Jonathan A. Schechter, P.C.
Overview
‘Brilliant legal mind’ - Chambers USA
Jonathan Schechter is a partner in the Real Estate group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He advises both U.S. and non-U.S. clients with respect to a wide range of domestic and international real estate-related transactions. Jonathan has extensive experience representing private equity investors in connection with the formation of joint ventures and acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, financings and development of real estate and real estate-related assets.
Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized Jonathan as a leading lawyer for Real Estate: Corporate in its 2012–2023 editions, with clients praising him for his “brilliant legal mind,” noting that he is “very capable, smart, resourceful and hard-working” as well as “incredibly knowledgeable, and helpful in thinking through solutions to problems.” The Legal 500 U.S. has listed Jonathan as a leading lawyer every year since 2007 and has described him as a lawyer who “thinks outside the box.”
Experience
Representative Matters
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $610 million sale of the 1 Hotel South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its sale of a 49% interest in a $1.87 billion portfolio of multifamily properties
Non-U.S. endowment fund in connection with its formation of a programmatic joint venture to acquire, develop, and reposition senior housing
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture to acquire single family homes in the United States
U.S. real estate investment firm in connection with being an A-Note and B-Note lender to a mixed use project in Times Square
Sovereign wealth fund in connection with its programmatic joint venture to acquire multifamily assets
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its formation of a joint venture to acquire and develop property in Jersey City, New Jersey
U.S. real estate investment firm in its $340 million acquisition of the Standard High Line Hotel in New York
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $2.85 billion take-private acquisition of a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed U.S. REIT, consisting of multi-family properties
Sovereign wealth fund as a member of an investor consortium in connection with the consortium’s take private of a NYSE listed REIT for approximately $3 billion
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $230 million acquisition of land portfolio from a public company
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $600+ million acquisition of an office complex located in California
U.S. developer in connection with its approximately $1.24 billion construction financing for the development of a $2+ billion, mixed-used five-acre development on New York’s Upper West Side
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its roll-up sale of a $3.2 billion portfolio of U.S. select service hotels to a newly formed investment fund comprised of sovereign wealth funds and other investors
Sovereign wealth fund in connection with its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in the owner of a portfolio of manufactured housing facilities, having a value of approximately $2.05 billion
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $5.365 billion acquisition of a portfolio of 72 multi-family properties
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its take private acquisition of a non-traded public REIT for an enterprise value of approximately $1.9 billion consisting of 78 multi-family properties
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the sale of its ground lease interest in an office building located in New York City
Non-U.S. endowment fund in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture to acquire retail properties in the United States
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the sale of its 49.9% interest in a hotel located in New York City
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $1.1 billion acquisition of a portfolio of 62 suburban office properties
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $1.4 billion acquisition of seven shopping malls
U.S. private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a mortgage loan secured by a hotel in Long Island, NY, the formation of a joint venture in the connection therewith and the subsequent acquisition of such hotel
Non-U.S. endowment fund in connection with its formation of a multi-party, multi-tiered joint venture to develop a residential and retail tower in Boston, MA
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of a mixed-use office and hotel property in downtown Pittsburgh
U.S. developer in connection with the formation of a platform joint venture with a sovereign wealth fund to develop multi-family properties in the U.S.
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of a 99-year leasehold interest in an office building in New York and the formation of a joint venture in connection therewith
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the formation of a joint venture to develop a luxury, eco-friendly hotel and condominium community adjacent to Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the formation of a joint venture with one of its mezzanine lenders as part of a restructuring and recapitalization of office properties located in California
U.S. private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest in, and recapitalization of, a development project in Brooklyn, New York
Non-U.S. endowment fund in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture to acquire multi-family assets in the United States
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 1999New York
Education
- The George Washington University Law SchoolJ.D.with High Honors1998
- City University of New York, Brooklyn CollegeB.A.summa cum laude1995