ALFRED FRAIJO JR.
Partner
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Alfred Fraijo, Jr. is a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources practice group in the firm’s San Francisco and Los Angeles office. He is currently the youngest member of the firm’s Executive Committee and is team leader of the firm’s Latin America and Hispanic Business Team, a global initiative to provide specialized legal representation to Hispanic/Latino-owned companies and companies focused on the U.S. and Latin American markets. He is also one of Sheppard Mullin’s first openly gay associates elevated to partner and one of the firm’s first Latino associates promoted to partner and equity partner. Fraijo serves on the firm’s national Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
As the son of immigrant farmworkers, Fraijo overcame poverty as the first of many achievements. He was the also first in his extended family to graduate from high school and go to college. Throughout his life, he has maintained a tireless focus on community service and expanding economic opportunity. His portfolio of work for clients includes some of the most significant, catalytic redevelopment projects in California and are driving economic investment and job creation in many communities.
Fraijo represents clients in diverse and challenging real estate strategies as they operate in cutting-edge industries including renewable energy, logistics (distribution and warehouse centers), housing (homeless and affordable housing), healthcare (Fraijo represents one of the largest HMOs in California, AltaMed) and hospitality (he has seven hotels in development in Los Angeles alone). He currently has more than $6 billion worth of real estate projects under construction or in permitting stages throughout California.
