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The American Lawyer

Dealmaker of the Year: Michael Fitzgerald of Paul Hastings

Fitzgerald advised Fideicomiso Hipotecario on its creation of a Mexican version of a U.S.-style real estate investment trust. The IPO was Mexico's largest for 2014.
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The American Lawyer

2015 Corporate Scorecard

By | March 30, 2015
After a so-so 2013, European and Asian economies picked up last year while the United States continued its recovery, showering corporate and transactions practitioners with work. The number of mergers and acquisitions worldwide rose 6 percent, and their combined value jumped 47 percent, making 2014 the strongest year since 2007. Capital markets, especially equity offerings, also showed healthy gains.
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The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: One Skadden Client Ousts Another in Duel for Salix

Our latest roundup of transactions sees Skadden client Valeant Pharmaceuticals International prevail over fellow firm client Endo International in its bid for Salix Pharmaceuticals, while Latham & Watkins, Ropes & Gray and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advise several private equity clients on their proposed acquisitions of Chicago's Willis Tower and Life Time Fitness.
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The American Lawyer

Am Law Firms Land Roles on Big Real Estate Deals

A flurry of real estate transactions totaling $6.9 billion has yielded work for several Am Law 100 firms, including Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Goodwin Procter.
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The American Lawyer

Paramount Group Files for IPO

U.S. real estate firm Paramount Group Inc. filed papers for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, in what could be one of the largest real estate IPOs in the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reports.
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The American Lawyer

Six Firms Assist on Latest Health Care REIT Merger

Arnold & Porter, Sidley Austin, Shumaker Loop and a trio of leading Canadian firms are advising on a deal that will see Health Care REIT, the largest U.S. health care landlord by market value, acquire HealthLease Properties for $950 million. The transaction value could surge to $2.3 billion when accounting for sidecar deals with Mainstreet Property Group.
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The American Lawyer

NorthStar to Pay $3.4 Billion for Griffin-American

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. would acquire Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. in the cash and stock deal. Latham & Watkins, McGuireWoods and Paul Weiss acted as legal advisers to the companies while Gibson Dunn and Skadden provided counsel to the deal's financial advisers.
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International Edition

Allens on Frasers' $2.4 Billion Australand Bid

Singapore-based Frasers is vying with Sydney's Stockland for Australand's 68 properties throughout Australia.
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The American Lawyer

Am Law Trio Lead on Blackstone, DDR Shopping Center Deal

Jones Day, Proskauer Rose and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are advising on a deal valued at nearly $2 billion that finds DDR Corp. and a real estate-focused affiliate of private equity giant The Blackstone Group teaming up to buy 76 shopping centers from American Realty Capital Properties.
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The American Lawyer

Am Law 100 Trio Advises on $2.6 Billion Senior Housing Buy

Wachtell is representing Ventas in its acquisition of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust in the stock-and-cash transaction, while Proskauer Rose and Venable are counseling ARC.
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