Abigail C. Smith

Abigail’s experience includes advising: 

• The JBG Companies on their US$10 billion merger, spin-off, and roll-up transaction with Vornado Realty Trust to create real estate investment trust JBG SMITH Properties*
• JBG SMITH Properties on its US$500 million underwritten equity offering and US$200 million at-the-market (ATM) offering*
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo, as underwriters, on Hudson Pacific Properties’ US$2.5 billion common equity offering, US$400 million preferred equity offering, US$1 billion notes offering, and US$125 million ATM offering*
• Bank of America and Wells Fargo on the inaugural green bond offering of US$350 million senior notes issued by the operating partnership of Hudson Pacific Properties*
• J.P. Morgan Securities and other underwriters on Piedmont Office Realty Trust’s offerings, including its US$300 million registered green bond offering and its US$250 million ATM offering with a forward component*
• Playa Hotels & Resorts on its US$375 million Rule 144A high-yield notes; US$325 million investment in Hyatt; restructuring; and roll-up acquisition of portfolio in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Mexico*
• DigitalBridge Group (formerly Colony Capital) on its US$300 million Rule 144A offering of 5.75% exchangeable senior notes due 2025 and various other offerings*
• Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, a REIT that owns commercial and multifamily properties, on its US$150 million equity offering and its US$550 million ATM offering*
• The board of directors and senior management of a multibillion-dollar market-cap company on an activist tabletop exercise, working alongside its financial advisor, a major US investment bank*
• The Commonwealth of the Bahamas on its Rule 144A/Reg S offerings of more than US$1 billion notes*
• Cambridge Bancorp, a bank holding company, on acquiring Optima Bank & Trust and its registered equity offering in connection with acquiring Wellesley Bancorp*
• Citigroup, Wells Fargo Securities, and other underwriters on Retail Properties of America’s public offerings of US$500 million senior unsecured notes and its US$250 million ATM offering*
• Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, and other managers in Cousins Properties’ US$500 million ATM offering with a forward sale component*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham