Vinson & Elkins LLP‘s REIT practice is led out of Richmond by Daniel LeBey who specializes in REIT securities offerings, while the REIT tax team is led by Chris Mangin in Washington DC. The firm handles a number of REIT transactions including capital market transactions such as equity and debt securities, as well as REIT formation transactions. The team has also been active in mergers between publicly owned REITs, between REITs and C-corporations as well as acquisitions of public and private REITs over the last year. Greg Cope advises REITs on a full spectrum of issues from initial formation to corporate governance and joint ventures, and corporate finance specialist Chris Green is also noted. Both the aforementioned lawyers are based in Washington DC. Paige Anderson is key to the Richmond practice with her expertise in federal income tax and tax-related public and private REIT issues, as well as tax planning for equity and mortgage REITs.
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‘Very smart, hard working business lawyers. Very practical and solution oriented. Their depth of knowledge allows them to be very efficient.’
‘Daniel LeBey is simply the best lawyer I have worked with in my 40+ year career in the securities and hospitality industries.’
Key clients
- Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.
- Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.
- BofA Securities, Inc.
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
- CTO Realty Growth, Inc.
- Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
- Ellington Financial Inc. & Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
- IFM Investors Pty Ltd.
- Flagship Healthcare Properties, LLC/Flagship Healthcare Trust, Inc.
- Global Medical REIT Inc.
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
- Mercury Trust, Inc.
- New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.
- Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
- Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
- Sandpiper, LLC/Sandpiper Lodging Trust
- Swiss Life Asset Management
- Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
- TPG Re Finance Trust, Inc.
- Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Work highlights
- Advised Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. on its $5.8 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
- Advised Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. on its $3.6 billion acquisition by affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate (as special tax counsel).
- Advised Ellington Financial Inc. on its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Arlington Asset Investment Corp.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Daniel LeBey, Chris Mangin