Brandon Hemans

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.