EXPERIENCE

In the corporate finance area, Julian has represented numerous issuers and investment banks, including in many significant REIT IPO and first-time issuer transactions, such as those of:

• American Assets Trust, Inc.
• American Homes 4 Rent
• Chatham Lodging Trust, Inc.
• Colony Starwood Homes
• CyrusOne, Inc.
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
• Douglas Emmett, Inc.
• Essential Properties Realty Trust
• Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
• InfraREIT, Inc.
• Lineage, Inc.
• MGM Growth Properties LLC
• MPG Office Trust, Inc.
• National Storage Affiliates Trust
• Net Lease Office Properties
• Phillips Edison & Co.
• Rexford Industrial Trust, Inc.
• Spirit MTA REIT, Inc.
• Spirit Realty Corporation

Julian continues to be active on equity and debt offerings for the above companies and numerous other real estate and hospitality companies, and has advised on securities offerings raising in excess of US$150 billion in proceeds.

In the mergers and acquisitions area, Julian has in recent years represented:

Real Estate and Hospitality

• Ares Management in its US$3.7 billion acquisition of GCP International, the international business (excluding operations in Greater China) of GLP Capital Partners, an alternative asset manager
• Digital Realty Trust in its US$1.89 billion acquisition of Telx
• Ares Management in its acquisition of Walton Street Mexico, a Mexico-based real estate asset management platform
• Howard Hughes Holdings in its tax-free spin-off of its Seaport Entertainment division into a separate public company
• Digital Realty Trust in its US$7 billion joint venture with Blackstone for the purpose of developing four hyperscale data center campuses across three metros in Europe and North America
• W. P. Carey in the spin-off of 59 office properties into Net Lease Office Properties, a separate, publicly traded real estate investment trust that was listed on the New York Stock Exchange
• Hersha Hospitality Trust in its US$1.4 billion acquisition by KSL Capital Partners
• INDUS Realty Trust in its US$868 million acquisition by Centerbridge and GIC
• Digital Realty Trust in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of a 55% interest in Teraco Data Environments, a South African colocation and data center services provider, and related joint venture arrangements
• Hersha Hospitality Trust in its US$505 million sale of seven of its non-core Urban Select Service properties outside of New York
• The Special Committee of Brookfield Property Partners LP in the acquisition of the minority by Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. for US$6.5 billion in cash, stock and preferred stock
• Ares Management in its acquisition of Black Creek, a non-traded REIT management platform
• Ares Management in its US$2.9 billion acquisition with Pretium Partners, of Front Yard Residential, a home rental company
• Ares Management in its joint venture with Pretium Partners
• Cole Office & Industrial REIT II in its US$4.9 billion merger with Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT
• Invitation Homes in its agreement to form a US$375 million venture with Rockpoint Group
• Cole Office & Industrial REIT II in its terminated US$5.9 billion merger with CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.
• Simon Property Group in its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Taubman Centers, a real estate investment trust, and acquisition of an 80% stake in Taubman Realty Group
• Digital Realty in its US$8.4 billion acquisition of InterXion Holding, a European colocation and data center services provider
• Digital Realty Trust in its US$1.4 billion sale of its North American Data Center Portfolio to Mapletree Investments 
• Eastdil Secured Management in its management-led buyout from a multinational financial institution

Other

• Primary Provider Management Co., a management service organization, in its sale to Clayton, Dublier & Rice, a private investment firm
• Nestlé USA in the sale of its PowerBar Business to Post Holdings, Inc.
• Nestlé Health Sciences in its acquisition of The Bountiful Company
• Nestlé SA in its acquisition of a majority stake in plant-based protein powder maker Orgain Inc., and related joint venture arrangements
• Nestlé USA in its acquisition of Blue Bottle Coffee
• Nestlé USA in its acquisition of Chameleon Cold Brew
• Nestlé in its strategic investment Before Brands
• Nestlé in its sale of the Buitoni pasta brand to Brynwood Partners
• Guidance Software in its US$350 million sale to Open Text Corporation
• Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in its sale of Windsor Health Group, a managed healthcare service provider, to The WellCare Management Group
• Confie Seguros in its sale to an ABRY partners fund
• Recruit Co. in its acquisition of Advantage Resourcing US and Europe for US$410 million
• Health Net, Inc. in the sale of its Northeast business to Oxford Health Plans, LLC for more than US$600 million
• Recruit Co. in its acquisition of Attero Staffing 
• Nestlé USA in its purchase of Kraft’s North American pizza business for US$3.7 billion