Jeremy Lustman is a corporate lawyer who practices at the intersection of corporate, real estate and hospitality law. In addition, with a strong international network concentrated in Israel, Mr. Lustman currently coordinates and helps lead DLA Piper's development efforts and initiatives cultivating international business and legal opportunities emanating from Israel, serves as a liaison for Israeli clients seeking opportunities outside of Israel and provides guidance to non-Israeli clients evaluating business relationships and strategic partners within Israel.

Mr. Lustman assists public and private companies, private equity funds and cash flow lenders in business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, senior and mezzanine debt financings, equity investments and joint ventures. In addition, he has significant experience in the hospitality industry, including transactions on hotels involving franchise and management portfolios (development and ongoing operations) as well as joint ventures and equity investments in hotel/resort projects. He also provides general corporate representation to a number of clients, including real estate development companies.

Mr. Lustman graduated from Yeshiva University, summa cum laude, in 1996, and from Georgetown Law School, cum laude, in 2000. While in law school, Mr. Lustman served as a Primary Editor for the State and Local Tax Lawyer, a publication of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Currently, Mr. Lustman is a board member of Hillel at University of Maryland College Park. He has served the community in a number of other capacities. He is a past board member of American Friends of Yeshivat Sha'alvim and a past executive officer of the Kemp Mill Synagogue.

Recent Representative Transactions

• Represented one of the world's largest hotel franchise and management companies in multiple transactions involving the purchase, sale, licensing or management of numerous portfolios of franchised and managed hotels (over 225 in the aggregate) to private and public investment funds and operating companies.
• Represented a Native American majority-owned advisory firm in developing and promoting certain entertainment functions within one of its flagship hotel and casinos.
• Represented a boutique hotel company in the development and projected rollout of a new creative hospitality brand.
• Represented a UK-based international property group in the management and pre-opening services arrangements related to a recently renovated branded hotel.
• Represented a luxury hotel company in its acquisition of a high-end golf resort in Florida and in other joint venture projects.
• Represented a sports industry's national trade association in contract negotiations with hotels and resorts for upcoming conferences and meetings.
• Represented a real estate development company in the sale of equity interests in a luxury European spa, golf and winery resort project.
• Represented a large private equity real estate fund in the development and branding of an upscale concierge service for luxury condominium projects.
• Represented a provider of pricing analysis software in its pre-IPO revolving credit and term loan financing facility.
• Represented the secured lender of revolving and term loans to an equity sponsor in the acquisition, financing and subsequent restructuring of a real estate software company.
• Represented the secured lender of revolving and term loans to an equity sponsor in the acquisition, financing and subsequent restructuring of a business management and e-commerce systems software company.
• Represented the secured lender to two equity sponsors in the acquisition and financing of an urban-focused custom bag manufacturer.
• Represented the mezzanine and second lien lender to an equity sponsor in the acquisition and financing of an independent maker of motor fuels and petroleum products in the US Mid-Atlantic region.
• Represented secured lender of term loans in the refinancing of a credit facility offered to a glassware manufacturing company.
• Represented an equity sponsor in the leveraged buyout of a catalog company, including the issuance of senior and subordinated indebtedness.
• Represented an international investment bank in multiple corporate trust transactions, involving collateralized loan obligations and other debt instruments in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
• Represented a private US-based real estate fund in the acquisition, financing and subsequent sale-leaseback of a meat production and distribution facility.
• Represented a US-based privately held car collision repair company in its merger into a Canadian-based private equity fund.
• Represented the third largest publicly held waste company in the US in its merger into the second largest publicly-held waste company in the US (with a combined market value of over $12B).
• Represented a large defense technology company in its acquisition of a manufacturer of software security systems for the intelligence community.
• Represented a privately-held online health information company in its sale to an online network of health-related websites.
• Represented a premier automotive dealership company in the creation of a joint venture together with a multi-billion dollar private investment fund.
• Represented a large US franchisor of real estate and brokerage offices in the development and creation of a joint venture related to the ongoing expansion of franchised real estate offices in the People's Republic of China.
• Represented a large Maryland-based synagogue in a tax-exempt variable rate bond financing.
• Represented a large equity real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, management and redevelopment of high-quality retail assets in the negotiation of marketing initiatives.