Robert T. Buday

Robert’s experience includes advising:

Data Centers

• A leading global REIT on a:
  • Joint venture with a leading global private equity investor to develop four hyperscale data center campuses across three metro areas in Europe and North America
  • Sale of data centers in Germany and the US to Digital Core REIT
• A leading global private equity investor on acquiring and redeveloping a large-scale data center campus outside Washington, D.C.

REITs

• A leading REIT on selling US$3 billion of assets
• A non-traded REIT on selling a US$2.3 billion real estate portfolio
• A leading REIT on its merger with a non-traded REIT, resulting in a combined US$7 billion public company
• A non-traded REIT in connection with a US$350 million unsecured revolving credit facility
• A non-traded REIT in connection with a US$200 million secured credit facility
• A non-traded REIT on selling a US$2.3 billion real estate portfolio
• A leading REIT owning US$3.2 billion of property on its corporate restructuring and US$500 million IPO equity offering
• A leading REIT company on its US$500 million restructuring and pending IPO

Private Equity

• A real estate private equity sponsor on negotiating and forming a platform joint venture with a leading global alternative investment managing company to acquire office and retail properties across the Southeast US
• A real estate private equity sponsor in connection with the acquisition and loan assumption of office property in Florida

Other Transactions

• A national industrial developer on forming a joint venture for the acquisition and development and subsequent sale of a US$1 billion industrial facility for the National Nuclear Security Administration
• A global food and drug retailer on the US$900 million sale of a real estate development business
• A foreign investor on its investment in a mixed-use development valued at US$1 billion
• A national industrial developer on a US$250 million private note placement
• A global food and drug retailer on the US$400 million sale of 62 operating stores and related assets
• A global food and drug retailer on a US$9 billion merger involving more than 2,000 properties
• Management-sponsored buyout of private real estate operating company owning approximately US$450 million of office and retail properties
• A national retailer on US$1 billion sale leaseback transactions with multiple buyers
• A global food and drug retailer on the US$900 million sale of a real estate development business
• A private real estate operating company owning approximately US$450 million of office and retail properties on the company’s sale
• A national industrial developer on restructuring its executive incentive compensation plan
• A global food and drug retailer on a US$110 million sale of 16 operating stores and related assets
• A national industrial developer on a US$350 million unsecured revolving credit facility
• A national industrial developer on forming a joint venture to acquire and develop a US$750 million industrial facility for the National Nuclear Security Administration
• A real estate operating company on acquiring and financing an office tower in Tampa, Florida