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Cravath has significant experience advising developers, operators, owners, investors and lenders around the world on sophisticated transactions and complex disputes in the real estate and hospitality industries.
We advise our real estate and hospitality clients on a broad range of matters, including acquisitions; dispositions; joint ventures; antitrust litigation and advice; complex contract and commercial disputes; investigations; shareholder derivative actions; financings; and restructurings. Our lawyers also handle matters involving REITs and major domestic and international real estate investment funds.
Cravath’s experience spans the full spectrum of real estate and hospitality companies, from local operators to multinational corporations, as well as asset classes, including building and construction, commercial, residential, industrial and recreational properties in addition to hotels, casinos, restaurants and resorts.
We advise our real estate and hospitality clients on a broad range of matters, including acquisitions; dispositions; joint ventures; antitrust litigation and advice; complex contract and commercial disputes; investigations; shareholder derivative actions; financings; and restructurings. Our lawyers also handle matters involving REITs and major domestic and international real estate investment funds.
Cravath’s experience spans the full spectrum of real estate and hospitality companies, from local operators to multinational corporations, as well as asset classes, including building and construction, commercial, residential, industrial and recreational properties in addition to hotels, casinos, restaurants and resorts.
Deals & Cases
October 25, 2024
On October 25, 2024, Legal & General (“L&G”), one of the U.K.’s leading financial services groups and a major global investor, announced its strategic investment in Taurus Investment Holdings, LLC (“Taurus”), a Boston‑based, global real estate private equity firm, alongside an initial commitment of up to $200 million in seed capital to multifamily real estate. Cravath is representing L&G in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
July 24, 2024
Cravath represented IWG US Finance LLC in connection with its €575 million Eurobond offering. IWG US Finance LLC is an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of International Workplace Group plc, a leading global provider of flexible and hybrid workspaces. The notes were listed on the London Stock Exchange plc’s International Securities Market. The transaction closed on June 28, 2024.
Deals & Cases
July 09, 2024
On July 9, 2024, Altus Group Limited (“Altus Group”), a leading provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global Property Tax business to Ryan, LLC (“Ryan”), a leading global tax services and software provider, for total cash consideration of C$700 million. In addition to the definitive agreement, Ryan has also committed to enter a C$15 million Altus Market Insights subscription agreement at the close of the transaction, with an initial three‑year term of C$5 million per year. Cravath is representing Altus Group as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
May 13, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the €350 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior notes offering of TUI Cruises GmbH, a leading German cruise operator. The notes were listed on The International Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on April 24, 2024.
Deals & Cases
March 15, 2024
Cravath represented SEGRO plc in connection with its private placement of approximately £907 million of new ordinary shares. SEGRO plc is a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) and a leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and industrial property. The shares will be listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris. The transaction closed on March 1, 2024.
Publications
April 30, 2024
On April 26, 2024, Cravath prepared a discussion of the recent final regulations on the qualification of REITs as “domestically controlled,” a common planning point for foreign investors in US real estate.
Firm News
August 14, 2023
Between July 28 and August 11, 2023, Cravath advised on nine announced deals, including seven deals in a span of three business days. Cravath is representing:
Activities
June 06, 2023
On May 21, 2023, Cravath partner Philip J. Boeckman was named to Financial News’ third annual “Fifty Most Influential Lawyers” list, which recognizes “the leading legal minds working in Europe on corporate deals.” The feature described Philip as having “a long and successful track record advising clients on initial public offerings, leveraged financings and other equity offerings.” The publication also highlighted his representation of HDFC Bank as U.S. counsel in its $40 billion merger with HDFC Limited, India’s largest‑ever M&A deal at the time of announcement, and of the European Investment Bank in its $4 billion registered notes offering of a Sustainability Awareness Bond.
Activities
March 27, 2023
On March 16, 2023, Cravath was recognized by the India Business Law Journal in its “Deals of the Year 2022” feature, which highlighted “the standout deals and disputes of 2022 and the law firms that showed their worth in successfully concluding them.”
Activities
January 20, 2023
On January 18, 2023, Cravath was featured by Law360 as an “M&A Practice Group of the Year,” receiving the distinction for the tenth time in twelve years. The profile highlighted the Firm’s role representing CyrusOne in its $15 billion acquisition by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners, SMBC Aviation Capital in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Goshawk Aviation, and Johnson & Johnson in the planned separation of its Consumer Health Business.
Deals & Cases
October 25, 2024
On October 25, 2024, Legal & General (“L&G”), one of the U.K.’s leading financial services groups and a major global investor, announced its strategic investment in Taurus Investment Holdings, LLC (“Taurus”), a Boston‑based, global real estate private equity firm, alongside an initial commitment of up to $200 million in seed capital to multifamily real estate. Cravath is representing L&G in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
July 24, 2024
Cravath represented IWG US Finance LLC in connection with its €575 million Eurobond offering. IWG US Finance LLC is an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of International Workplace Group plc, a leading global provider of flexible and hybrid workspaces. The notes were listed on the London Stock Exchange plc’s International Securities Market. The transaction closed on June 28, 2024.
Deals & Cases
July 09, 2024
On July 9, 2024, Altus Group Limited (“Altus Group”), a leading provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global Property Tax business to Ryan, LLC (“Ryan”), a leading global tax services and software provider, for total cash consideration of C$700 million. In addition to the definitive agreement, Ryan has also committed to enter a C$15 million Altus Market Insights subscription agreement at the close of the transaction, with an initial three‑year term of C$5 million per year. Cravath is representing Altus Group as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
May 13, 2024
Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the €350 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior notes offering of TUI Cruises GmbH, a leading German cruise operator. The notes were listed on The International Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on April 24, 2024.
Deals & Cases
March 15, 2024
Cravath represented SEGRO plc in connection with its private placement of approximately £907 million of new ordinary shares. SEGRO plc is a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) and a leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and industrial property. The shares will be listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris. The transaction closed on March 1, 2024.
Publications
April 30, 2024
On April 26, 2024, Cravath prepared a discussion of the recent final regulations on the qualification of REITs as “domestically controlled,” a common planning point for foreign investors in US real estate.
Firm News
August 14, 2023
Between July 28 and August 11, 2023, Cravath advised on nine announced deals, including seven deals in a span of three business days. Cravath is representing:
Activities
June 06, 2023
On May 21, 2023, Cravath partner Philip J. Boeckman was named to Financial News’ third annual “Fifty Most Influential Lawyers” list, which recognizes “the leading legal minds working in Europe on corporate deals.” The feature described Philip as having “a long and successful track record advising clients on initial public offerings, leveraged financings and other equity offerings.” The publication also highlighted his representation of HDFC Bank as U.S. counsel in its $40 billion merger with HDFC Limited, India’s largest‑ever M&A deal at the time of announcement, and of the European Investment Bank in its $4 billion registered notes offering of a Sustainability Awareness Bond.
Activities
March 27, 2023
On March 16, 2023, Cravath was recognized by the India Business Law Journal in its “Deals of the Year 2022” feature, which highlighted “the standout deals and disputes of 2022 and the law firms that showed their worth in successfully concluding them.”
Activities
January 20, 2023
On January 18, 2023, Cravath was featured by Law360 as an “M&A Practice Group of the Year,” receiving the distinction for the tenth time in twelve years. The profile highlighted the Firm’s role representing CyrusOne in its $15 billion acquisition by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners, SMBC Aviation Capital in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Goshawk Aviation, and Johnson & Johnson in the planned separation of its Consumer Health Business.
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