Offering particular expertise in the formation of open-end and closed-end funds for investment in real estate, King & Spalding advises a number of asset classes and industries as clients, from fund formation until the end of the fund’s existence. The group also often assists sponsors with international regulatory requirements, including REITS and flagship private investment funds. Overseeing the group are Jennifer Morgan and John Wilson in New York. The former is often active in private real estate investment trusts and other structured investments, whereas the latter is instrumental assisting sponsors and open-end real estate funds with real estate investment.
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Key clients
- Black Creek Industrial
- Jamestown
- Dream Asset Management Corporation
- Clarion Partners
- Cortland Partners
- Prologis, Inc.
- Ventas, Inc.
- Virtus Real Estate
- CP Capital (US) Partners
- Pantzer Properties
Work highlights
Represented Black Creek Industrial Fund Group LLC, in the formation of Black Creek Industrial Fund LP n/k/a Ares Industrial Fund (the “Fund”), an open-end vehicle that completed its initial closing in November 2017 and has continued actively raising capital through the present day.
Representing Jamestown Premier Property Fund (the “Fund”), a $3 billion flagship core investment fund organized as a private REIT, and its sponsor Jamestown in connection with ongoing fundraising and structuring to accommodate the needs of investors.
Represented Prologis in the original formation and ongoing fundraising for its US Logistics Fund (the “Fund”), an open-end industrial real estate fund.
Lawyers
Practice head
Jennifer M. Morgan; John D. Wilson
Other key lawyers
Doug J, Elsbeck