Corinne Wessel is a Partner at Valence LLP. 

Corinne’s practice specializes in a wide range of commercial leasing transactions, advising clients from startups to publicly traded companies. With extensive experience in structuring and negotiating leases, she provides strategic, practical guidance through every stage of the leasing process. Her expertise spans office, life sciences, retail, R&D, industrial, and medical leases, allowing her to develop tailored solutions aligned to the unique needs of each client. 

Corinne delivers high-level strategic counsel, guiding clients through complex transactions requiring creative problem-solving and meticulous attention to detail. She manages all phases of negotiations and documentation, ensuring each transaction aligns closely with her clients' operational priorities and long-term business goals.  Known for proactively anticipating potential issues, she develops strategies that effectively manage risk and protect client interests while advancing their business objectives. Her efficiency, thoroughness, and practical approach have established her as a trusted advisor to clients expanding their footprints in California, Texas, and across the United States. 

Throughout her career, she has been instrumental in expanding the firm’s real estate practice, building lasting client relationships across multiple industries. Corinne also shares her expertise on commercial leasing strategies and best practices as a speaker at industry conferences. 

Corinne is admitted to practice in California and Texas. She received her J.D. from Whittier Law School, cum laude, and her B.A. from the University of California, Davis. In her spare time, Corinne enjoys reading and going on outdoor adventures with her family. 

Representative Transactions

• Negotiating a 4-floor office lease for a technology client, which included a substantial tenant-improvement buildout valued at over $14,000,000.  
• Negotiating a multi-floor 100,000 square foot Class-A office headquarters lease for a technology tenant. 
• Serving as primary outside real estate counsel for a large publicly traded technology company, managing their nationwide office portfolio. 
• Negotiating a full-floor life science lease for a company doing research in healthcare therapeutics, including negotiating a build to suit work-letter involving installation of a clean room, laboratory, and back-up generator. 
• Assisting a private space satellite manufacturer and operator in securing office and mission control center leases.  
• Negotiating a three-building, 150,000 square foot office and R&D headquarters lease and expansion amendment in the South Bay. 
• Representing a cell therapy research company in the acquisition of a full-floor laboratory and headquarters lease. 
• Assisting various robotics and autonomous vehicle companies with office, R&D, and warehousing space. 
• Assisting a locally-owned grocery store chain expand their footprint by negotiating leases for numerous new retail locations throughout California. 
• Representing a health services organization in securing and negotiating leases for multiple nationwide clinic locations. 

Awards & Recognition

• 2022 Super Lawyers’ Northern California Rising Stars 

Speaking Engagements & Events

• 2024 Real Property Law Retreat, California Lawyers Association Real Property Law, Commercial Leasing: Basics of Tenant Representation (Speaker, March 8, 2024) 

• 2023 Real Property Law Health & Wellness Retreat, California Lawyers Association Real Property Law, Unraveling the Differences among Office, Retail, and Industrial Commercial Leases (Speaker, March 25, 2023)