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Hogan Lovells US LLP
COLUMBIA SQUARE
555 THIRTEENTH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Corporate and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Michael McTiernan has spent two decades focused almost exclusively on corporate and securities matters related to real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate companies. With vast experience both as head of the SEC’s REIT group and in private practice, Michael provides his clients superior insights into technical securities law matters.

Michael’s practice focuses on advising traded and non-traded REITs and underwriters in a wide variety of corporate and securities matters, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, corporate governance, and broker-dealer due diligence reviews.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts

Member, Investment Program Association

Member, American Bar Association

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1997

B.A. History, The College of Wooster, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)

(Leading lawyers)

Mike McTiernanHogan Lovells US LLP

Hogan Lovells US LLP is regarded a ‘pre-eminent firm’ for REITs by clients, notable for handling a full range of high-end transactional matters in the space. The team has a strong track record in IPOs, M&A, capital markets, joint ventures and corporate governance issues. The group is headed up by Washington DC-based David Bonser, who led alongside Stacey McEvoy in advising Duke Realty Corporation on a $23bn merger with Prologis. Prentiss Feagles is vastly experienced in the area, excelling on complex transactional mandates. Praised as ‘brilliant and creative in solving complex tax structuring matters’, Cristina Arumi heads the firm’s REIT tax practices, lending her considerable knowledge advising on the tax aspects of capital markets and M&A involving REITs, while Mike McTiernan focuses his practice on REIT-specific corporate and securities issues, whilst Andrew Zahn is another important name within the group. All lawyers referenced here are resident in the firm’s Washington D.C office.