LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HPP), a commercial real estate investment and management company, announced today that Kay Tidwell has joined the firm as Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs. Formerly an attorney with the international law firm of Latham & Watkins, which she joined after graduating from Yale Law School in 2002, Tidwell has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate matters, including domestic and foreign securities transactions. She also has counseled clients on important SEC compliance and corporate governance matters and was a member of the legal team that advised HPP on its successful initial public offering in June 2010.

“We were impressed by Kay’s dedication, as well as her knowledge and experience with SEC reporting requirements and the myriad issues associated with public companies and specifically REITs,” said Victor J. Coleman, chairman and CEO of Hudson Pacific Properties. “Her legal acumen and negotiating skills will be an invaluable resource as we actively seek new commercial real estate investment opportunities in growth markets throughout California.”

Tidwell’s corporate experience encompasses drafting and reviewing periodic reports and prospectuses, employment, confidentiality, leasing and other agreements, advising on debt and equity offerings, private placements, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, litigation and more. Among the many clients she has advised in her career are major corporations in a wide variety of industries from real estate, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, to government contracting, entertainment and food service.

In 2004, Tidwell was one of only 20 young American professionals to be awarded the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship. Under the auspices of the fellowship program, Tidwell served as a U.S. legal advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Justice and subsequently worked in the legal department of Deutsche Bank in Berlin. Upon completion of the Bosch Fellowship, she was worked in the German offices of Latham & Watkins from 2006 to 2008.

Tidwell graduated magna cum laude from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School.

About Hudson Pacific Properties

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern and Southern California. The Company’s strategic investment program targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable, long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the East Bay. Its portfolio includes 10 properties totaling approximately 2.2 million square feet and four development properties supporting approximately 1.4 million square feet, strategically located in many of the Company’s target markets. The Company intends to elect to be taxed and to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes, commencing with the taxable year ending December 31, 2010. Hudson Pacific Properties is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For additional information, visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.

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