Closing Team

James Chiboucas - Chief Legal Officer

As Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer, Jim Chiboucas is responsible for the negotiation and documentation of the company's real estate investments across the United States. This includes the management of the local counsel in each of the jurisdictions involved with the acquisitions and dispositions. He also manages the legal counsel retained to provide legal services for the company and for the operations of the commercial and industrial properties throughout the country. In addition, Mr. Chiboucas is a member of the Investment Committee which evaluates and authorizes new investment opportunities for the firm.

Mr. Chiboucas has over 30 years of legal experience in the real estate industry involving real estate investment, finance, acquisitions, dispositions, development and management. He has also assisted KBS Realty Advisors since its inception. Before joining KBS, Mr. Chiboucas was a partner of Paone, Callahan, McHolm & Winton and Vice-President of Signal Landmark, a national real estate development company, where he was responsible for all of Signal Landmark's legal real estate transactional matters across the United States.

Mr. Chiboucas graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's Degree in Business, and later with a Jurisdoctorate in Law.