Sidley Austin LLP‘s real estate team represents a range of clients, from global financial institutions and property owners to equity investors, on multifaceted and sophisticated real estate transactions. The group has a wide breadth of knowledge, advising on deals concerning a variety of asset classes including retail properties, multi-family residential projects, office buildings, and stadium developments. In Miami, the head of the real estate global practice group Michael Gordon maintains a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, working on domestic and global transactions for a variety of clients. Also in Miami, Beatriz Azcuy is the global co-leader of the real estate group, with experience representing financial institutions. Aviva Yakren is based in New York and has varied experience throughout the real estate finance market. Bonnie Neuman joined the team in April 2025 from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and now co-heads the team from New York.
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Key clients
- Accor Hotels
- American Airlines Inc.
- Cain International
- Citibank
- Contrarian Capital Management LLC
- Fortress Investment Group
- Fundamental Advisors
- Goldman Sachs
- Invesco
- J.P.Morgan
Work highlights
Advised the State of New York in its high-profile public-private partnership with the Buffalo Bills to build a new $1.54bn state-of-the-art, 60,000-plus-seat stadium in Orchard Park, NY.
Represented Watson Brickell Development, LLC, in connection with a refinance of the $565m mortgage loan and $183.5m mezzanine loan for 830 Brickell located in Miami, Florida.
Represented KeyBank in an approximately $60m construction loan for the construction of a ground lease of a condominium that will contain 57 affordable residential rental units in New Haven, CT.
Lawyers
Practice head
Michael Gordon; Beatriz Azcuy; Bonnie Neuman
Other key lawyers
Aviva Yakren