Cristian Kelly
Associate
Chicago
cristian.kelly@lw.com
+1.312.876.6505
PRACTICES
- Real Estate
INDUSTRIES
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure
- REITs
EDUCATION
- JD, New York University School of Law, 2014
cum laude, Law Review - BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
- German
PROFILE
Cristian Kelly is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins.
Cristian represents clients on complex transactions in a wide variety of deal structures, asset classes and industry sectors. He advises on real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, development, and finance.
Cristian's practice includes, among other things:
- Asset and entity-level transactions, transfers, and recapitalizations
- Joint ventures, partnerships, and other investment vehicles
- Portfolio and single asset acquisitions and dispositions
- Development projects
- Borrower-side financing transactions
- Management agreements and development agreements
EXPERIENCE
Cristian's experience includes advising:
- Private Equity firm in negotiating a joint venture for the development of a 2,000+ acre data center campus
- Sovereign wealth fund in negotiating a joint venture for the acquisition and development of a logistics portfolio
- National data center operator in the strategic acquisition of a regional operator
- Developers in acquiring land for the development of logistics and distribution facilities
- Hospitality owners in acquisitions and dispositions of resort hotels
- Hospitality owners in negotiating restaurant management agreements
- Sovereign wealth fund in negotiating a joint venture for the acquisition of a technology-centric office portfolio
- Major pharmaceutical in the sale and leaseback of lab and office facilities*
- Various commercial landlords in negotiating office leases*
- Institutional lender in the issuance of a private note placement secured by an NHL arena*
- Lender in bridge financing for a boutique hotel and members-only club*
- Nonprofit housing provider in negotiating a contract to provide off-site affordable housing in connection with a new residential development (pro bono)*
- Latino community nonprofits in negotiating the purchase and build-out of a new headquarters and in leasing of office properties (pro bono)*
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham