Mr Robert K. Smith > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Robert K. Smith
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and Securities, Corporate Governance and Board Advisory, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Capital Markets, Mortgage REITs, Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Smith is head of the firm’s REIT capital markets practice and has more than 20 years of experience in advising REITs and real estate funds in various asset classes, including mortgage, office, industrial, data center, retail, and self-storage companies, on a broad range of capital markets, securities, governance, and SEC compliance matters. Mr. Smith has represented both issuers and underwriters in numerous capital markets transactions, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, 144A offerings and other private placements. Mr. Smith also has significant REIT M&A experience and is a trusted advisor to multiple REIT boards of directors.
Mr. Smith has been counsel in hundreds of securities offerings by REITs for combined gross proceeds of over $10 billion (including the then largest ever non-rated public offering of preferred stock). Mr. Smith leads several engagements for publicly traded REITs, including some of the largest publicly traded mortgage REITs, and he is either issuer’s or designated underwriter’s counsel for a significant portion of all U.S. listed mortgage REITs. Mr. Smith also acts as exclusive outside corporate counsel on a pro bono basis to a national, real estate-focused, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering education and diversity in underserved cities.
Memberships
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar
Education
- JD, SUNY Buffalo Law School, magna cum laude, Note and Comment Editor, The Buffalo Law, 2001
- BA, St. Bonaventure University, cum laude, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP‘s capital markets-focused group is highly active across both the equity and mortgage sectors. IPOs, rule 144A equity offerings and M&A on behalf of both public and private REITs are key focuses for the team, which is praised for its ‘deep and broad knowledge of REIT structures‘. George Howell and David Wright co-lead the department, whilst Houston’s James Davidson is an expert on IPOs and SEC compliance. Completing the leadership team, Washington DC’s Robert K. Smith is an important port of call on the capital markets side, whilst Kendal Sibley focuses on tax issues arising out of equity and mortgage REITs. Lawyers are in Richmond unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate