Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP maintains a prominent position in the real estate market, advising a diverse client base that includes sovereign wealth funds, private equity sponsors, REITs, institutional investors, lenders, and major corporations on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. The practice is particularly noted for its strength in real estate finance, joint ventures, large-scale developments, restructurings, and data center and digital infrastructure projects. The team is jointly led by New York-based Marco Caffuzzi and Chicago-based Nancy Olson, both of whom bring extensive experience across sophisticated financings, acquisitions, joint ventures, and development matters. Caffuzzi regularly advises on major financing and restructuring mandates, while Olson is recognized for her work on private equity investments, fund formation, and real estate finance transactions. Los Angeles-based Peter Mair is a key figure within the practice, advising private equity firms, institutional investors, sovereign clients, and developers on acquisitions, financings, restructurings, and complex cross-border matters. Other notable practitioners include New York-based Nesa Amamoo and David Nagler, who are recognized for their expertise in joint ventures, REIT transactions, real estate finance, and development projects.
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Key clients
- Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Advisors
- Rithm Capital Corp.
- The RMR Group LLC
- Levantur, S.A./Grupo Pinero
- GIC Pte. Ltd.
- SL Green Realty Corp.
- JPMorgan Chase and Co.
- SDC Capital Partners, LLC
- Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
- AustralianSuper Pty Ltd.
- Silverstein Properties
- Diameter Capital Partners LP
- Fisher Brothers Corporation
- Quantum Pacific Management Limited
- Brookfield Reinsurance Investments LP
- Lucid Group Inc.
- Intel Corporation
Work highlights
Serving as real estate counsel to Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure (f/k/a IPI Partners) (“Blue Owl”) and STACK Infrastructure (“STACK”), a leading global data center developer and operator.
Serving as lead real estate counsel to Rithm Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: RITM), an American investment management company, in connection with its $1.6 billion acquisition of Paramount Group Inc., a publicly traded office REIT, and its acquisition of Crestline Management, L.P.
Serving as real estate counsel of choice to The RMR Group (NASDAQ: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company, most recently advising on numerous acquisitions and related financings (through both debt and equity), including: facilitating a $1 billion, five-year, interest-only, fixed-rate mortgage financing secured by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated’s 1.1 million-square-foot headquarters at 50 Northern Avenue and 11 Fan Pier Boulevard in Boston’s Seaport District; advising on its $117 million acquisition and financing of a residential community in Sunrise, Florida; and advising on its $73 million acquisition and financing of a residential community in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Practice head
Marco Caffuzzi; Nancy Olson
Other key lawyers
Peter Mair; Nesa Amamoo; David Nagler