Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz‘s REIT practice is devoted to REIT M&A, advising on marquee matters like Kimco Realty Corporation’s acquisition of RPT Realty. Co-chair of the firm’s corporate department, New York-based Adam Emmerich heads up the team and expertly handles REIT mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs and joint ventures. Emmerich is also well-equipped to advise REITs on a range of matters related to corporate governance. Also in New York, co-chair Robin Panovka is a leading authority on REIT M&A transactions, serving as co-chair of the NYU REIT Center.
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Key clients
- Spirit Realty Capital
- Kimco
- PREIT
- Sun Communities
- Office Properties Income Trust
- Public Storage
- Regency Centers
- Activism Defense
Work highlights
- Represented Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) when it was acquired by Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $9.3 billion.
- Represented Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) in its all-stock acquisition of RPT Realty (NYSE: RPT) for $2.3 billion, issuing 0.6049 shares for each RPT share, a 19% premium to RPT's closing price on that date.
- Counselled Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) on its comprehensive restructuring of its $1.5 billion debt through voluntary prepackaged chapter 11 cases filed in Delaware, aiming to reduce PREIT’s total indebtedness by $880 million.
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Robin Panovka
Practice head
Adam O. Emmerich; Robin Panovka