Nesa Amamoo

Nesa Amamoo advises clients on a broad range of matters related to real estate, real estate private equity, and finance, including joint ventures, infrastructure transactions, development projects, acquisitions and dispositions, sale-leasebacks, ground leases, U.S. and offshore private placements, special accounts, public and private REITs, opportunity zone funds, all types of real estate-based financings, loan restructurings and capital markets transactions (including loan syndications, securitizations and bond issuances).

With respect to private equity, Ms. Amamoo has advised sponsor and investor clients in the formation, operation and capitalization of a broad range of U.S. and offshore private funds, and related financing, acquisition and disposition transactions, including sovereign wealth funds, Aquarian Holdings, Brookfield Asset Management, Las Vegas Sands Corp., Silverstein Properties, BlackRock, DigitalBridge, RREEF America, Fortress Investment Group and Fir Tree Capital.

In the area of real estate finance, she has represented real estate operating companies, private equity platforms and financial institutions in the origination, structuring and sale of a wide range of debt instruments, including traditional mortgage loans, securitized real estate loans, single- and multi-tiered mezzanine loans, construction loans, ground lease financings and unsecured revolving credit facilities, with recent representations including Aquarian Holdings, USQ Capital, Silverstein Capital Partners and Diameter Capital.

Co-President, Skadden Foundation

Trustee, The New York Academy of Medicine

Board Member, Anthos Home

Ms. Amamoo's notable transactions include her representation of Aquarian Holdings in the formation of Aquarian Real Estate Partners (AREP), a newly established real estate investment and asset management platform, for which she continues to serve as primary outside real estate counsel.

Ms. Amamoo is representing Korea Zinc in connection with the real estate acquisition, entity formation, and project and construction financing for Crucible Zinc‘s $7.4 billion critical minerals smelting and processing complex in Clarksville, Tennessee, one of the largest critical minerals investments in the United States. The facility, developed in strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, is designed to produce zinc, copper, lead, and 11 government-designated critical minerals essential to U.S. energy, technology, and defense supply chains. The transaction, which is ongoing, encompasses the completed acquisition of the Nyrstar USA smelter site and related real estate, formation of U.S. operating entities, and construction and project financing.

Ms. Amamoo represented Brookfield Asset Management in its $11.4 billion acquisition of Forest City Realty Trust, a publicly traded U.S. real estate operating company with a nationwide portfolio.

Ms. Amamoo represented Las Vegas Sands Corp. in connection with the $6.25 billion bifurcated sale of its Las Vegas real estate and operations, separating owned real estate from operating assets, as well as its pursuit of a downstate New York gaming license and proposed development of an integrated resort and casino on Long Island.

Ms. Amamoo represented the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in numerous transactions, including its $13 billion plan to redesign John F. Kennedy International Airport, the largest land swap transaction in New York City in over two decades involving 225 acres at Howland Hook Marine Terminal, and various other marine terminal and redevelopment transactions.

Ms. Amamoo represented Empire State Development in connection with the $3 billion Moynihan Train Hall/Farley Post Office development, creating a new LIRR/Amtrak facility and expanding Penn Station capacity by 50%.

Ms. Amamoo is active in pro bono work, representing, among others, nonprofit contemporary art organization The Swiss Institute. Ms. Amamoo has been named as an Empire State Counsel Honoree by the New York State Bar Association.

Harvard Law School

J.D.

2006

Brown University

B.A.

2003

Leading Dealmakers in America

Lawdragon 500

2024

Women of Influence

GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum

2023

Dealmaker of the Year

New York Law Journal

2022

Leading Dealmakers in America

Lawdragon 500

2022

Notable Women in Law

Crain’s New York Business

2021

Real Estate MVP

Law360

2021

Rising Stars in Real Estate

Crain’s New York Business

2020

Fifty Under 40

Real Estate Forum

2018

2024 500 Leading Dealmakers in America

2023

2025 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers

Lawdragon

2024

Notable Real Estate Leaders

Crain’s New York Business

2024

Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers

Lawdragon

2025