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Clients rely on his knowledge of the market and his commercial approach to closing deals to provide superior service to their customers in an increasingly competitive environment.  \nSome of Bryant’s recent significant representations include advising:  Antares Capital LP, as agent and lead arranger, in a $3,610,000,000 unitranche facility for a diversified insurance brokerage company; Webster Bank, N.A., as agent and lead arranger, in connection with Everstream Solutions, LLC’s purchase of fiber assets out of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Great Lakes Comnet and Comlink; Capital One, National Association, as agent, in connection with an asset based lending facility for an e-commerce company providing outdoor cooking and living products; Capital One, N.A., as agent and lead arranger, in connection with an asset based facility for bbq grill manufacturer; Golub Capital LLC, as agent and arranger, in connection with a secured credit facility to finance the acquisition of an addiction treatment company; Marathon Asset Management, Churchill Asset Management, MJX Asset Management and Allianz in connection with a super senior term loan to one of the largest car rental wholesale companies; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent and arranger, in providing senior secured credit facilities for a multi-state operator of television stations and newspapers; a steering committee of term loan lenders of Vince, LLC; Goldman Sachs, Cerberus Capital Management, Arbour Lane Capital Management and other members of an ad hoc group of first lien and second lien lenders in an out-of-court restructuring of $450,000,000 in debt to a leading provider of visual marketing products for retailers, restaurants, movie studios and other entertainment companies, and medical service providers; U.S. Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and arranger, in connection a $3,750,000,000 vehicle floorplan facility for one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States; and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as agent, and a steering committee of senior secured lenders in the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases of Fairway Group Holdings Corp.\nPresentations, Speeches and Articles\nFranchise Times Finance and Growth Conference“Financial Covenants”“Middle Market Leveraged Finance Trends”“Middle Market Leveraged Finance”“Sponsors’ View of Term Sheets” Bryant Gatrell Partner Banking and Finance Law  The Best Lawyers in America, 2013–2017 University of Missouri-Columbia University of Missouri School of Law University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School North Carolina Represented Webster Bank, N.A., as agent and lead arranger, in providing senior secured credit facilities for the purchase by fiber network operator Everstream Solutions, LLC of the assets of Great Lakes Comnet and Comlink (GLC) out of GLC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (M.D. Fla.).{{ FIELD }}Represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Engle progeny case, Hildegard Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Escambia).{{ FIELD }}Represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Engle progeny case, Charles G. Wendel v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Miami Dade).{{ FIELD }}Represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Engle progeny case, Hazel Mathis v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Broward).{{ FIELD }}Represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Engle progeny case, Stanley Martin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Broward).{{ FIELD }}Represented GlaxoSmithKline in a trial in federal court in Chicago in the matter Wendy Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline (N.D. Illinois 2017).{{ FIELD }}Ursula Henninger is a first-chair trial lawyer specializing in defending product liability and consumer products claims. She has tried cases in numerous state and federal courts throughout the country, most often in recognized \"judicial hellholes.\" Her trials often involve allegations of corporate misconduct leading to claims for significant punitive damages.  A partner in our Trial and Global Disputes practice, Ursula represents companies in consumer products including tobacco, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and other industries.  A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, she is recognized by her peers for her courtroom performance as well as her standards.\nUrsula represents well-known corporations, including pharmaceutical and tobacco companies, in high-profile consumer and  product liability matters. She has tried over 45 cases in her career and is known for her ability to relate to juries.  In addition, she is frequently asked to lead industry groups related to common litigation themes, trial presentation and interests.