King & Spalding‘s real estate and funds team regularly assists clients in raising, structuring, and deploying equity and debt capital in the public and private markets, to complete real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and developments with that capital. The firm is noted for its capability and experience in representing domestic and offshore investors in large-scale real estate assets in the US. The team is led by Jennifer Morgan and Erik Andersen, both based in New York; Morgan’s practice focuses on private equity clients and the raising and deploying of capital while Andersen’s focus is primarily on representing clients in the structuring, origination, and administration of traditional and non-traditional single and multi-lender real estate-based loans. In Atlanta, Joshua Kamin specializes in equity transactions, including joint ventures and recapitalization work for both domestic and non-US clients.
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Key clients
- 11 North Partners
- Asana Partners, LP
- Axos Bank
- Douglaston Development
- ECI Almanac
- Equinix
- General Motors (GM)
- Jamestown, L.P.
- Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.
- Ventas, Inc.
Work highlights
Counsel to Equinix on the formation of a $15bn joint venture.
Advising Jamestown on its acquisition of $2bn Atlanta subsidiary of North American Properties.
Representing General Motors in the relocation of its global headquarters from the Renaissance Center to a new office and retail development on the former J.L. Hudson Department Store in downtown Detroit, currently under construction.
Lawyers
Practice head
Erik Andersen; Jennifer Morgan
Other key lawyers
Joshua Kamin