The real estate investments and transactions team at Ropes & Gray LLP advises clients on both domestic and global real estate issues. The team is particularly well-known in the market for its broad experience advising top real estate debt funds and public mortgage REITs on various structuring and transactional matters. Utilizing such broad experience, the group advises on acquisitions, joint ventures, funds, and hybrid investments, involving several asset classes. The team is led by Jack Creedon, who represents real estate private equity funds, hedge funds, and REITs, working out of the Boston office. Further support in Boston is provided by Effie George Floyd, who has a depth of experience in negotiating joint ventures and preferred equity arrangements. Real estate transactional partners Daniel Stanco and Sally Davis, both based in New York, are highly regarded for their work in real estate finance and data centers respectively.
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Key clients
- ACORE Capital
- AlerisLife
- American Industrial Partners
- Amherst Capital Management
- Apollo Management
- Artemis Real Estate Partners
- Bain Capital
- Baupost Group
- Blackstone Group
- BrightSpire Investment Group
Work highlights
Represented Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of a 20% interest in a newly formed joint venture with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) which held a $16.8bn senior mortgage loan portfolio retained in receivership following the failure of Signature Bank.
Represented QuadReal in negotiations with Worthe Real Estate Group and Stockbridge Capital Group to form a tri-party joint venture for the $375m acquisition of The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California from Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Represented Grosvenor Capital Management on an ongoing basis, including with respect to several joint ventures, funds, and related “hybrid” type investments, involving deals with multiple operating partners focused on both equity and debt-related real estate assets located in and around the US and in the UK, with an aggregate equity commitment of approximately $750m.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Jack Creedon
Other key lawyers
Daniel Stanco; Sally Davis; Effie George Floyd