\nIn addition to being a first-chair trial attorney, Ursula coordinates defense team efforts, leading case management from the filing of the complaint to trial and through the appeals process. She often serves as lead case management lawyer for actions filed in multiple jurisdictions, and directs pretrial discovery and motion practice for the defense team in numerous cases.  \nUrsula's trial successes are well-recognized.  Ursula received Law 360's MVP Award in 2018 for the category \"Trials\" as well as Law 360's MVP for the category \"Product Liability\" 2019 as well as Courtroom View Network's \"Engle Defense Attorney of the Year\" in 2018.  Ursula is Chambers, Band 2 Litigation: Product Liability; named a U.S. Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation 2017, and has been ranked by Legal 500 US for Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense – Consumer Products. 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:detail=\u0026gt;\"2024-2025\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, Named a “Rising Star”\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2011 and 2012\"}{{ FIELD }}Joint Venture and Fund Formation:\nRepresented life insurance company as investor in a master joint venture to redevelop land in North Hollywood, CA pursuant to development agreements with the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority comprised of 8 phases (including office, retail and multifamily projects) with a projected redevelopment value nearing $1 billion.{{ FIELD }}Represent life insurance company as sponsor of a separate account joint venture with a foreign life insurance company with the purpose of owning a \"build-to-core\" portfolio of industrial and multifamily real estate properties with initial aggregate capital commitments of up to approximately $409 million, and in turn represented the separate account joint venture as investor in connection with property-level joint venture transactions to acquire and finance numerous development projects, including recent transactions in Savannah, GA (industrial, $250,000,000), Irving, TX (industrial, $75,000,000), and Charlotte, NC (industrial, $122,400,000).{{ FIELD }}Represented life insurance company as sponsor to form joint venture with a foreign pension fund to invest in property-level joint venture with a national developer to acquire and finance development of twelve-story, Class AA office building with 321,307 sq. ft. of rentable space in Denver, CO ($206,000,000).{{ FIELD }}Represented life insurance company in connection with negotiation and formation of program advisory agreement with foreign pension fund to establish a platform for investing in commercial real estate assets in the United States with aggregate equity commitments of $312,500,000.{{ FIELD }}Represented life insurance company in connection with two-tiered joint venture (the first among the client, a private-equity sponsor and an additional insurance company investor and a second between the upper-tier venture and a developer joint venture) for the purpose of developing two multifamily residential projects, one with 267 market rate units and the other with 347 units (of which 92 are affordable housing units), together with 25,413 square footage of rentable retail space in the former United States Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, collectively having an expected total project cost of approximately $290,000,000.{{ FIELD }}Represented private equity investor to negotiate and form a programmatic joint venture featuring aggregate equity capital commitments of $120,000,000 to acquire and develop specialized health care facilities in the United States, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities in Youngstown, OH ($43,871,015) and Milwaukee, WI ($46,303,115).{{ FIELD }}Represented university endowment fund in connection with programmatic joint venture investment (via Delaware series LLC) to redevelop existing multifamily project in Austin, TX to include up to 1,700 multifamily units in mid-rise project within two miles of downtown.{{ FIELD }}Represented family office in connection with joint venture with developer to acquire and develop 39 acres located in Charlotte, NC to construct a Class-A industrial development project totaling approximately 448,000 rentable square feet.{{ FIELD }}Debt Funds:\nRepresented private equity investor to negotiate and form a joint venture with a debt sponsor with initial capital commitments of up to $120,000,000 to finance senior housing assets in the United States, with a particular focus on bridge to permanent mortgage loans and leverage with a repurchase facility.{{ FIELD }}Represented private equity investor to negotiate and form a joint venture with a debt sponsor with initial aggregate capital commitments of $100,000,000 (with options to expand the fund up to $1,000,000,000) to finance multifamily housing assets in the United States, with a particular focus on small bridge loans and leverage with a repurchase facility. The client also acquired warrants for up to 10% of the debt sponsor’s parent company.