AngelaHsu
Partner
Real Estate
ahsu@seyfarth.com
Angela is a strategic partner to clients resolving their commercial real estate law matters.
More About Angela
Angela represents a range of public and private companies, both domestic and international, as a trusted legal advisor. Her practice encompasses the full range of commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, development, and leasing. She has led teams that have handled multicity portfolios of acquisitions and dispositions and leasing. Her work also spans all of the commercial real estate product types, including industrial, retail, office, health care, government, and multifamily.
For more than 15 years, Angela was vice president of the legal department of a publicly traded REIT, where she managed the legal group that supported all of the capital transactions and investment sales. She also led the team that handles corporate governance and general contracts matters.
Over the course of her professional career, Angela has been deeply invested in the Atlanta region and the Asian American community, serving on the board of the Regional Leadership Foundation and as president of the Georgia chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans from 1997 to 1999. Since the Atlanta mass shooting of six Asian women in 2021, Angela has been a leading advocate and voice in the fight against violence directed at the Asian American community, co-founding the AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund.
Angela was the chair of the board of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, an agency of the State of Georgia from 2015 to 2021, and was president of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association from 2020 to 2021. Angela is also on the board of trustees for Westminster Schools, Atlanta and the advisory board at Emory University School of Law. She is also a member of the Atlanta chapter of the International Women’s Forum. In early 2023, Angela joined the Georgia Bar’s Commission on Continuing Legal Competency.
For more than 15 years, Angela was vice president of the legal department of a publicly traded REIT, where she managed the legal group that supported all of the capital transactions and investment sales. She also led the team that handles corporate governance and general contracts matters.
Over the course of her professional career, Angela has been deeply invested in the Atlanta region and the Asian American community, serving on the board of the Regional Leadership Foundation and as president of the Georgia chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans from 1997 to 1999. Since the Atlanta mass shooting of six Asian women in 2021, Angela has been a leading advocate and voice in the fight against violence directed at the Asian American community, co-founding the AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund.
Angela was the chair of the board of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, an agency of the State of Georgia from 2015 to 2021, and was president of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association from 2020 to 2021. Angela is also on the board of trustees for Westminster Schools, Atlanta and the advisory board at Emory University School of Law. She is also a member of the Atlanta chapter of the International Women’s Forum. In early 2023, Angela joined the Georgia Bar’s Commission on Continuing Legal Competency.
- JD, Emory University School of Law
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
with honors
- Georgia
Related Key Industries
- Led a historic four-city portfolio sale for public REIT.
- Led an East Coast portfolio structured as a presale which closed upon completion.
- Led a four-building on-campus medical office development transaction.
- Led the acquisition of a Florida real estate company’s full industrial portfolio.
- Negotiated joint ventures on behalf of an overseas bank with domestic sponsors and created the bank’s real estate due joint venture and diligence program.
- Negotiated a programmatic joint venture between a public and private REIT for the acquisition and development of office and industrial assets across the country.
- Represented a national online retailer in connection with their entry into brick-and-mortar retail leasing.
- Represented national landlords in creating retail lease forms and lead teams in leasing malls and anchored shopping centers.
- Represented a department store in connection with all real estate issues, including redevelopment and leasing.
- Negotiated central business district office leases on behalf of Tenants in San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, and New York.
Related News & Insights
- Recognized in Best Lawyers of America (Woodward/White Inc.) (2024)
- Georgia Asia Pacific American Bar Association, president (2020-2021), board member
- The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, trustee and chair of the DEI Committee
- Emory University School of Law, advisory board
- State of Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, chair of the board (2015-2021)
- Sunrise Bank of Atlanta, director, loan committee and corporate secretary (2006-2010)
- Emory University, board of visitors (2008-2010)
- Regional Leadership Foundation, executive council/secretary (1998-2001)
- Organization of Chinese Americans, Georgia Chapter president (1998-2000)
- Asian American Law students Association at Emory School of Law, founder and president (1993-1995)
Angela is a strategic partner to clients resolving their commercial real estate law matters.
