Representative Matters

• Accor S.A. and its affiliates in connection with a recapitalization and restructuring of its investment in Sbe Entertainment that included selling Sbe’s interest in the Hudson Hotel and the Delano Hotel to Eldridge
• Ad Hoc Group of private placement noteholders in connection with a $200.0 million paydown, amend and extend restructuring transaction involving a publicly-traded office REIT
• American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in its $2.0 billion merger with American Realty Capital Properties Trust III
• American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in its $2.2 billion merger with CapLease, Inc.
• American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in its $3.0 billion merger with American Realty Capital Properties Trust IV and its $11.2 billion merger with Cole Real Estate Investments
• American Realty Capital Trust in its $3.0 billion merger with Realty Income Corporation, including with respect to the contested solicitation resulting from activists who opposed the transaction
• American Realty Healthcare Trust in its $2.6 billion merger with Ventas
• Ares Management in the $3.8 billion acquisition of CARS L.P. and its affiliates from Brookfield, consisting of over 250 net leased car dealership assets
• Ares Management in a joint venture with Madison Marquette to acquire 144 former Truist bank branches that will be redeveloped and re-leased to tenants primarily in the quick service restaurant sector
• Ares Management in the formation of a programmatic joint venture for the purpose of originating construction loans for build-to-suit net leased properties
• ARC Properties Operating Partnership in connection with the proposed sale of asset managers Cole Capital Advisors , Inc. and Cole Capital Partners to RCS Capital Corporation and the resulting termination
• Bentall Green Oak, as a secondaries buyer, in connection with a GP-led recapitalization of a commercial real estate portfolio
• Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust in connection with a variety of strategic matters
• Capital Automotive (“CARS”) in connection with a $200.0 million senior secured financing
• Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund in its formation as a non-traded REIT structured and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
• Clarion Property Trust Inc. in the operation and liquidation of its NAV non-traded REIT
• Commercial Ventures in connection with a platform joint venture with a sovereign investor formed for the purpose of investing in manufactured housing
• DataBank in connection with the acquisition of a data center development site in Northern Virginia in exchange for both debt and equity
• D.E. Shaw in connection with the formation and development of various real estate related businesses
• DigitalBridge Investment Management and its affiliates in connection with its recapitalization and related secondary of its equity interest in DataBank involving the sale of approximately 35% interest for approximately $1.5 billion
• Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust as U.S. counsel in its $565 million initial public offering of stapled securities listed on the Singapore Exchange Mainboard
• Engle Berman Group in the sales of certain senior housing assets to Harrison Street
• Fontainebleau Development in connection with a joint venture with an institutional financial partner formed for the purpose of developing a condominium project in south Florida
• Fortress in the acquisition and related recapitalization of the National and American Golf portfolios
• Hedge fund in a variety of preferred equity investments in Affordable Residential Communities, a manufactured housing owner and operator
• HNA in its sale of a joint venture interest in 245 Park Avenue
• Hospitality Investors Trust in connection with its pre-packaged bankruptcy proceeding resulting in the restructuring of all of its debt, franchise, HMA and equity arrangements resulting in the company becoming a subsidiary of an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management
• Hospitality Investors Trust in its management internalization and concurrent $400.0 million preferred equity investment by Brookfield
• IO Data Centers in the $60.0 million sale of preferred equity to Goldman Sachs
• Joint venture including affiliates of the Related Companies in its acquisition of interests in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Lightstone Group’s $8.0 billion acquisition of Extended Stay Hotels from Blackstone
• MG3 Developer in the $250.0 million consolidation of its charter school portfolio into an open-ended REIT
• Mohari Hospitality in a joint venture with an institutional developer to develop condominium branded residences in a Gateway city
• MSD Capital as lead investor in a JRK Property Holdings fund formed to invest in multi-family properties
• New York REIT and New York City REIT in certain activist activities
• New York REIT in its proposed $6.2 billion merger with the JBG Companies and the resulting termination following activist objections
• New York REIT in its sale of 48% interest in Worldwide Plaza to a joint venture consisting of SL Green and RXR and the related joint venture arrangements in a transaction that valued the asset at approximately $1.7 billion
• RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP) in its $1.15 billion acquisition of Cetera Financial Group, a portfolio company of Lightyear Capital
• Soros Strategic Partners in the redemption of an interest in Diamond Resorts
• Sovereign wealth fund in connection with a $475 million preferred equity investment in a limited partnership that owned a significant portfolio of select service hotel properties
• Sovereign wealth fund in its formation of a joint venture for the purpose of developing an office property located in Palo Alto, California
• Sovereign wealth fund in its formation of a joint venture to invest in senior housing properties and the subsequent disposition of those properties for approximately $1.7 billion
• Sovereign wealth fund in its formation of joint venture for the purpose of developing a mixed use property consisting of office, retail, multi-family and hotel components located in the Silicon Valley area in California
• The Related Companies in connection with the recapitalization of the Patent and Trademark office building in Alexandria, Virginia
• The Related Companies in various private partnership mergers and tender offers
• The Related Companies in the formation of a joint venture with Pacific Oak Capital facilitating the sale of certain multi-family assets in a DST structure
• The MacNaughton Group in connection with a rescue capital preferred equity investment and a recapitalization of a resort property
• The Yucaipa Companies in the recapitalization of a NYC hotel property
• U.S. Realty Advisors in the contribution of certain assets to Realty Income in exchange for OP units
• UPS Group Trust in its pre-IPO investment in TPG Real Estate Finance Trust
• Urban Commons in its consolidation of its hotel portfolio and concurrent $375.0 million financing by Starwood
• Vantage Data Centers in connection with its $6.4 billion equity recapitalization of its business with Digital Bridge Group and Silver Lake as lead anchor investors
• VREIT in the $1.975 billion sale of retail assets to Blackstone and DDR Corp.
• Witkoff in connection with an opportunity zone development offering