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Interests protected. Risks minimized. Profits maximized.
Investing in today’s evolving real estate capital markets requires sound decision-making. The breadth and depth of our market insight and experience mean that many of the world’s leading real estate investors rely on us to protect their interests. We provide practical, innovative advice to ensure you capitalize on real estate opportunities and minimize risk.
Our multidisciplinary team has significant experience in public and private capital markets offerings, corporate finance, securities regulation, real estate, real estate finance, joint ventures, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Up-C Corporation (Up-C) structuring, taxation, and employee benefits and ERISA.
Our clients also benefit from the collective experience of over 500 lawyers worldwide in our leading commercial Real Estate group. Whatever real estate structure or issue you may encounter, it’s likely that we’ve seen it before and know the solution.
“We rely on them for the most cutting-edge thinking.”
We help public and private REITs and real estate companies, real estate fund sponsors, investment advisors and asset managers, pension funds and endowments, sovereign wealth funds and developers.
We’re regarded as a preeminent law firm in the REIT and real estate securities industry. We advise publicly traded and private REITs, and real estate operating and finance companies, at all lifecycle stages. Additionally, we’ve handled some of the most sophisticated and complex REIT-related transactions, including REIT going private M&As, partnership roll-up IPOs, public and private equity and debt financings, and other REIT M&A transactions.
In the US, we’re one of the few firms with a broad practice in the formation of publicly-listed “non-traded” REITs, with significant experience helping clients with the rigorous securities registration process at federal and state levels. We act as primary securities and tax counsel for some of the nation’s largest exchange-traded and non-traded REITs. And we represent underwriters in connection with exchange-traded REIT debt and equity offerings.
We’re highly experienced in the structuring and formation of real estate private equity funds, separately managed accounts and programmatic joint ventures, and represent fund sponsors throughout the world in connection with all investment strategies.
The breadth of our experience means clients also turn to us for help with all aspects of real estate joint ventures.
We combine depth of experience, a sharp focus on the relevant issues, and innovative thinking to ensure your investment strategy gets results.