John Tennant Kontrabecki

 Accomplished attorney, business advisor and mediator with over 30 years of experience advising companies in commercial real estate transactions, including legal entity formation, joint ventures, property acquisitions and sales, due diligence, land use planning and entitlements, secured and unsecured financing, construction contracts, litigation, mediation and arbitration.

Relevant Career Experience

TKG International                                                                                                                                                                                     1984-present

Founder, president, CEO and general counsel of an international commercial real estate investment and development consulting company.  Advised in the development and financing of numerous office, industrial and warehouse properties in Silicon Valley and Livermore, CA, and Warsaw, Poland.

TKG Advisors                                                                                                                                                                                             2015-present

Consulting as Interim Chief Real Estate Officer for rapidly expanding or contracting companies and mediator in real estate related conflicts.                                                                                                                                                        

Mission West Properties, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                1981-1984

Partner and chief financial officer in Silicon Valley based industrial investment and development company. Was one of the principal investors when the company became a publicly traded REIT in 1996.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.                                                                                                                                                                                1980-1981

Vice President and commercial real estate financier with Real Estate Industries Group. Financed commercial real estate development projects.

Lord, Bissell & Brook                                                                                                                                                                                  1977-1980

Associate attorney in Chicago, Illinois corporate law firm.  Specialized in real estate law,