Gary E. Axelrod > Latham & Watkins LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Headed by Michelle Kelban  and Michael Haas in New York together with Chicago based Rachel Bates, Latham & Watkins LLP‘ ‘highly experienced, smart, up-to-date on industry practices and very responsive‘ nationwide real estate group maintains a strong reputation in real estate finance, both borrower and lender-side, REIT transactions, real estate focused private equity transactions and development work. Also in Chicago, Gary E. Axelrod continues to advise private equity sponsors and funds, REITs and institutional investors on major developments across the US. Working with Bates, he recently advised Highgate Capital Investments on its acquisition, along with Aurora Health Network, of the Wellness Infrastructure business of DigitalBridge Group, a digital infrastructure REIT in a transaction valued at $3.2bn. ‘Experienced and poised beyond his years‘ New York’s Justin Elliott and Mark Semotiuk maintain a strong reputation in the New York market for single asset and portfolio financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings. In Century City, Meghan Cocci ‘is a superstar in the hotel industry‘.