Greenberg Traurig advises public, non-traded, and private REITs on capital markets, transactional, and tax matters, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate financings. The practice is co-headed by Robert Ivanhoe, who focuses on sophisticated real estate transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings, and financings across asset classes, and Joseph Herz, who concentrates on capital markets and M&A transactions involving traded and non-traded REITs, regularly representing issuers and underwriters in equity and debt offerings. Tax partner Timothy Donovan advises REITs and their operating partnerships, real estate funds, and joint ventures on federal income tax matters, including structuring and compliance, as well as the tax implications of foreign investment in US real estate.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is incredibly personable and commercial. We view them as an extension of our own and they always go the extra mile on any project we are working on together.'
- 'We collaborate quite frequently with the team and are consistently impressed by the depth from Shareholder to Associate. It is a pleasure to work with them'
- 'We work frequently with Joe Herz, Corey Light, Sandy Presant, Win Rutherfurd, and Godric Shoesmith. All of these individuals are awesome. We appreciate the timeliness and level of care that is put into every ask.'
- 'Each member of the team is proficient in the scope of the assignments we work on together and whenever there is a gap, they do an excellent job of identifying the right team member to loop in so they can help to address the matter at hand.'
Key clients
- SL Green Realty Corp.
- Kimco Realty Corp.
- Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust, Inc.
- Global Net Lease, Inc.
- National Healthcare Properties, Inc. (f/k/a Healthcare Trust, Inc.)
- Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.
- Ares Management (f/k/a Black Creek Group
- Makarora Management LP
Work highlights
Advised Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. on its $270 million investment in IQHQ, Inc., including a $100 million revolving credit facility and up to $170 million in preferred stock purchases, expanding its portfolio into life sciences real estate.
Represented Representing Makarora Management LP in its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc., taking the company private through an all-cash merger alongside Ares Alternative Credit funds.
Advised Global Net Lease, Inc. on its $300 million “at-the-market” common stock offering through Bank of America Securities to support portfolio expansion across the US and Europe.
Practice head
Robert Ivanhoe; Joseph Herz
Other key lawyers
Timothy Donovan; Joe Herz; Corey Light; Sandy Presant; Win Rutherfurd; Godric Shoesmith