lawyer; corporate / business /real estate / family office
based in San Diego with a presence throughout California & Montana
23 Years of Legal Service and Counting
Peter N. Karvelis, APC (K + APC) is a business and real estate law practice located in San Diego, California with a presence throughout California and now in Whitefish, Montana. K + APC focuses on legal representation of entrepreneurs, family offices and businesses. K + APC represents clients in virtually every industry and our clients include some our regions most remarkable companies and individuals. With over 2 decades of experience representing companies and individuals as their go-to counsel and business strategist, Peter is equipped to help his clients efficiently manage their operations, growth and legal risk.
As a boutique law practice, legal fees are kept reasonable as they do not incorporate big-firm overhead and sticker shock. Clients always work directly with Peter as he enjoys flexibility in the clients he works with. Peter enjoys collaborating with like minded clients bringing quality and value to their particular slice of the community. Peter cares about your long-term success and strives to provide advice that not only solves immediate problems but also creates lasting solutions. Peter’s approach is driven by an intense commitment and practical business-minded approach developing strategies and solving problems in close collaboration with his clients to help them achieve their objectives serving as a trusted advisor and advocate.
My Experience Makes Your Experience Better
I’ve got your back. At the negotiating table. At the board meeting. Even in the middle of the night. You want an attorney you can trust. An attorney who knows the ins and outs of the region. I apply my passion for endurance competition to my legal practice. Achieving your definition of success in business is no different than training for and executing a challenging race or summit goal; you have to meticulously prepare, put in the difficult work with a determined focus, and ultimately problem solve and adjust under the pressure of time constraints. But most of all, you have to love the process. I bring this experience, perspective and dedication to all of my client’s legal matters so you can feel confident that you have the best possible lawyer representing your interests.
Business
K + APC represents many entrepreneurs, family offices and businesses as outside general counsel, handling all their legal matters, and numerous other individuals and businesses on a range of matters, including business mergers, acquisitions and sales, private debt and equity issuances, secured financing, joint ventures, contracts, incorporation, corporate governance, employment matters, trademark and intellectual property, estate planning and business litigation. K + APC has helped many clients through full “life cycle” from formation through exit, and routinely assists clients to assert their rights, protect their interests and resolve their disputes.
Real Estate
Karvelis + APC advises clients in all aspects of real estate transactions from acquisitions, sales, leasing, asset management, development, entitlements, and financing for commercial and residential real estate projects. Peter’s deep San Diego market knowledge combined with his unique experience as both real estate attorney and licensed real estate broker make him uniquely qualified to assist clients with their real estate objectives. Peter has held a California Real Estate Broker's License since 2002.
Hospitality & Live Event
Hospitality law can take many forms, under many names: restaurant law, bar law, alcohol law, including live events that overlap . . . Whatever you call it, Peter has seen it before. From single fine-dining restaurants to multi-concept, multi-unit companies, to music festivals, Karvelis + APC has a passion for the creative process of starting and growing hospitality brands and events, both in California and across the country.
There is a skill in practicing law in this community that goes beyond the review and drafting of documents. Through being part of this community, I have gained a broad range of key relationships which benefit our clients. I am a trusted strategist, advisor and advocate to those in both the local community and people who don’t make the region their full time home.
Practice Areas
Clients
Some K + APC clients have become among the best known and most innovative category leaders in the region, including entrepreneurs and real estate investors and developers, restaurant/bar hospitality, event production, creative, design, products, technology and financial services. Visit our NEWS page to see what we have been up to.
Profile
Prior to launching his own practice in 2009, Peter was a partner and associate at a prominent San Diego boutique firm from 2001 through 2008. There, he had the unique opportunity to represent and advise individuals and private companies across various industries on a range of high-stakes complex transactional & litigation matters, including employment and consumer class action cases.
Peter is a member of the California State Bar Association and Bar of Montana and is licensed to practice law in all State and Federal Courts in both the State of California and the State of Montana. Peter has also held a California Real Estate Broker's License since 2002.
Peter received his B.A. from San Diego State University in 1998 and his Juris Doctor from University of San Diego School of Law in 2001.
When he isn’t busy assisting clients achieve their goals, Peter lives in Point Loma and can be found out on the water or exploring the mountains, trail running, camping, skiing/snowboarding -basically anything outdoors with his family.
Peter is an athlete and is game for any endurance race he can squeeze in, having competed in 150+ (and counting) races of all shapes and sizes including marathons, ultra-marathons, Ironman triathlons and countless local short course races. Peter achieved a personal best running a 1:24 half marathon, a 3:08 marathon and is a qualifier for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Boston Marathons. Peter and his wife Callie have hiked Yosemite’s Half Dome, Mount Whitney (14,505’) and are looking for the next peak to bag.
Peter is a “girl dad” at heart and prior to serving as “driver” to club indoor and beach volleyball for his daughter Olivia and competitive gymnastics for his daughter Mila, assumed the roll of “coach” for their youth sports teams, and enjoyed coaching young athletes in the community. Peter has served on the Board of Directors of Peninsula Youth Softball and Mission Hills Community Preschool.