REIT

Helping to Transform an Industry

Latham & Watkins is a leader on Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) transactions, handling all aspects of a REIT's formation and operation. Having advised on the market-changing Kimco REIT conversion and IPO in 1991, Latham’s lawyers have remained at the cutting-edge of this sector ever since, working on many of the most prominent and sophisticated deals in the market.

Comprehensive Coverage in REIT Matters

Latham lawyers advise on REIT matters from cradle to grave, and readily execute:

• Conversions of existing corporations and partnerships into REITs, including through the UPREIT structure
• Forming DOWNREITs
• Formulating and structuring the initial REIT organization
• Private placements and public offerings, including IPOs
• REIT mergers, acquisitions and liquidations
• Ongoing company representation and REIT compliance issues

Latham’s capabilities extend to advising:

• Equity REITs and mortgage REITs
• NYSE-listed REITs
• Private REITs, including those used in joint ventures and investment funds
• SEC-registered non-traded REITs

Contact the REIT Industry Group

For more information, please e-mail REIT@lw.com.

Latham’s REIT team has worked on many of the most prominent initial public offerings (IPOs) in the US.

• In 2011, the firm advised on IPO of American Assets Trust, Inc. 
• In 2010, Latham handled IPOs for CoreSite Realty Corporation, Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., Excel Trust, Inc. and Chatham Lodging Trust
• In prior years, Latham's IPOs experience included the listing for:
  • AMB Property Corporation
  • BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.
  • Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
  • Douglas Emmett, Inc.
  • Kilroy Realty Corporation
  • MPG Office Trust, Inc. (formerly Maguire)
  • Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. and many others