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Goodwin Procter LLP

Real Estate

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Goodwin Procter LLP

About

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Across the global real estate capital markets, how you position yourself with respect to risk and return is critical for maximizing your investments. Whether assessing demographic trends and capital flows or anticipating geographic shifts, Goodwin’s Real Estate Industry Group offers deep market insight and a practical approach to help you make the most of every investment decision – from private fund formation and all types of real estate transactions to REIT and real estate M&A, we excel at what we do.

From locations across the United States and Europe, we position our public and private real estate clients for global growth and strong performance during all phases of national and international economic cycles. With a distinct emphasis on the capital markets and vital experience across all industry sectors, Goodwin employs an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to help guide your investments from inception through realization. And with the rapidly accelerating pace of technology disrupting industries around the world, we partner closely with clients to embrace the promise and potential of innovation to make a lasting impact.

Our real estate industry lawyers are experts in tax, securities and ERISA matters and help structure, negotiate and close complex public and private equity and debt financings, joint ventures, portfolio and REIT M&A, cross-border transactions, hospitality and leisure deals, and large-scale development work.

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Real Estate - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For
Goodwin focuses on work for institutional investors, REITs and private equity funds. It is often called upon to handle complex financings and joint venture formation as well as property acquisition, disposition and development. It represents a good choice of counsel for transactions in the hospitality and leisure market. It offers additional experience handling complex transactions in both public and private real estate markets.
Notable practitioners

Diana Brummer is co-chair of the real estate industry group.

Work Highlights

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  • Goodwin acted for Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel in the acquisition of the Waldorf

    Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club in Dana Point, California for $900 million.

Strengths

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  • Goodwin's team is commercial, business-oriented and good at weighing the risk versus what's important to the business.

    Real Estate respondentUSA
  • The firm's strengths are their responsiveness, ability to understand complex structure and solution-focused representation.

    Real Estate respondentUSA
  • Goodwin is very good at distilling down complex issues.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

Members

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  • Diana Brummer

    Head of Department

  • John Ferguson

    Head of Department

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