Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP houses a deep bench of specialists in the REITs practice, providing a comprehensive offering that spans capital markets, SEC, tax, securitization, structured finance, and M&A. A recent standout matter for the team was being engaged as company counsel on American Healthcare REIT’s IPO. The team serves a stellar roster of clients, acting as both issuers and underwriters counsel on major transactions in all asset sectors. The practice is steered by seven seasoned practitioners. In New York, Jerry Cummins, Edward Petrosky, Bart Sheehan, Jason Friedhoff and Christian Brause take the lead. Cummins is active on the full range of securities offerings while Petrosky focuses on IPOs, and is designated underwriter’s counsel for a plethora of leading companies. Co-leader of the firm’s non-traded REIT practice, Friedhoff specializes in IPOs and is well-versed in matters involving equity and mortgage REITs. Debt and equity securities form the cornerstone of Sheehan’s practice, who is also the co-head of the wider capital markets practice at the firm. On the tax front, team lead Brause has a strong track record advising on all tax aspects encountered by equity and mortgage REITs, and is routinely the lead tax attorney on the firm’s most substantial REIT transactions. From the Washington DC office, co-lead Sonia Gupta Barros dominates in the areas of SEC disclosures and compliance and corporate governance. The seventh co-head, Ivy Jones, is a pre-eminent member of the tax team based in Los Angeles and is a go-to for the tax structuring of complex transactions involving publicly traded REITs. In New York, Adam Gross is singled out for his experience in public offerings.