Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP advises public and private REITs on a range of real estate and corporate transactions, including joint ventures, debt offerings, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings. The team regularly represents REITs, private equity sponsors, and institutional investors on complex real estate transactions across multiple asset classes. New York-based Thomas Henry advises REITs and real estate investors on acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, and restructuring matters, including large-scale and cross-border transactions. Also in New York, Jannelle Seales, co-head of the real estate practice, focuses on financings, joint ventures, and acquisitions and dispositions involving real estate companies, including public and private REITs. Jessica Pillai has joined the firm, further bolstering the team’s offering.
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Key clients
- Affiliates of Point Field Partners Holding Company, LLC
- Aterian Investment Partners
- DigitalBridge Group, Inc.
- Eli Lilly & Company
- Everstream Solutions LLC
- The Home Depot Inc.
- InfraBridge Investors (UK) Limited
- MGM Resorts International
- Paramount Group, Inc.
- Superior Industries International, Inc.
- TPG Inc.
- Trademark Cosmetics, Inc.
Work highlights
Advised The Home Depot Inc., in its acquisition, through SRS Distribution Inc. (a subsidiary of The Home Depot, Inc.), a residential specialty trade distribution company across several verticals serving the professional roofer, landscaper and pool contractor, of GMS Inc., a specialty building products distributor, in a transaction that implies an enterprise value (including net debt) of approximately $5.5 billion.
Advised Giant Eagle, Inc., the owner and operator of supermarkets and convenience stores/gas stations, in its sale of GetGo Café + Market Stores, an innovative, food-first convenience store located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, to Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. (Canada), one of the largest independent convenience store operators in the United States.
Advised TPG Inc. in its $660 million acquisition of Peppertree Capital Management, Inc., a specialized digital infrastructure investment firm with a focus on wireless communications towers. In addition, the transaction also includes earnouts based on Peppertree’s future performance valued at up to $300 million.
Practice head
Thomas Henry; Jannelle Seales
Other key lawyers
Jessica Pillai