Helena Raifman

• Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded REIT as a borrower in the refinancing of a $300 million mortgage facility secured by a ground lessee interest in the Graybar Building, New York, New York.
• Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded REIT in connection with a mezzanine loan made to finance the acquisition and proposed construction of the Mercedes Building in New York, New York.
• Representation of one of the largest Israeli real estate investment companies in a $145 million acquisition from the City of New York, joint venture and acquisition and construction financing of 346 Broadway, New York, New York.
• Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded REIT in the acquisition of a portfolio consisting of 3 properties located in North Carolina, Iowa and Georgia in exchange for the issuance of operating partnership units and assumption of 4 existing loans.
• Representation of a private equity fund in an assemblage acquisition of 2 residential properties and 1 commercial property on East 78^th Street, New York, New York, and $45 million acquisition and construction financing for the development of a commercial and residential condominium project.
• Representation of Starwood in the winning bid for and a $191 million acquisition of a distressed portfolio of 11 properties consisting of office buildings and shopping malls located in California, Arizona, Virginia, Kansas and Tennessee.
• Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded REIT in a $52 million mortgage and $7 million mezzanine construction financing facility made in connection with the development of 200 Lafayette Street, New York, New York.
• Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded REIT in a $365 million sale of a ground lessor interest in 2 Herald Square, New York, New York, and the defeasance of existing financing.
• Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded REIT in a (a) $32 million acquisition of the 75% fee interest in 719 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, from multiple tenants-in-common in exchange for common shares of beneficial interest in the REIT or convertible preferred units of limited partnership interests in a subsidiary of the REIT and (b) $9.2 million stock purchase of the 25% tenant-in-common interest in 719 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York.
• Representation of KBS in the sale of a portfolio consisting of 41 properties located in Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
• Representation of a private equity fund in a joint venture in connection with the purchase and development of 11 properties in Los Angeles, California.
• Representation of Normandy Real Partners in connection with a partnership with Read Property Group, Princeton Holdings, Royalton Capital and Sciame Development to acquire and renovate, and to obtain construction financing for the acquisition and the renovation of a three-acre site at 333 Johnson Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.  The planned development would be the first mixed-use office, retail and restaurant complex in Bushwick.
• Representation of Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a leading private equity firm focused on software, data, and technology-enabled businesses, in connection with the real estate matters involved in its acquisition of Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. (RDC) from Bain Capital Ventures and others.

• Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2013, 2017-2018, and 2022
• Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers^®, "Law Firm of the Year" in Real Estate Law, 2015
• Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2022
• Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate, 2013 and 2014

A description of the selection methodology for the above awards can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.