Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Corporate, Capital Markets, Real Estate, REITs

Mr. Barr is a corporate partner in the Capital Markets Practice and head of the Firm's REIT Practice. Mr. Barr has led many of the largest and most complex REIT capital markets and M&A transactions. He has advised on three of the five largest REIT IPOs and has led multi-billion public mergers and going-private transactions. He also regularly advises corporate clients on general corporate matters, including corporate governance, SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley matters, and investment banking clients on securities-law matters. Clients rely on Mr. Barr to lead highly complex transactions and develop transaction structures to address complicated or novel situations and to help negotiate large multifaceted transactions. Within the REIT industry, Mr. Barr has substantial experience with various asset classes, including owners and operators of hotels, office buildings, data centers, multifamily properties, triple-net lease, and self-storage companies. In addition, Mr. Barr has advised on offerings involving companies from a variety of industry sectors.

Mr. Barr joined the Firm as a partner in 2019. Prior to joining Fried Frank, Mr. Barr served as a partner with a large international law firm.

Mr. Barr received his JD, cum laude, from New York University School of Law in 1994 and his BS, magna cum laude, from Duke University in 1990.