LOS ANGELES-Josh Wrobel, a 17-year industry veteran who formerly was with MPG Office Trust, has joined Jones Lang LaSalle as a managing director with the company's tenant representation group in Downtown Los Angeles. Jan Pope, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Southwest Region market director, cited Wrobel's "experience in working on the principal side of commercial real estate" and noted that the firm continues to expand in the Downtown L.A. market.

Before joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Wrobel was a vice president at MPG, where he was responsible for the leasing of a 10-million-square-foot portfolio. In the past few years, he has worked on deals with high-profile clients including Southern California Gas Co, (375,000 square feet), Latham & Watkins (290,000 square feet), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (160,000 square feet), Oaktree Capital Management (155,000 square feet), Bank of the West (95,000 square feet), Reed Smith (81,000 square feet) and Morgan Lewis & Bockius (76,000 square feet). He has also worked on large-scale campus developments including Southern California headquarters campuses for Electronic Arts (195,000 square feet) and Western Asset Management (180,000 square feet).

Wrobel earned a Juris Doctorate degree from University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College. He has been actively involved with the Central City Association, Ketchum YMCA on Bunker Hill and the Los Angeles Business Improvement District.