Tonissa M. Agajanian

Toni Agajanian provides strategic counsel to property owners, lenders and tenants on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions with an emphasis on financing, leasing, purchase and sale transactions and development.

She works with landlords and tenants to manage all facets of their leasing portfolios and has expertise with office, retail and industrial leasing. Toni represents tenants and landlords in connection with the negotiation of rent deferrals and lease workouts relating to closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related government orders. She advises property owners and developers with the preparation of covenants, conditions and restrictions, reciprocal easement agreements, construction contracts and architectural agreements.

Her practice also includes representation of buyers and sellers in connection with the purchase and sale of industrial buildings, multi-family projects, shopping centers and other commercial real property, advising clients through the entire transaction from the negotiation of the term sheet and purchase agreement, coordinating the due diligence review and closing process.

Additionally, Toni represents lenders and borrowers in the origination and restructuring of acquisition, construction and permanent financing secured by various types of real property, including office buildings, retail centers, hotels, mixed-use and multi-family properties.

Before joining Rutan, she served as in-house counsel to Placentia Recycling Inc. and was an associate with Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York, where her practice focused on complex financing transactions, commercial leasing, and acquisitions and dispositions of real property. She is also a certified mediator, having trained with Orange County’s CSP (Community Service Programs) Dispute Resolution Services.