Louis Monti

Practice Areas

Acquisitions & Dispositions

Hotels & Hospitality

Leasing

Real Estate

Real Estate Industry

REITs

Senior Living

Career

Lou, Co-Chair of the firm's Lateral Partner Hiring Committee and former member of Sullivan's Management Committee, represents clients, both public and private, in commercial acquisitions, dispositions and financings across various real estate asset classes, including office, retail, senior living, hospitality and marinas, many of which are multi-state, portfolio transactions. His practice includes a particular focus on representation of real estate investment trusts (REITs). The transactions Lou works on range from $3 million to $3 billion, and he regularly closes on transactions aggregating in excess of $1 billion on an annual basis. Lou also represents public and private clients in negotiating leases from both a landlord and tenant perspective.

Lou is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.

Professional Memberships

Boston Bar Association

Member, The Real Estate Roundtable

Work Highlights

Represented a client in the acquisition of two biotech medical office buildings in Boston’s Seaport District for $1.2 billion

Led a team of attorneys in the acquisition of 38 senior living properties across 16 states for approximately $790 million, including $151.6 million of assumed debt (including Fannie Mae debt), partially in a RIDEA-compliant structure, on behalf of a public REIT client

Represented a client in the acquisition and financing of six marinas in Massachusetts for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $30 million and the subsequent refinancing and recapitalization of such marinas

Assisted a purchaser in the $45 million sale-leaseback of lab and office space in Florida

Represented a client in the restructuring of its management agreements for 228 senior living communities from a structure with one manager to a structure with ten unrelated managers. The restructured portfolio had a carrying value of approximately $4 billion

Advised a client in its acquisition of the tallest office building in each of Hartford, Indianapolis and New Orleans

Counseled borrower in $513 million credit facility from Fannie Mae secured by 28 properties across 16 states

Assisted a public office REIT client in its $1.4 billion stock purchase of another public office REIT owning 39 office properties

Represented a public REIT client in connection with its $800 million credit facility secured by 61 medical office and life science properties across 21 states

Advised on the acquisition of three regional shopping malls in two states for over $100 million

Assisted a seller in its disposition program involving the sale of approximately 60 hotels for an aggregate sales price of over $500 million

Assisted with the real estate aspects of the acquisition and restructuring of a travel center business operating approximately 150 travel centers in 39 states

Education