Real Estate Acquisitions and Joint Ventures

• Ares Management: Advised on joint ventures with The Scion Group to acquire student housing portfolios from Harrison Street Asset Management, valued at $910 million.
• CBRE Investment Management: Represented in a joint venture with MCB Real Estate for the $247 million acquisition of a grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio.
• Ares Management Corporation: Counseled on a merger agreement with Whitestone REIT for an all-cash transaction valued at $1.7 billion.
• Ares Management: Assisted in acquiring a REIT from EQT Exeter, owning a $650 million portfolio of industrial and logistics center assets.
• Ares Management: Guided the acquisition of two hyperscale data centers in Leesburg, Virginia.
• Ares Alternative Credit funds: Advised on a joint venture with Makarora Management LP to take private Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. in a transaction valued at $2.1 billion.

Financing and Capital Structuring

• CBRE Investment Management: Assisted with a $153 million intercompany bridge loan financing related to a portfolio acquisition.
• Cain International: Advised on an $8 billion financing and equity capital structure for One Beverly Hills construction.
• Apollo: Assisted in restructuring an OpCo/PropCo financing secured by hospitals in Massachusetts.
• Brookfield: Counseled on purchasing loans and foreclosing on 75 multifamily assets in San Francisco.
• Partners Group: Advised on a preferred equity investment and joint venture for acquiring 1375 Broadway in New York City.

Strategic Investments and Sales

• Ares Management Corporation: Advised on the $3.7 billion acquisition of GCP International and Walton Street Mexico.
• Silver Lake: Represented in a $6.4 billion equity investment in Vantage Data Centers.
• Constellation Hotels Holdings: Assisted in selling the SLS Brickell hotel in Miami.
• Katara Hospitality: Guided the sale of the iconic Plaza hotel in Manhattan.
• A foreign investment group: Advised on a joint venture to acquire the retail unit of a luxury condominium at 432 Park Avenue in Manhattan.

Development and Forward Purchases

• A foreign investor: Assisted in a development joint venture and acquisition of One Wall Street in New York City.
• An investment firm: Advised on the forward purchase of a site for a luxury hotel and condominium in Boston.
• A confidential party: Represented in a forward purchase of a luxury mixed-use property in downtown New York City.