Steven A. Fishman, a senior counsel in the Corporate Department, concentrates his practice in real estate securities, real estate private equity investments and finance matters. Steve has extensive experience in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of public and private limited partnerships and limited liability companies, the formation of real estate joint ventures and private equity funds, the sale of hotel companies, and debt and equity financings.
Steve also has broad experience representing public and private corporations in all aspects of their securities filings and commercial transactions.
Education
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New York University School of Law, J.D., 1976
cum laude
Order of the Coif
Staff Member, New York University Law Review
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State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A., 1973
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Awards & Recognition
The Legal 500 United States: Real Estate: East Coast 2009
The Legal 500 United States: Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Managers 2012
Matters
Sophisticated and complex real estate securities transactions include:
- Accor’s sale of Red Roof Inc., which included the brand and over 200 hotels for $1.32 billion
- The sale by Longwing (a fund with Dubai Investment Group as principal investor) and its joint venture partners of interests in six nursing home facilities to GE Healthcare for a purchase price of $1.4 billion
- The formation of a joint venture to acquire a REIT that owned the Extended Stay hotel chain in an $8 billion transaction
- The sale of Related Capital Company, the external advisor to CharterMac (a public company) to CharterMac for $300 million
- The formation of private equity funds to invest in commercial real estate debt, subprime mortgage loans and urban retail real estate