Annie Cheng

While at Kirkland, Annie has been involved in the following matters:

• Representation of a sovereign wealth fund in connection with a programmatic joint venture for the acquisition and development of multi-family residential properties throughout the United States.

• Representation of a private equity investment firm in connection with a tri-party sale and leaseback of six commercial/industrial properties in Southern California.

• Representation of a capital partner in connection with the acquisition and development of a 150-unit development of single family attached housing units in Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Representation of a capital partner in connection with the acquisition and development of a 110-unit development of single family attached housing units in Georgetown, Texas.

• Representation of a hotel real estate investment trust in connection with the disposition of a Marriott hotel located in Park City, Utah.

• Representation of a private equity real estate investment firm in connection with a $280 million acquisition and financing of three special purpose industrial buildings located in the United States and Canada.

• Representation of a joint venture, real estate investment platform in connection with its disposition of a seven-building Class A office campus located in Calabasas, California.

• Representation of a leading private equity, real estate investment firm in connection with a $42 million disposition of an apartment complex located in Texas.

• Representation of a public gaming company with respect to the real estate components of a multibillion dollar restructuring, including negotiating long-term master leases and CMBS credit facility.

• Representation of a private real estate investment company in connection with the disposition of an office park in Torrance, California.

• Representation of a publicly traded real estate investment trust in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of properties and the assumption of mortgage and mezzanine loans.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Annie’s representative matters included:

• Representation of a real estate investment and development firm in connection with the $300MM+ acquisition and financing of a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles.

• Representation of a private real estate company in connection with its restructuring of $1.2 billion in assets and securing financing of a $100 million credit facility loan.

• Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the residential development of various single-family and condominium projects in Arizona, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia as part of joint ventures with local developers.

• Representation of a private equity fund and investment advisor in connection with the acquisitions of apartments, office parks, mixed use and industrial properties in various states in the US.

• Representation of an investment bank in connection with the US $2.6 billion financing and acquisition of 22 casino properties in nine states.

• Representation of a hotel owner-operator in connection with the US $206 million acquisition of a portfolio of 18 franchised hotels located in multiple states.

• Representation of an industrial bank in connection with the financing of a US $300 million construction loan for the construction of multi-use complex in California.

• Representation of lenders in connection with the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans secured by properties in California.