Kelly Kinnon
Of Counsel213 787-0343 DIRECT
213 402-2061 FAX
310 293-6416 MOBILE
[email protected]
Kelly Kinnon served for over 20 years at Barings LLC (formerly Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers) in various capacities, including Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, Senior Counsel, Vice President and Regional Counsel, where he was responsible for all legal matters arising in the Western region. Barings is a global investment management firm with total assets under management of over $300B.
Among his varied work at Barings, Kinnon oversaw legal issues for acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, lending, borrowing, leasing, litigation supervision and various other matters, and has broad experience with all types of commercial real property, such as retail, office, industrial, multi-family, mixed use, self-storage, student housing, condominiums and hotels and resorts. In his time at Barings, Kinnon was involved in hundreds of transactions, with an estimated value of over $25B.
Prior to his tenure at Barings, Kinnon practiced with the Los Angeles-based law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, where he worked on all aspects of real estate-related transactions, including secured loans, leases, purchases and sales, affordable housing transactions, letter-of-credit backed bond issues, and other issues and transactions.
Kinnon received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and was awarded his J.D. from the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California.