
King & Spalding advises clients on raising, structuring, and deploying equity and debt capital in public and private markets, as well as handling real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and development projects. The firm has particular strength in capital raising across private fund structures, including open-end and closed-end funds, private REITs, and Shari’ah-compliant funds. Jointly leading the practice from New York is real estate private equity specialist Jennifer Morgan and Erik Andersen, who focuses on structuring, originating, and administering single- and multi-lender real estate loans. Also in New York, Elizabeth Gable and Christine O’Connell advise lenders on the origination and modification of mezzanine financings, while Miami-based Jonathan Arkins handles revolving and static-pool structured warehouse facilities.
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Key clients
- Greystar Real Estate Partners
- Ascentris
- APG Asset Management
- Ares Management
- Broe Real Estate Services, Inc.
- Clarion Partners
- The Dinerstein Companies
- HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH
- Morgan Stanley
- Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH
- Cerberus Real Estate Capital Management
- Kerzner International
Work highlights
Advised Affinius Capital Management on $340 million mortgage and mezzanine loans to finance the completion of a 603-unit multifamily property with retail space in Brooklyn, NY, and added the loans to its JPMorgan Chase repurchase facility.
Advised an affiliate of Affinius Capital Management on a $184 million mortgage loan to fund the acquisition of The Thompson Central Park New York, a 587-key hotel in Manhattan.
Advised Axos Bank on a $90 million construction loan to a Turnbridge Equities affiliate for a 37-story multifamily development in Raleigh, NC, with simultaneous $57 million mezzanine financing by Manulife Investment Management.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Erik Andersen; Jennifer Morgan
Other key lawyers
Elizabeth Gable; Christine O'Connell; Jonathan Arkins
