REAL ESTATE EQUITY

AND INVESTMENTSOur Clients

Katten provides comprehensive representation to active

and passive real estate investors—both domestic and

foreign—in private equity arrangements. Among our

clients are institutional real estate investors, including

pension funds and their advisors and specialized real

estate investment trusts (REITs) and funds.

Our Services

We work with clients to optimize the terms of each

investment and to prioritize their goals within the unique

framework each deal presents. By representing

numerous types of investors in a wide variety of

investments, our attorneys are able to see the market

from multiple perspectives and to respond quickly with

practical solutions that move deals forward.

Our attorneys structure and negotiate joint venture and

program investment arrangements; conduct due

diligence; and prepare documentation for the acquisition,

conveyance, management and financing arrangements

involved at each stage of the investment.

Our Experience

Representation of a real estate private equity firm in

the $633 million sale of the office condo portion of a

New York high-rise, $650 million purchase and

financing of a Manhattan office tower, and the $385

million sale of a 16-story office building in Lower

Manhattan.

Representation of an alternative investment firm in

13 separate transactions for the $500 million sale of

34 properties, including office, hotel, industrial, retail

and multifamily properties plus a manufactured

home park and entitled land parcels.

RECOGNIZED BY

Chambers UK

o Real Estate: Lower Mid-Market (London

(Firms)) 2019, 2018

Chambers USA

o Real Estate (Nationwide; Washington, DC)

2019, 2018

o Real Estate (Illinois; North Carolina) 2018

o Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance

(New York) 2019, 2018

o Real Estate: Finance (North Carolina)

2019, 2018

The Legal 500 United Kingdom

o Real Estate – Commercial Property 2019,

2017

o Real Estate – Commercial Property: Hotels

and Leisure 2019, 2017

o Real Estate – Property Finance 2019, 2017

The Legal 500 United States

o Real Estate 2019, 2018

U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”

o Real Estate Law (National; Charlotte;

Chicago; Los Angeles; New York;

Washington, DC) 2019, 2018

Representation of a real estate private equity firm in

the sale of a 49% interest in a mixed-use retail and

office tower in New York with a $2 billion+ property

value.

Representation of a private equity investment

management firm in the $295 million sale of a

portfolio of 44 industrial properties located across

Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas via

the sale of the equity interests in 26 individual real

estate investment trusts.

Representation of an investment firm in multiple joint

ventures with different sponsors to develop, finance

and sell multifamily projects in Texas, Georgia,

Tennessee, Illinois and Massachusetts.

Representation of a national banking institution in

the $200 million-plus sale-leaseback of a 500,000-

square-foot corporate headquarters building in Troy,

Michigan.

Representation of a real estate investment trust in its

investment in ground leases for hotel, office, medical

office, multifamily and self-storage properties.

Representation of a real estate investor and

operator in the sale of a Manhattan office building

that was converted to an equity restructure following

default by the purchaser and the uncontested

turnover of the asset to a lending group after

unsuccessful efforts to restructure the existing debt.

Representation of a private equity investment

management firm in the purchase of a Baltimore,

Maryland office project for redevelopment into a

corporate headquarters. Our work included the

single-tenant lease and joint venture with an equity

partner.

Representation of a financial institution in a credit

tenant lease transaction with an agricultural

biotechnology corporation for the construction of a

436,000-square-foot facility in Arizona and $95

million in associated debt financing.

Representation of an investment management firm

in the formation of a programmatic joint venture with

a senior living company to acquire and renovate

various assisted living and memory care facilities

throughout the United States.

Representation of a real estate investment advisor in

the $60 million sale of its 95 percent interest in an

office, research and development building in

Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Representation of a BDC as lender of a $25 million

mezzanine loan as part of the $106.9 million

development of a Chicago hospital.

"Katten's practical, solution-oriented

approach to transactions is exactly what the

client ordered! They consistently deliver a

fantastic work product and great results for

us."

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U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”

2017

(Real Estate Law)