More About Angela
Angela represents a range of public and private companies, both domestic and international, as a trusted legal advisor. Her practice encompasses the full range of commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, development, and leasing. She has led teams that have handled multicity portfolios of acquisitions and dispositions and leasing. Her work also spans all of the commercial real estate product types, including industrial, retail, office, health care, government, and multifamily.
For more than 15 years, Angela was vice president of the legal department of a publicly traded REIT, where she managed the legal group that supported all of the capital transactions and investment sales. She also led the team that handles corporate governance and general contracts matters.
Over the course of her professional career, Angela has been deeply invested in the Atlanta region and the Asian American community, serving on the board of the Regional Leadership Foundation and as president of the Georgia chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans from 1997 to 1999. Since the Atlanta mass shooting of six Asian women in 2021, Angela has been a leading advocate and voice in the fight against violence directed at the Asian American community, co-founding the AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund.
Angela was the chair of the board of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, an agency of the State of Georgia from 2015 to 2021, and was president of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association from 2020 to 2021. Angela is also on the board of trustees for Westminster Schools, Atlanta and the advisory board at Emory University School of Law. She is also a member of the Atlanta chapter of the International Women’s Forum. In early 2023, Angela joined the Georgia Bar’s Commission on Continuing Legal Competency.
For more than 15 years, Angela was vice president of the legal department of a publicly traded REIT, where she managed the legal group that supported all of the capital transactions and investment sales. She also led the team that handles corporate governance and general contracts matters.
Over the course of her professional career, Angela has been deeply invested in the Atlanta region and the Asian American community, serving on the board of the Regional Leadership Foundation and as president of the Georgia chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans from 1997 to 1999. Since the Atlanta mass shooting of six Asian women in 2021, Angela has been a leading advocate and voice in the fight against violence directed at the Asian American community, co-founding the AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund.
Angela was the chair of the board of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, an agency of the State of Georgia from 2015 to 2021, and was president of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association from 2020 to 2021. Angela is also on the board of trustees for Westminster Schools, Atlanta and the advisory board at Emory University School of Law. She is also a member of the Atlanta chapter of the International Women’s Forum. In early 2023, Angela joined the Georgia Bar’s Commission on Continuing Legal Competency.
- JD, Emory University School of Law
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
with honors
- Georgia
Related Key Industries
- Led a historic four-city portfolio sale for public REIT.
- Led an East Coast portfolio structured as a presale which closed upon completion.
- Led a four-building on-campus medical office development transaction.
- Led the acquisition of a Florida real estate company’s full industrial portfolio.
- Negotiated joint ventures on behalf of an overseas bank with domestic sponsors and created the bank’s real estate due joint venture and diligence program.
- Negotiated a programmatic joint venture between a public and private REIT for the acquisition and development of office and industrial assets across the country.
- Represented a national online retailer in connection with their entry into brick-and-mortar retail leasing.
- Represented national landlords in creating retail lease forms and lead teams in leasing malls and anchored shopping centers.
- Represented a department store in connection with all real estate issues, including redevelopment and leasing.
- Negotiated central business district office leases on behalf of Tenants in San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, and New York.
Related News & Insights
- Recognized in Best Lawyers of America (Woodward/White Inc.) (2024)
- Georgia Asia Pacific American Bar Association, president (2020-2021), board member
- The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, trustee and chair of the DEI Committee
- Emory University School of Law, advisory board
- State of Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, chair of the board (2015-2021)
- Sunrise Bank of Atlanta, director, loan committee and corporate secretary (2006-2010)
- Emory University, board of visitors (2008-2010)
- Regional Leadership Foundation, executive council/secretary (1998-2001)
- Organization of Chinese Americans, Georgia Chapter president (1998-2000)
- Asian American Law students Association at Emory School of Law, founder and president (1993-1995)