Real Estate Development & Acquisition Lawyers | McDermott

Acquisition & Development

Overview


Whether it’s structuring transactions to maximize benefits, analyzing terms of financing commitments, managing leasing or management arrangements, real estate acquisitions and property development have become an increasingly elaborate part of your business. Visibility into the overarching processes, experience and critical thinking are all key to success.

With top-notch teams in the US and Germany, McDermott’s global real estate acquisition & development team is here to partner with you in all aspects of your real estate acquisition and development needs. Whether it’s negotiating a multi-national joint venture or assisting you with a complex acquisition, our team is here to help. We are always ready to roll up our sleeves to provide creative strategies and solutions to assist you in a variety of real estate transactions, including:

  • Joint Ventures
  • Financings
  • Initial Structuring
  • Portfolio Management
  • Leasing

 

International Scope

United States – Hospitality

Be it a hotel, hospitality or themed-entertainment space, we know that your business needs are unique and require customized solutions. Our team is here to counsel you in all aspects of the acquisition, development and operation of your real estate assets. We advise hospitality clients on the full range of issues, including the structuring and implementation of hotel management agreements and the leasing or management arrangements for food and beverage operations. Our team regularly assists clients in solving the most challenging problems by bringing a cross-disciplinary team comprising corporate, tax, labor and employment, IP, government strategies and environmental lawyers to provide sophisticated and holistic legal advice. We have had the pleasure of working with some of the most respected real estate developers in the hospitality industry in the United States, including in New York, and are widely known as the go-to firm for luxury and boutique hotel developments.

Germany

Our nimble and highly collaborative real estate law team can provide you advice on the full spectrum of your real estate transactions (including asset and share deals), joint ventures, financings, project development, leasing and inventory management in all of the top markets in Germany and throughout Europe. We have counseled real estate businesses (including owner-operated companies), institutional investors, private equity funds, asset managers, insurers, pension funds, real estate consulting companies, family offices and financial institutions from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Austria and other countries.

United Kingdom

We have a market-leading transactional real estate practice in the UK. Led by recognized industry leaders, the UK team regularly serves some of the sector’s most active lenders, investors, developers, and investment managers. Clients looking to invest in the UK regularly approach our team to structure and manage their complex investments and implement development and repositioning initiatives to create and enhance their assets. The team acts across the full spectrum of asset classes, ranging from commercial offices and retail to operational real estate, data centers, logistics, hotels and leisure, healthcare, and all facets of the living sector.

Results


Acquisition & Development

  • Joint venture between RFR Holding LLC and SIGNA Holding GmbH in their acquisition of the iconic New York landmark Chrysler Building and an adjacent retail property located at 145-155 East 42nd Street.
  • RFR Holdings, one of Manhattan’s leading real estate investors, in multiple acquisitions and refinancings including the Seagram Building, Lever House, 17 State Street, Paramount Hotel and Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City and the W South Beach Hotel in Miami Beach
  • Steward Health Care in its $2 billion-plus financing transaction in connection with its record-setting acquisition to become the largest privately owned for-profit health system in the United States
  • Akelius Residential in over 12 multi-family property acquisitions in New York City valued at more than $400 million

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