After decades as a partner at several prominent regional and national law firms, Jonathan founded BAS to provide clients with a more responsive, entrepreneurial approach to legal representation. By eliminating the layers of institutional bureaucracy common at larger firms, BAS delivers practical, business-focused, hands-on legal advice, with the agility and personal attention sophisticated real estate challenges and other family office matters demand. More specifically, Jonathan advises clients through every stage of the real estate lifecycle, from acquisition and financing to entitlement, development, leasing, disposition, and dispute resolution. His extensive experience allows him to identify legal, business, and political considerations early in the process, helping clients mitigate risk, capitalize on opportunities, and achieve successful project outcomes.

Two distinguishing hallmarks of Jonathan’s practice are his deep command of California’s governmental and regulatory landscape, and his extensive, well-curated network of contacts. Over the course of his career, he has cultivated enduring relationships with civic leaders, elected officials, policy advocates, and municipal agencies throughout the state. This broad network, combined with his fluency in local and state political processes, enables him to provide strategic guidance on complex entitlement matters, zoning and land-use issues, public-private partnerships, and innovative project-financing structures. His depth of knowledge proves invaluable to his clients, including his high-profile, high-net-worth individuals, who rely on Jonathan not only for discreet legal counsel, but also for his practical insight, strategic thinking, and results-oriented approach within California’s increasingly sophisticated and highly regulated real estate environment.