Christopher L. Hartmann, P.C.

Joint Ventures

• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with the formation of a $555 million programmatic joint venture with a U.S. sponsor and a Canadian pension plan to acquire multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its joint venture and construction loan financing for the $400 million development of a multifamily apartment complex located in Washington, D.C.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $174 million joint venture to acquire two Class-A office buildings in El Segundo, California.
• Represented a department store in connection with its strategic alliance agreement with a publicly owned asset management company to pursue development opportunities for approximately 50 real estate assets owned or ground leased by the department store.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its joint venture and construction loan financing for the $280 million development of a mixed use office building located in Washington, D.C.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with the formation of a $260 million programmatic joint venture with a U.S. sponsor and another sovereign wealth fund to acquire retail assets in New York City.

Acquisitions

• Represented a U.S. real estate investment firm in connection with its $340 million acquisition of the Standard Highline Hotel in New York, New York.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its acquisition of an equity interest in a private REIT platform that owned a portfolio of manufactured housing facilities having a value of approximately $2.05 billion.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $540 million acquisition of a hotel located in Times Square, New York.
• Represented an Australian superannuation fund in connection with its acquisition of a 49% interest in a portfolio of eight office buildings located in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland and having a portfolio value in excess of $1.3 billion.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $93 million acquisition of a 93% interest in an office building located in Boca Raton, Florida.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $77 million acquisition of a multifamily apartment complex located in Herndon, Virginia.

Financings

• Represented an affiliate of El-Ad Group in connection with obtaining $403.4 million of first mortgage and mezzanine financing to fund its $510 million take-private acquisition of Agellan Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust, a Canadian-listed REIT that owns 44 North American industrial and suburban office properties. Kirkland also advised El-Ad Group on U.S. considerations with respect to the take-private transaction.
• Represented a foreign real estate investment firm in connection with its $503 million first mortgage financing for the St. Regis Bal Harbour, Miami, Florida, the St. Regis D.C., Washington D.C., and the Manhattan Times Square, New York, New York.
• Represented a U.S. developer in connection with its $1.24 billion construction financing for the development of a $2+ billion, mixed-used five-acre development on New York’s Upper West Side.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $600 million CMBS first mortgage financing secured by a portfolio of showroom properties located in North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Represented a U.S. real estate investment firm in connection with its $730 million CMBS first mortgage and mezzanine financing secured by 30 hotels located throughout the U.S.
• Represented a U.S. developer in connection with its $102 million first mortgage construction financing for a 41-story ground up multifamily high rise located in Seattle, Washington and its subsequent $140 million first mortgage refinancing.

Sales

• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its sale of 116 multifamily assets located throughout the U.S. in 77 transactions and for an aggregate gross purchase price of approximately $4.6 billion.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $1.14 billion sale of 26 multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $835 million sale of 16 multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $135 million sale of a hotel located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $143 million sale of a portfolio of office buildings located in New York, New York.
• Represented a Canadian real estate investment firm in connection with its buy-out of its three joint venture partners, unwind of a historic tax credit structure and ultimate $267 million sale of the Sullivan Center in Chicago.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (March 2007–August 2011)

University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business — Teaching Assistant / Accounting (August 2003–May 2006)