David L. Perechocky

Notable transactions include:

• Lee Enterprises in response to an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Alden Global Capital and in its successful defense of an attempted proxy contest by Alden
• StorageMart on its acquisition of Manhattan Mini Storage
• Investindustrial Acquisition Corp. in connection with its $3.2 billion business combination with Ermenegildo Zegna Group 
• Blackstone on a combined $800 million investment in the combination of APi Group Corporation and Chubb Fire & Security Business 
• Starwood Capital Group in its $6 billion joint acquisition, together with Blackstone Real Estate Partners, of Extended Stay America and its related 50/50 joint venture with Blackstone
• Wilton Re in its $400 million acquisition of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York from Allstate 
• JAWS Spitfire Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Barry Sternlicht, in its $1.6 billion business combination with VELO^3D
• Intelsat S.A. and certain of its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 cases involving approximately $14.7 billion in funded debt 
• Starwood Capital Group, as lead investor, in the PIPE transactions for:
  
  • WeWork’s $9 billion SPAC merger with BowX Acquisition Corp. and
  • SmartRENT’s $2.2 billion SPAC merger with Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I
• BBAM LP, as manager and servicer of Fly Leasing Limited, in FLY’s $2.36 billion sale to Carlyle Aviation Partners 
• Jaws Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Barry Sternlicht, in its $4.4 billion business combination with Cano Health
• Nikola Corporation in response to an activist short attack by Hindenburg Research
• GLP in the $18.7 billion sale of its U.S. logistics business to Blackstone — the largest private real estate transaction in history (recognized in the Financial Times’ U.S. Innovative Lawyers report) 
• Consortium consisting of Bain, Carlyle, Centerbridge and Gallatin Point in their agreement to exchange their existing preferred shares in Sirius International Insurance Group (NASDAQ: SG) for a combination of cash and newly issued preferred shares in Third Point Reinsurance (NYSE: TPRE) valued at $260 million upon the completion of the merger transaction between Sirius Group and Third Point Re
• Special Committee of Board of Directors of Taubman Centers in its $9.8 billion merger and joint venture with Simon Property Group
• Special Committee of Board of Directors of FGL Holdings in its $2.7 billion acquisition by Fidelity National Financial
• Amcor Ltd. in its $6.8 billion acquisition of Bemis Co. (International Deal of the Year — 2020 Australasian Law Awards)
• CBL & Associates Properties in its agreement with Exeter Capital regarding the composition of the CBL board of directors
• Taubman Centers in connection with shareholder activism by Land and Buildings
• Rhône Group in its strategic partnership with Eurazeo (EPA:RF) for a 30% interest in Rhône Group in exchange for $270 million in cash and Eurazeo stock
• Spectrum Brands in its $2 billion carve-out sale of its global consumer battery business to Energizer
• Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. in its acquisition of Alcentra Capital Corporation
• Blackstone in its investment in Rockpoint Group
• Blackstone in its investment in New Mountain Capital
• Confidential private equity fund in connection with its sale of a 49% interest in a $1.87 billion portfolio of multifamily properties
• Private agriculture company in connection with an out-of-court corporate restructuring, including a convertible preferred equity investment and unsecured debt investment from a consortium of investors and a concurrent refinancing of its existing first-lien credit facility
• Ladder Capital in connection with the review and rejection of an unsolicited ~$1.7 billion acquisition proposal from Related Fund Management
• Lee Enterprises in response to the "withhold-the-vote" campaign by Cannell Capital
• AEO Inc. in its strategic partnership and Series A preferred equity investment with Dormify
• Kinderhook Industries in its acquisition of Intergulf Corporation

Notable transactions prior to joining Kirkland, include:

• Paramount Group in its $2.6 billion IPO — the largest IPO in the history of the REIT industry

• Lennar in its $9.3 billion acquisition of CalAtlantic, creating the largest U.S. homebuilder

• Monogram Residential Trust in its $4.4 billion going-private sale to a private equity fund sponsored by Greystar Real Estate Partners

• Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) in the acquisition by the Qatar Investment Authority of a 9.9% fully diluted interest in ESRT for $622 million

• MAA (Mid-America Apartment Communities) in its $17 billion business combination with Post Properties, creating the largest multifamily REIT by number of apartments

• Medical Properties Trust in financing and related investments relating to its $1.25 billion acquisition of a portfolio of nine Massachusetts hospitals operated by Steward Health Care, which is majority-owned by affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management. (M&A Advisor Healthcare and Life Sciences Deal of the Year (over $100MM))

• EPR Properties in its $700 million joint acquisition with affiliates of Och-Ziff Real Estate of a portfolio of amusement parks, waterparks and ski resorts from CNL Lifestyle Properties

• Equity One, Inc. in its "at-the-market" equity offering of 8.5 million shares and related private placement program with Gazit-Globe, a publicly-traded real estate company based in Israel

• Fundrise in its $50 million initial public offering of the world's first "e-REIT" under Regulation A+ of the JOBS Act

• CreXus Investment Corp. in its $1.0 billion acquisition by Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

• MAA (Mid-America Apartment Communities) in its $8.6 billion merger with Colonial Properties Trust

• Brookfield Office Properties in forming a fund to acquire MPG Office Trust

Goodwin Procter LLP, Associate — REITs and Real Estate M&A, 2012–2017

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Legal Extern, 2011

RD Management, Real Estate Intern, 2011