C. Gregg Ankenman, a director in the Oakland, California office of the law firm of Fennemore Wendel, has extensive experience in real estate and business transactional work, including commercial real estate leases, sales, exchanges, and financing. He has handled hundreds of commercial lease transactions and has particular expertise working on leases in retail and mixed used properties throughout the country. He has been a prolific writer, authoring numerous articles for industry and legal publications as well as chapters on retail leasing, office leasing, real estate finance practices and real property sales transactions volumes for California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB). He served as Chief Consultant on CEB’s Retail Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease. An active member in the NRTA since its formation, he is a frequent speaker at the NRTA and other real estate industry programs. Gregg received his B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Law.