James Hisiger retired from the partnership in June 2018. He is former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins' Real Estate Practice and was a partner in Latham's New York office. Jameshas extensive practical experience in real estate financing (construction, permanent, second-lien, leasehold, mezzanine, and preferred equity) including securitized financings, syndications and participation, sale-leasebacks, and OpCo/PropCo structures, with respect to various asset classes, the formation and negotiation of complex joint ventures (mergers and acquisitions, passive equity, and management roles), limited partnerships and liability companies, as well as, acquisitions, dispositions and exchanges, option agreements, ground leases, and commercial leases. He developed a subspecialty in the gaming and hospitality industry through development and finance transactions located in New York, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, and California.
James represented Citibank Global Markets Realty Corp., Barclays Capital Real Estate, Inc, Barclays Capital Real Estate Finance, Inc, Coastal Development Companies, The Carlyle Group, The Cordish Companies, Morgan Stanley, Stahl Real Estate Company, Credit Suisse, and Goldman Sachs.
James was appointed to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Downtown Redevelopment Task Force after September 11 and was the Chair of its subcommittee on Property Rights.
James has been named a leading real estate lawyer by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers. At the time of his retirement, he delivered lectures at numerous conferences throughout the United States and wrote articles that have appeared in National Law Journal, The New York Law Journal, Practical Law Company (PLC), and Briefings in Real Estate Finance, an international journal.