Richard Mendelson and Stacy Paek Selected as 2026 Commercial Real Estate Visionaries by LA Times Studios

LA Times Studios selected Stacy Paek and Richard Mendelson to its 2026 Commercial Real Estate Visionaries list, which spotlights leading real estate professionals in Southern California for their impact on the industry and notable achievements over the past year.

Paek, chair of Seyfarth's Los Angeles Real Estate practice, was recognized for her work advising investors, lenders, and institutional clients on complex acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and joint ventures. Over the past year, she led transactions involving significant real estate assets across multiple sectors, including the sale of major industrial and multifamily portfolios and the structuring of large-scale lending arrangements. Her work has helped clients navigate high-value transactions totaling billions of dollars. Read Paek's full profile here.

Mendelson was recognized for his extensive experience counseling investors, financial institutions, and real estate enterprises on sophisticated real estate transactions nationwide. In the past two years, he represented a university endowment in transactions totaling approximately $1 billion and advised a real estate investment and management company on acquisitions, dispositions, and financing matters exceeding $3 billion in aggregate value. Read Mendelson's full profile here.