Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Mergers & Acquisitions
Weil is at the top of the profession advising global public and private companies as well as the major real estate players in mega M&A transactions. We regularly advise on the largest and highest-profile transactions.
Real Estate Restructuring
Weil has remained at the vanguard of real estate law through the real estate downturn in the early 1990s and again in 2008. The collapse of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing financial crisis and global recession have resulted in a sea-change in real estate vastly different from what came before. Weil's Real Estate practice has been a pioneer in developing novel approaches to address these unprecedented challenges. Weil's Real Estate lawyers work in close coordination with Weil's renowned Business Finance & Restructuring lawyers on some of the most complex, industry changing real estate restructurings, including the resolution of Lehman Brothers real estate portfolio; General Growth Properties in its $8.5 billion recapitalization and its later spinoff of its subsidiary Rouse Properties; Extended Stay Hotels in its chapter 11 sale to a group comprising Centerbridge Partners, Paulson & Co. and Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI; and Trump Entertainment Resorts and certain of its subsidiaries reorganization under chapter 11, among others. Weil currently represents two of the three largest special servicers in many of the largest and most complicated workouts or restructurings situations.
Real Estate Debt, Equity and Real Estate Investment Trusts
Representative Clients
- AIG
- Annaly Capital
- Beacon Capital
- Beijing Guo Tai Shang Cheng Real Estate Co. Ltd. (known as Cheerland in the U.S.)
- Brookfield Asset Management
- C-III Asset Management
- Citi
- CWCapital Asset Management
- Fortress Investment Group
- GE Capital
- General Growth Properties
- Goldman Sachs
- Island Capital
- Jumeirah
- King Street Capital
- KTR Capital
- Lehman Brothers
- Lindsay Goldberg
- Macquarie Group
- Madison International
- MGM Resorts International
- Monday Properties
- Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund
- Rouse Properties
- RXR Realty
- Silverpeak Real Estate Partners
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
- Tishman Speyer
- TPG Real Estate
Key Contacts
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They’re really good at nonstandard things that need complicated structuring and negotiation – that’s their strong point.”
Chambers USA 2017
Ranked #3 for U.S. Announced M&A Transactions in Real Estate
Thomson Reuters Full Year 2017 League Tables
A very professional firm with a clear understanding of the issues at hand, which is critical in our business. Great at getting deals done, too.”
Chambers USA 2017
Weil Ranked Tier 1 Nationwide for Real Estate Law
U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”
Weil’s “extremely responsive” Real Estate team has “a strong bench” with “excellent industry knowledge” who deliver “a very high level of service.”
Legal 500 US
Practice co-heads Michael Bond and Philip Rosen were named Real Estate MVPs
Law360, 2013 and 2012, respectively
David Herman named Real Estate Rising Star
Law360, 2014