{{ FIELD }}Preferred Equity and Alternative Capital:\nRepresented life insurance company in connection with a speculative industrial development project in Central Pennsylvania in which the client and its state pension fund partner made a structured equity investment in a joint venture with a national developer in the form of both a senior equity investment and a preferred equity investment in lieu of a conventional construction loan.{{ FIELD }}Represented life insurance company in connection with a two-tier joint venture (the first between the client and a state pension fund and the second between the upper tier joint venture and a developer partner) to refinance a retail center in Aurora, CO with a low leverage mortgage loan plus an approximately $28,000,000 preferred equity investment.{{ FIELD }}Represented family office in connection with preferred equity investments development or redevelopment of multi-family rental projects located in New Braunfels, TX (capitalization $75,833,106), Atlanta, GA (capitalization $57,800,000) and Atlanta, GA (capitalization $60,610,000).{{ FIELD }}Represented private U.S. based real estate firm in a preferred equity investment in a former textile mill that has been redeveloped into an innovative mixed-use property in Charlotte, NC that includes a food hall, and other retail and office uses. The transaction is valued at $72,000,000.00 and included purchasing the existing mortgage debt as a bridge loan to refinancing the project with new permanent mortgage debt, an existing historic tax credit structure, the redemption of the sponsor's previous preferred equity and mezzanine investors, and certain internal transfers and conversions required to occur prior to closing for tax purposes.{{ FIELD }}Represented a public REIT in acquisition a 20-story office high-rise located in suburban Atlanta via acquisition of 100% of the common stock of “baby-REIT”, redemption of preferred stock and subsequent liquidation REIT for tax purposes through merger of REIT up into purchaser.{{ FIELD }}Single-Family Programs:\nRepresented private domestic sponsor in connection with acquisition of two build-to-rent residential portfolios in Florida from publicly traded homebuilder for aggregate purchase price of $48,300,000 and with financing portfolios through life insurance company lender.{{ FIELD }}Represent life insurance company as investor in connection with negotiation and formation of joint venture to acquire and finance single-family residential properties with equity capital commitments of up to $200,000,000.{{ FIELD }}Represent private U.S. based real estate firm in the recapitalization of a single-family residential homes portfolio consisting of approximately 4,150 homes in Ohio and Indiana in which its investors transferred their partnership interests in subsidiaries to a new operating partnership owned by private equity investors and a newly formed REIT in exchange for cash and roll-over equity in the new operating partnership to be managed by our client, all in transactions valued at approximately $350,000,000 and financed in part by Freddie Mac.{{ FIELD }}Represented private U.S. based equity firm in connection with disposition of single-family residential platform to institutional investors in two transactions involving over 1,700 and 4,200 homes each for approximately $150,000,000 and $409,000,000, respectively.{{ FIELD }}Sale/Leaseback and CTL Transactions:\nRepresented a private real estate firm in sale/leaseback of urban, mixed-use developments outside of Dallas, Atlanta, and Phoenix consisting of multi-building office projects (including ground floor retail) for purchase prices of $793,000,000, $275,400,000, and $930,000,000 respectively, including leases of over 4.75 million square feet, joint venture investments by foreign pension funds and traditional mortgage financings.{{ FIELD }}Represented a global financial institution in connection with credit tenant lease (CTL) financing involving ground lease/leaseback of land for construction of international headquarters of Fortune 50 company in Michigan.{{ FIELD }}Foreign Investments:\nRepresent Middle Eastern financial services firms in connection with Shari’ah-compliant and traditional investments in the U.S., including formation of single-asset or programmatic joint ventures to acquire multifamily and student housing projects, assemble portfolios of industrial assets, and dispose of office and industrial portfolio assets.{{ FIELD }}Represented a Los Angeles-based private quity firm in connection with formation of single and programmatic joint ventures with local developers of multifamily projects in major metropolitan areas of Brazil.{{ FIELD }}Infrastructure:\nRepresented foreign and domestic renewable energy companies with acquisition, disposition, equity investment and tax equity financing of wind and solar energy generation projects collectively estimated to generate in excess of 1,000 MW of electricity.