Brandon Hemans is a real estate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Real Estate
U.S. private equity firm in its $625 million refinancing transaction secured by 58 select service hotels.
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., in its joint venture with affiliates of Highgate, a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company, on the acquisition of CorePoint Lodging Inc., a pure play select-service hotel owner strategically focused on the midscale and upper-midscale segments, for approximately $1.5 billion, and related CMBS financing.
Global investment manager in its financing advice regarding to-be-acquired industrial assets.
$130 million joint venture with a leading investment management firm for the redevelopment of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New York.
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $60 million sale of 18 hospitality properties located throughout the U.S.
U.S. private equity fund on its purchase of a portfolio of 62 multifamily apartment buildings.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) in the $718 million sale of its Textile Effects division to Archroma.
Kinderhook Industries in its $323 million acquisition of Tank and Pump, a provider of logistics-based environmental solutions, from WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: WSC).
Gryphon Investors-backed Heritage Distribution Holdings, a distribution company for Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) equipment, parts and supplies in its $1.275 billion sale to Beijer Ref AB (STO: BEIJ B).
Kinderhook Industries in its recapitalization of Auto-Wares, a distributor of aftermarket automotive parts.
Bain Capital-backed American Trailer World Corp. in its sale of TexTrail, a distributor of trailer parts, to DexKo Global.
Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of Hissho Sushi, a franchisor of turnkey sushi solutions.
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022New York
Education
The George Washington University Law SchoolJ.D.2021
International Law Review
Diversity Committee Member, International Law Review
Academic Chairman and Member, Black Law Student Association
Thurgood Marshall Scholar
Howrey and Simon Scholarship Award
University of MarylandB.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice; General Business Minor2018