Sklar Kirsh Bolsters Litigation and Real Estate Practices
Sklar Kirsh expands its Litigation and Real Estate practices with the addition of Senior Counsel William Dance and Real Estate Paralegal Howard Olds.
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Sklar Kirsh’s Entertainment & Media lawyers are former General Counsels in the entertainment industry and bring our clients a wealth of industry knowledge and legal expertise.
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Sklar Kirsh expands its Litigation and Real Estate practices with the addition of Senior Counsel William Dance and Real Estate Paralegal Howard Olds.
Andrew Kirsh appeared on the The Real Market Podcast with Chris Rising, a podcast focusing on current topics in the commercial real estate industry. In the episode released on January 17, 2019, Kirsh explores a variety of topics, ranging from market trends to the new legislation on Qualified Opportunity Zones.
Sklar Kirsh has opened a new office in Orange County, located at 200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 300, Irvine, California. Jeffery Richbourg, the firm’s newest Corporate Associate with a deep specialty in executing high stakes mergers and acquisitions, will join Real Estate colleague Adrian Boddie in the new office.
Sklar Kirsh adds to its Litigation Practice with Senior Counsel Enrique A. Monagas, who helped legalize same-sex marriage in California and became a Deputy Attorney General prior to joining Sklar Kirsh.
Michael Rosner was included in Variety’s “Dealmakers Impact Report 2018,” an entertainment industry list of “behind-the scenes power players.” Variety brought attention to Rosner’s work representing Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios in acquiring the Weather Channel, P&A loans for three theatrical releases, a receivables credit facility and a syndicated corporate loan, as well as several of his other achievements.
Represented a medical device company in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a strategic acquirer for a purchase price of $1.3 million.
Represented a lighting fixture manufacturer in connection with the sale of its assets to a private equity buyer for a purchase price of $15,000,000.
Represented The Cedars at Elm Hill, LLC, an affiliate of The Lighthouse Group, in its sale of a multi-family residential project located in Nashville Tennessee known as The Cedars at Elm Hill Apartments for a purchase price of $50,500,000. Seller was represented by Leclair Ryan in Norfolk, Virginia.
Represented Centennial Owner North, LLC and Centennial Owner South, LLC, both affiliates of The Calida Group, in their acquisition of large multi-family residential project known as Pointe at Centennial located in Las Vegas, Nevada for a total purchase price of $100,000,000. The acquisition included a joint venture between our client and AIG, as well as an acquisition loan in the amount of $78,905,000 from PGIM Real Estate U.S. Debt Fund REIT, LLC. Seller was represented by the Gromet Law Group. AIG was represented by Goodwin Procter LLP and PGIM was represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Represented Bandai Namco Holdings USA Inc. in its $26.1 million acquisition of an 80% controlling stake in the business of Nippon Imports, LLC, a collectible toy sales company. The new joint venture will operate as Bandai Namco Collectibles LLC d/b/a Bluefin.
Represented Lyon Living in connection with the refinancing of an existing loan (senior and mezz) on “The George”, a residential apartment community located in Anaheim, California. The refinancing consisted of a $95,600,000 senior loan from HFF (represented by Moss & Barnett), and a $11,520,000 preferred equity investment from Fundrise West Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC (represented by Ballard Spahr).
Represented Mosaic Real Estate Investors, LLC (“Mosaic”) in connection with a $29,000,000 hybrid preferred equity investment in Mosaic Aetna Springs Resorts JV, LLC, a joint venture between Mosaic and Alchemy Resorts, LLC, for the purpose of a 3,520 acre luxury resort property in Napa County, California, which is comprised of an 80 key resort village, 44 residential properties, multiple vineyards and a 9-hole golf course. Alchemy Resorts was represented by DLA Piper.
Represented a family office in a $2.5 million equity investment into DB Coworking Holdings Corp., the owner and operator of a chain of collaborative workspace locations.
"I have worked with Sklar Kirsh on more than 20 transactions and they always provide outstanding service, are consistently responsive, and possess strong legal and business knowledge. Protecting the client is their top priority, while they simultaneously appreciate the need to be flexible and fluid in a transaction. Sklar Kirsh brings a deep network of relationships and wealth of experience to each transaction. I especially appreciate their ability to look at a deal from both a legal perspective as well as an investor's."
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