LEGALIA is a California-based law practice providing legal counsel for real estate projects that advance affordable housing, behavioral health, and other mission-driven development.
Our work spans publicly funded development, regulatory compliance, and infrastructure delivery. We advise clients navigating legal complexity at the intersection of mission, capital, and land.
Distinctive Capabilities
Program Expertise
Direct experience with funding structures and legal frameworks that shape real estate outcomes, from statutory mandates to contract execution.
Transactional Strategy
Legal strategy aligned with negotiation dynamics, development timing, and operational realities under public or philanthropic capital.
Mission-Aligned Practice
We support project teams delivering housing, health infrastructure, and other community-serving assets by ensuring compliance, funding alignment, and legal precision.
We Are Client Focused
Serving:
Nonprofit housing and healthcare providers
Local government agencies and joint powers authorities
Public-purpose developers and intermediaries
Program consultants managing implementation or compliance
Private entities advancing projects with public, philanthropic, or mission-aligned capital
We frequently collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, offering legal insight that strengthens program design, capital planning, and execution.
LEGALIA structures every engagement with clarity and purpose.
Whether advising on a single transaction or serving as outside counsel, we deliver legal support grounded in experience, discretion, and institutional alignment.
About Our Founder
Matthew L. Kabak is a California attorney with nearly 25 years of legal experience, including close to a decade advising on real estate and infrastructure projects supported by public and philanthropic capital. He previously served as lead counsel to the statewide administrator of California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) and Community Care Expansion (CCE) program, working with public agencies, nonprofits, and mission-driven developers.
His experience also includes an in-house counsel role advancing city housing initiatives and an established private practice focused on market-rate real estate transactions. He is recognized for strategic clarity, capital program fluency, and reliable legal execution across the full project lifecycle. He founded LEGALIA to bring clarity, precision, and legal insight to mission-driven real estate projects navigating public funding, regulatory complexity, and long-term risk.