,000 | Denver - 10,000 | Washington, D.C. - 100,000 | San Antonio, TX - 40,000

Steptoe Johnson

Century City - 35,000 | Los Angeles - 27,000 | Palo Alto - 10,000 | Washington, D.C. - 240,000

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Century City - 21,000

Sidley Austin

Century City - 44,000 | Los Angeles - 185,000 | Orange County - 5,000 | Palo Alto - 35,000 | San Francisco - 60,000

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Lease Administration | Chicago - 15,000 | London - 18,000 | Los Angeles - 135,000 | New York - 160,000 | Paris - 5,000 | San Francisco - 44,000 | Washington, D.C. - 65,000

Pillsbury Winthrop

Los Angeles - 65,000

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott

Los Angeles - 40,000 | Orange County - 26,000 | Austin, TX - 3,000 | Washington, D.C. - 20,000 | Sacramento - 15,000

Nuveen

Century City - 30,000

Oaktree Capital Management

Los Angeles - 181,000 | London - 25,000

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Lease Administration | Houston - 55,000 | Los Angeles - 66,000 | Menlo Park - 85,000 | Orange County - 24,000 | San Francisco - 165,000 | Santa Monica - 5,000 | Hong Kong - 12,000 | Tokyo - 25,000

Case Study

Case Study:
Northwestern Mutual

News

The latest commercial real estate industry news.

Los Angeles Market Demonstrates Growth in Law Firm Space; Ranked 2nd for Fastest-Growing Lawyer Population

Los Angeles Market Demonstrates Growth in Law Firm Space; Ranked 2nd for Fastest-Growing Lawyer Population

October 8, 2018
Los Angeles expanded its law firm space year-over-year and saw considerable growth in its employment base of lawyers, making it an attractive target for law firm expansions, according to CBRE’s 2018 North American Legal Sector Trends Report.
October 8, 2018
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CBRE Los Angeles Law Firm Real Estate Trends

CBRE Los Angeles Law Firm Real Estate Trends

May 24, 2017
CBRE Law Firm Practice Group members, Lynn Williams, Clay Hammerstein, Stephen Bay and Kevin Bender, discuss legal real estate trends for the Los Angeles market in 2017 and beyond.
May 24, 2017
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CBRE Announces Nearly 26,000 Square-Foot Lease to Law Firm Payne & Fears at Jamboree Center in Irvine, California

CBRE Announces Nearly 26,000 Square-Foot Lease to Law Firm Payne & Fears at Jamboree Center in Irvine, California

May 9, 2017
CBRE Group, Inc. announced a 25,848 square-foot lease for law firm Payne & Fears LLP at Jamboree Center in Irvine, California.
May 9, 2017
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