{{ FIELD }}Represented a Charlotte-based private equity firm in sale/leaseback transaction involving manufacturing plant located in Concord, North Carolina, consisting of approximately 2,000,000 square feet of usable space and 2,000 acres of land for manufacture of commercial-grade batteries for energy storage.{{ FIELD }}Chris McCoy advises institutional and private equity investors along with private sponsors in complex real estate and infrastructure transactions. In addition to being a member of our Real Estate \u0026amp; Funds practice group, Chris is also a member of King \u0026amp; Spalding's Infrastructure and Financial Services Industries of Focus.\nChris's clients are investors, sponsors, and developers of regional, national and international real estate and infrastructure projects.  His representative transactions include structuring single asset, debt, portfolio and programmatic joint ventures as well as fund formation matters. Chris's practice also includes advising on the acquisition, development, debt and equity financing, and disposal of commercial real estate assets, including office, industrial, residential (multifamily and single-family portfolio), healthcare, hospitality, retail and infrastructure projects. Partner Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® - For exceptional work in Real Estate Law. 2024-2025 Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, Named a “Rising Star” North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2011 and 2012 University of North Carolina  University of Richmond University of Richmond School of Law U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina North Carolina Mecklenburg County Bar Association - August 2001 North Carolina Bar Association - (#31851) - August 2001 Joint Venture and Fund Formation:\nRepresented life insurance company as investor in a master joint venture to redevelop land in North Hollywood, CA pursuant to development agreements with the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority comprised of 8 phases (including office, retail and multifamily projects) with a projected redevelopment value nearing $1 billion. Represent life insurance company as sponsor of a separate account joint venture with a foreign life insurance company with the purpose of owning a \"build-to-core\" portfolio of industrial and multifamily real estate properties with initial aggregate capital commitments of up to approximately $409 million, and in turn represented the separate account joint venture as investor in connection with property-level joint venture transactions to acquire and finance numerous development projects, including recent transactions in Savannah, GA (industrial, $250,000,000), Irving, TX (industrial, $75,000,000), and Charlotte, NC (industrial, $122,400,000). Represented life insurance company as sponsor to form joint venture with a foreign pension fund to invest in property-level joint venture with a national developer to acquire and finance development of twelve-story, Class AA office building with 321,307 sq. ft. of rentable space in Denver, CO ($206,000,000). Represented life insurance company in connection with negotiation and formation of program advisory agreement with foreign pension fund to establish a platform for investing in commercial real estate assets in the United States with aggregate equity commitments of $312,500,000. Represented life insurance company in connection with two-tiered joint venture (the first among the client, a private-equity sponsor and an additional insurance company investor and a second between the upper-tier venture and a developer joint venture) for the purpose of developing two multifamily residential projects, one with 267 market rate units and the other with 347 units (of which 92 are affordable housing units), together with 25,413 square footage of rentable retail space in the former United States Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, collectively having an expected total project cost of approximately $290,000,000. Represented private equity investor to negotiate and form a programmatic joint venture featuring aggregate equity capital commitments of $120,000,000 to acquire and develop specialized health care facilities in the United States, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities in Youngstown, OH ($43,871,015) and Milwaukee, WI ($46,303,115). Represented university endowment fund in connection with programmatic joint venture investment (via Delaware series LLC) to redevelop existing multifamily project in Austin, TX to include up to 1,700 multifamily units in mid-rise project within two miles of downtown. Represented family office in connection with joint venture with developer to acquire and develop 39 acres located in Charlotte, NC to construct a Class-A industrial development project totaling approximately 448,000 rentable square feet. Debt Funds:\nRepresented private equity investor to negotiate and form a joint venture with a debt sponsor with initial capital commitments of up to $120,000,000 to finance senior housing assets in the United States, with a particular focus on bridge to permanent mortgage loans and leverage with a repurchase facility. Represented private equity investor to negotiate and form a joint venture with a debt sponsor with initial aggregate capital commitments of $100,000,000 (with options to expand the fund up to $1,000,000,000) to finance multifamily housing assets in the United States, with a particular focus on small bridge loans and leverage with a repurchase facility. The client also acquired warrants for up to 10% of the debt sponsor’s parent company. Preferred Equity and Alternative Capital:\nRepresented life insurance company in connection with a speculative industrial development project in Central Pennsylvania in which the client and its state pension fund partner made a structured equity investment in a joint venture with a national developer in the form of both a senior equity investment and a preferred equity investment in lieu of a conventional construction loan. Represented life insurance company in connection with a two-tier joint venture (the first between the client and a state pension fund and the second between the upper tier joint venture and a developer partner) to refinance a retail center in Aurora, CO with a low leverage mortgage loan plus an approximately $28,000,000 preferred equity investment. Represented family office in connection with preferred equity investments development or redevelopment of multi-family rental projects located in New Braunfels, TX (capitalization $75,833,106), Atlanta, GA (capitalization $57,800,000) and Atlanta, GA (capitalization $60,610,000). Represented private U.S. based real estate firm in a preferred equity investment in a former textile mill that has been redeveloped into an innovative mixed-use property in Charlotte, NC that includes a food hall, and other retail and office uses. The transaction is valued at $72,000,000.00 and included purchasing the existing mortgage debt as a bridge loan to refinancing the project with new permanent mortgage debt, an existing historic tax credit structure, the redemption of the sponsor's previous preferred equity and mezzanine investors, and certain internal transfers and conversions required to occur prior to closing for tax purposes. Represented a public REIT in acquisition a 20-story office high-rise located in suburban Atlanta via acquisition of 100% of the common stock of “baby-REIT”, redemption of preferred stock and subsequent liquidation REIT for tax purposes through merger of REIT up into purchaser. Single-Family Programs:\nRepresented private domestic sponsor in connection with acquisition of two build-to-rent residential portfolios in Florida from publicly traded homebuilder for aggregate purchase price of $48,300,000 and with financing portfolios through life insurance company lender. Represent life insurance company as investor in connection with negotiation and formation of joint venture to acquire and finance single-family residential properties with equity capital commitments of up to $200,000,000. Represent private U.S. based real estate firm in the recapitalization of a single-family residential homes portfolio consisting of approximately 4,150 homes in Ohio and Indiana in which its investors transferred their partnership interests in subsidiaries to a new operating partnership owned by private equity investors and a newly formed REIT in exchange for cash and roll-over equity in the new operating partnership to be managed by our client, all in transactions valued at approximately $350,000,000 and financed in part by Freddie Mac. Represented private U.S. based equity firm in connection with disposition of single-family residential platform to institutional investors in two transactions involving over 1,700 and 4,200 homes each for approximately $150,000,000 and $409,000,000, respectively. Sale/Leaseback and CTL Transactions:\nRepresented a private real estate firm in sale/leaseback of urban, mixed-use developments outside of Dallas, Atlanta, and Phoenix consisting of multi-building office projects (including ground floor retail) for purchase prices of $793,000,000, $275,400,000, and $930,000,000 respectively, including leases of over 4.75 million square feet, joint venture investments by foreign pension funds and traditional mortgage financings. Represented a global financial institution in connection with credit tenant lease (CTL) financing involving ground lease/leaseback of land for construction of international headquarters of Fortune 50 company in Michigan. 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disposition of more than 15 North American real estate assets or ownership interests with an aggregate transaction value over $1.2 billion.{{ FIELD }}Represented a public REIT in the acquisition of a trophy office property in San Francisco, California.{{ FIELD }}Represented overseas investors in the formation of joint ventures for the acquisition of hotel, office and industrial portfolios through Shari'ah-compliant structures.{{ FIELD }}Represented a large financial institution in working out dozens of troubled commercial real estate loans.