Kirkland & Ellis LLP advises public and private REITs on a wide range of transactional, tax, and capital markets matters, including M&A, joint ventures, IPOs, portfolio transactions, financings, restructurings, and corporate governance. The team operates on an integrated, multidisciplinary basis, combining real estate, tax, and corporate expertise to support REIT sponsors and investors across traditional and emerging asset classes, including digital infrastructure and data centers. New York-based Mike Beinus advises public and private REITs, real estate funds, and private equity sponsors on complex tax structuring matters, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and securities offerings. Washington DC-based Dave Levy advises REITs, private equity sponsors, and institutional investors on real estate transactions, including acquisitions, securities offerings, structured financings, and restructurings, with experience spanning both equity and mortgage REITs across a broad range of asset classes.
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Key clients
- Digital Realty Trust
- Americold Realty Trust
- Ares
- Blue Owl Capital
- Equity Lifestyle Properties
- Fortress Investment Group
- Hudson Pacific Properties
- Starwood Capital Group
Work highlights
Represented Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), one publicly traded data center REITs in the world, in the formation and structuring of its off-balance-sheet asset management affiliate and the closing of Digital Realty DC Partners NA Fund, its inaugural US hyperscale data center fund.
Represented Americold Realty Trust, a public REIT, in its issuance of $400 million senior notes due in 2032.
Represented Hudson Pacific Properties on securing a $285 million commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) loan to refinance its Amazon-occupied office tower located in Seattle, Washington, which is owned in a joint venture between Hudson Pacific Properties and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Other key lawyers
Mike Beinus; Dave Levy