11 Latham Partners Named 2024 MVPs by Law360
Honorees recognized for advising on high-stakes litigation matters and market-shaping transactions.
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Michelle Kelban, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice, advises clients on a range of complex and prominent real estate transactions, including private capital raising and financing, acquisitions, joint venture recapitalizations, and workouts and restructurings.
Nationally recognized as a leading real estate lawyer, Michelle serves a variety of key market players, including private equity firms, US and foreign investors, institutional lenders, and family offices. She leverages her broad-based experience to help clients successfully navigate all types of real estate transactions across an array of asset classes. Michelle brings particular experience in highly structured and multifaceted deals involving bespoke structures.
Michelle regularly advises on transactions involving:
A collaborative and creative problem solver, Michelle works closely with clients to understand their key business needs. She delivers pragmatic, commercially driven advice, with a focus on building consensus among key stakeholders and achieving a client’s strategic objectives. She is regularly recognized in leading legal publications, including Chambers USA and The Legal 500.
Michelle is actively involved in pro bono and community service initiatives. She provides pro bono counsel to nonprofit organizations and schools, including the Girls Global Academy (GGA), an all-girls public charter high school in Washington, D.C. Michelle is also a member of the Beacon Group, which provides grants to local New York organizations supporting underserved populations.
In 2020, Michelle was elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, an invitation-only organization comprising leading real estate lawyers across the US.
Michelle's experience includes advising:
Ares Management Corporation in a joint venture with RXR, a leading real estate owner, operator, and developer in the New York Tri-State area, to form a US$1 billion fund targeting debt and equity investments in distressed commercial properties primarily located in New York City
Cain International in a US$2 billion financing to support the development of One Beverly Hills, a mixed-use urban project spanning 17.5 acres
Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, in a US$6.4 billion equity investment in Vantage Data Centers, a leading provider of hyperscale data center campuses
Constellation Hotels Holdings, a global real estate hospitality investment group, in the sale of the SLS Brickell, a 124-room luxury and lifestyle hotel located in the burgeoning downtown Miami Brickell submarket
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