{{ FIELD }}Represented a German mortgage bank in restructuring credit facilities for four hospitality assets in New York City and Miami.{{ FIELD }} \nDave Powell focuses on structuring real estate equity and debt investments. A partner in our Real Estate practice, Dave represents investors in a variety of real estate transactions, with a focus on joint ventures and other partnerships. \nDave represents institutional, private equity and non-U.S. investors in structuring and managing U.S. real estate equity and debt investments, often through private real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other joint venture transactions. He advises these clients in connection with asset and entity-level acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions and financings across all asset classes.\nDave has been recognized as a leading practitioner in a number of industry journals.  A frequent panelist and speaker on real estate joint ventures, Dave is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School and has been a Lecturer at Law at Columbia Law School.  He currently serves on the board of Urban Dove, a network of high schools serving under-credited students.\nDave leads the Joint Venture Working Group for the Real Estate and Funds Practice at the firm.  This team focuses on the representation of equity investors in real estate, often through joint ventures, and includes acquisitions, dispositions, borrower-side financing, development, joint ventures, management and all aspects of asset level real estate transactions.\n  R Davis Powell Partner Next Generation Lawyer: Real Estate Legal 500, 2019 Next Generation Lawyer: Real Estate Legal 500, 2017 Real Estate and Construction: Real Estate Legal 500, 2016 North Carolina State University  University of Georgia University of Georgia School of Law Georgia North Carolina New York Represented Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc., in the formation of joint ventures for the acquisition of office, multi-family and mixed-use development properties in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. 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five-building project in Tempe, Arizona.{{ FIELD }}Advised Brookfield Infrastructure Group on the $1.1 billion acquisition of 31 Data Centers in 10 Countries on 4 Continents from AT\u0026amp;T.{{ FIELD }}Advised Transwestern Investment Group in connection with a $825 million joint venture with Seoul-based investment manager Mirae Asset Global Investments Co, and also advised the joint venture in its sale-leaseback with State Farm Auto Insurance Co. of a 2.2-million-square-foot, four-building portfolio located in CityLine, a 186-acre, mixed-use project outside of Dallas.{{ FIELD }}Advised Asana Partners in the formation and administration of various vehicles including, Asana Partners Fund I, a $500 million closed-end fund investing in retail assets throughout the U.S., Asana Partners Fund 2, an $800 million closed-end fund investing in retail assets throughout the U.S., and Asana Partners Select Retail Fund, a separate account with a domestic pension fund, investing in retail assets throughout the U.S.{{ FIELD }}Advised Douglas Emmett, Inc., a Los Angeles–based public REIT, in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Qatar Investment Authority to acquire a portfolio of four office buildings in Los Angeles for $1.34 billion, and in the acquisition of the portfolio from affiliates of Blackstone.{{ FIELD }}Advised a data center operator on its acquisition and development of data centers in the U.S. and Europe as well as the leasing of those data centers to hyper-scale users.{{ FIELD }}Advised Post Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PPS) in connection with its pending $3.9 billion stock-for-stock merger with Mid-America Apartments Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA).{{ FIELD }}Advised Edens Investment Trust in connection with its “take-private” $763 million acquisition of AmREIT, Inc., a Houston-based public REIT, specializing in the acquisition, operation and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties.{{ FIELD }}Advised Edens Investment Trust, a privately held REIT, in a $1.47 billion equity recapitalization by Blackstone, J.P. 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Mark specializes in representing private equity clients, public companies and privately held companies in a variety of matters relating to their real estate, infrastructure and other real asset investments, acquisitions and leases. \nMark counsels private equity investors, institutional investors, and public and private operating companies in all aspects of their real estate and real assets businesses. He regularly handles the structuring and formation of funds, joint ventures and other investment vehicles. He also assists with acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing and financing matters.\nRecently, Mark has focused on recapitalization of private developers and owners as well as infrastructure projects. He also advises both buyers and targets in \"take private\" transactions.