Sheila A. Ongwae

Sheila Ongwae's expertise is in commercial real estate transactions, including in the representation of private and institutional investors in connection with the acquisition, sale, development and financing of a variety of asset classes.

Ms. Ongwae received her B.A. in African and African American Studies and M.A. in Communication, both from Stanford University, in 2008. She earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2013. While at Columbia, Ms. Ongwae was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She served as staff editor of the HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW and as a teaching assistant for The Negotiation Workshop. Previously, Ms. Ongwae worked as a real estate associate attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; and Hogan Lovells US LLP.

She is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of New York.