Somos Group

What Somos Group does

Somos Group is a California-based, multi-disciplinary professional services firm founded in 2023 that operates two wholly-owned divisions, Somos Law Group and Somos Advisors, serving corporate, government, nonprofit, and individual clients on real estate, land use, environmental, and infrastructure matters. The Law Group delivers legal services spanning land use permitting, environmental and CEQA compliance, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, public-private partnerships, complex ground leases, easements, title, tax-exempt financing, and construction matters for builders, developers, investors, lenders, owners, landowners, nonprofits, and local agencies across California. Somos Advisors provides strategy consulting on land use, project management and permitting, utility and infrastructure strategy, labor organizing, and political advocacy, with anchor engagements on the Treasure Island / Yerba Buena Island redevelopment ($6 billion, 393 acres, 8,000+ homes), the 487-acre Fairplex Specific Plan in Pomona (up to 10,500 housing units), and the 38-acre Hollywood Cap Park (38,000+ projected jobs over ten years). The firm is minority- and woman-owned, headquartered at the Bradbury Building in Los Angeles with offices in San Francisco, a Mexico City presence, and Pacific Northwest reach, and supplements client work with a public LA Fire Resources page and a 14-principle Playbook for Rebuilding positioned around 2025 LA fire recovery.

Name

Somos Group

Legal name

Somos Group

Website

https://somosgroup.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Somos Group is a minority- and woman-owned, California-based professional services firm combining Somos Law Group and Somos Advisors to deliver real estate, land use, environmental, and strategic advisory services to developers, governments, and nonprofits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Somos Law Group provides legal advocacy and support across real estate, land use, and environmental legal services. Services include land use permitting, environmental compliance, disposition, leasing, public-private partnerships, complex ground leases, property development, use agreements, easements, title, tax-exempt financing, regulatory compliance, construction, and corporate matters. Billing structure likely hourly/project-based for legal counsel.
2. Strategic Advisory Services: Somos Advisors provides strategy consulting including general strategy consulting, development and land use strategy, project management and permitting, utility strategy and infrastructure, labor organizing and strategy, and political advocacy and lobbying. Services delivered through principal-level expertise across Bay Area and statewide California engagements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Somos Group is a multi-disciplinary professional services firm that delivers legal and strategic advisory services through two divisions: Somos Law Group (real estate, land use, environmental, leasing, public-private partnership, and regulatory legal counsel) and Somos Advisors (strategy consulting in development, land use strategy, project management and permitting, utility and infrastructure strategy, labor organizing, and political advocacy). The firm serves corporate, government, nonprofit, and individual clients on mission-driven, equity-oriented development projects.

Product overview

Somos Group is a multi-disciplinary professional services firm comprising two primary divisions: Somos Advisors and Somos Law Group. Somos Advisors is a minority-and-women led strategy firm providing consulting services in land use planning, infrastructure, labor relations, and political advocacy, working on major California development projects including Treasure Island, Fairplex Specific Plan, and Hollywood Cap Park. Somos Law Group is a legal firm offering real estate, land use, and environmental legal services across sectors including housing, education, infrastructure, renewable energy, hospitality, mixed-use, and planned communities. The company also provides specialized resources such as the LA Fire Resource Page and Playbook for Rebuilding to assist communities after natural disasters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Somos Law Group Multi-faceted legal firm offering diverse real estate, land use, and environmental legal services including land use permitting, environmental compliance, leasing, licensing, acquisitions and dispositions, public-private partnerships (P3s), complex ground leases, property development, use agreements, easements, title, tax-exempt financing, regulatory compliance, construction, and corporate matters. Serves builders, developers, investors, lenders, owners, landowners, nonprofits, and local agencies across California.
• Somos Advisors Minority-and-women-led strategy firm providing consulting services including general strategy consulting, development and land use strategy, project management and permitting, utility strategy and infrastructure, labor organizing and strategy, and political advocacy and lobbying. Serves government, corporate, and community clients across the Bay Area and statewide California.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 8,000 homes supported through Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island development project
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Treasure Island Community Development (TICD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Technical and strategic support for multi-phase Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island mixed use development project. Coordination of horizontal infrastructure development by sub-phase, including support for land use planning as contemplated in the Development Agreement between the developer and the City and County of San Francisco. Support for implementation of Design for Development standards.
• Agency Artifact (Fairplex)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Master planning partnership for 487-acre Fairplex Specific Plan in Pomona, CA. The Specific Plan focuses on re-purposing over 300 acres of surface parking lots into up to 10,500 units of housing and 1.5 million square feet of commercial development.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Latham & Watkins LLP: Global AmLaw 5 firm with a leading California land use, real estate, and environmental practice. Direct competitor for large real estate development and CEQA-driven matters, and former employer of Somos associate Max Masuda-Farkas, indicating overlapping talent pipelines.
• Holland & Knight LLP: National law firm with a sizable California real estate, land use, and public-private partnerships practice. Competes directly with Somos for major mixed-use, housing, and infrastructure development work across the state.
• Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP: Full-service California-based firm with strong land use, real estate, and government practice. Former employer of Somos co-founder Kira Conlon and Managing Counsel Tetlo Emmen, and a direct competitor for similar developer and public-sector clients.
• Sidley Austin LLP: Global firm with a major real estate and land use practice. Former employer of Somos Of Counsel George Fatheree, who led the Bruce's Beach matter for Sidley before joining Somos; directly comparable for high-stakes California real estate transactions and precedent-setting mandates.

Direct peers

• Nossaman LLP: California-headquartered firm with a nationally recognized infrastructure, environmental, land use, and public policy practice. Closest peer in terms of California-centric, mission-driven real estate and infrastructure work and overlapping client base.
• Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP: California real estate and land use firm with deep developer and institutional client base. Comparable on practice focus and on the developer-side of complex California real estate transactions and CEQA work.
• Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP: California-based real estate and land use boutique serving developers, lenders, and public agencies. Direct comparable in size, geography, and practice mix; competes for the same real estate development and entitlement mandates as Somos Law Group.
• Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP: California-based full-service firm with a strong land use, real estate, and environmental practice. Competes directly for housing, mixed-use, and entitlement matters for developers and public agencies in California.
• Burke Williams Sorensen LLP: California boutique specializing in land use, environmental, and real estate law. Closest peer in size and California-only focus, serving developers and public agencies on entitlement and CEQA-driven projects similar to Somos' client work.

Emerging players

• Agency Artifact: Mission-driven urban planning and design firm partnering with Somos on the Fairplex Specific Plan. Comparable on the planning/design side of Somos Advisors' offering and a natural peer for integrated planning-plus-policy development engagements in California.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheSOMOSgroup
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thesomosgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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