\nMark has been recognized as a top lawyer in the Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA. In the Chambers USA guides, clients highlight Mark's \"very strong interpersonal skills\" and \"he doesn't show off and he concentrates on getting the deal done.\" Clients also note Mark \"adds a lot of value in the business context\" on their transactions and - \"is a practical attorney and understands business points as well as the legal nuances \"with an ability \"to unravel complex issues and distill them down to what matters.\" Partner Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers American College of Real Estate Lawyers He is able to unravel complex issues and distill them down to what matters Chambers USA, 2020 He is a practical attorney and he understands business points as well as the legal nuances Chambers USA, 2020 Ranked Band 3 in North Carolina Real Estate Finance Chambers USA, 2020 Ranked Band 2 in North Carolina Real Estate Chambers USA, 2020 Recommended for Real Estate  Legal 500, 2016 Named a Leading Real Estate Lawyer The Best Lawyers in America Hampden-Sydney College  University of South Carolina University of South Carolina School of Law North Carolina Advised Asana Partners on over $1 billion in acquisitions of retail assets in the following jurisdictions: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Advised IKEA and its parent company on various transactions including (i) the acquisition of the 6x6 mixed-use facility in San Francisco, California, and (ii) the lease of its flagship store in New York City. Advised Transwestern Investment Group in connection with a joint venture with Phoenix-based investment manager JDM Partners, and also advised the joint venture in its sale-leaseback with State Farm Auto Insurance Co. of Marina Heights a 2-million-square-foot, five-building project in Tempe, Arizona. Advised Brookfield Infrastructure Group on the $1.1 billion acquisition of 31 Data Centers in 10 Countries on 4 Continents from AT\u0026amp;T. Advised Transwestern Investment Group in connection with a $825 million joint venture with Seoul-based investment manager Mirae Asset Global Investments Co, and also advised the joint venture in its sale-leaseback with State Farm Auto Insurance Co. of a 2.2-million-square-foot, four-building portfolio located in CityLine, a 186-acre, mixed-use project outside of Dallas. Advised Asana Partners in the formation and administration of various vehicles including, Asana Partners Fund I, a $500 million closed-end fund investing in retail assets throughout the U.S., Asana Partners Fund 2, an $800 million closed-end fund investing in retail assets throughout the U.S., and Asana Partners Select Retail Fund, a separate account with a domestic pension fund, investing in retail assets throughout the U.S. Advised Douglas Emmett, Inc., a Los Angeles–based public REIT, in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Qatar Investment Authority to acquire a portfolio of four office buildings in Los Angeles for $1.34 billion, and in the acquisition of the portfolio from affiliates of Blackstone. Advised a data center operator on its acquisition and development of data centers in the U.S. and Europe as well as the leasing of those data centers to hyper-scale users. Advised Post Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PPS) in connection with its pending $3.9 billion stock-for-stock merger with Mid-America Apartments Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA). Advised Edens Investment Trust in connection with its “take-private” $763 million acquisition of AmREIT, Inc., a Houston-based public REIT, specializing in the acquisition, operation and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties. Advised Edens Investment Trust, a privately held REIT, in a $1.47 billion equity recapitalization by Blackstone, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Advised Douglas Emmett, Inc., a Los Angeles–based public REIT, in connection with a joint venture with Qatar Investment Authority to provide $225 million in capital to fund the acquisition and operation of an office property in Los Angeles. 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Advised the real estate division of a global financial institution in connection with the acquisition, repositioning and disposition of multiple office and multifamily assets throughout the U.S. Advised a private equity investor in the acquisition of debt instruments from the FDIC and the subsequent sale or restructuring of such debt instruments and the foreclosure on the underlying security. Advised a private REIT in the structuring of a closed-end fund for the purpose of acquiring equity positions in retail projects in the southeastern and midwestern U.S. Advised a private equity investor in the structuring of a joint venture for the acquisition of multifamily assets in California and Florida together with negotiating a credit facility to provide financing for such acquisitions. 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