Thanos Matthai

Partner

About

Thanos advises institutional real estate investment advisors, REITs, investment funds and developers on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions across the United States. Thanos regularly works on property acquisition, development and financing transactions for single properties and large portfolios, and he has a particular focus on joint ventures and complex financing structures. Thanos' clients invest in, develop and finance properties in a variety of asset classes, including multi-family, industrial/logistics, retail, office, lab/life science and senior living properties.

Areas of FocusConstruction and Engineering Development, Land Use and Zoning Leasing and Asset Management Proptech Real Estate Real Estate Capital Markets Real Estate Disputes and Restructuring Real Estate Finance Real Estate Investment Sales and Joint Ventures

Bar admissionsMassachusettsNew York

EXPERIENCE

Examples of Thanos' experience include:

Represented a non-US investor in the US$2.1 billion acquisition of a portfolio of office buildings and the related joint venture and financings
Represented an institutional logistics investment fund in over US$6 billion of permanent financing, portfolio loans, construction loans and unsecured credit facilities for industrial, logistics and warehouse properties across the United States and in Europe and Australia
Represented an institutional investment advisor in joint ventures for development projects and existing assets across the United States and in the acquisition of over US$2 billion of multifamily residential, retail and office properties
Represented a non-U.S. investor in over US$1.5 billion of joint ventures and acquisitions of office and life science projects in New York, Boston and Washington DC and associated acquisition financing
Represented an institutional investment advisor in a multi-tier joint venture structure for the acquisition, development, condominium structuring and financing of a combined senior living and hotel project
Represented an institutional investment adviser in obtaining a US$584 million loan from two large life insurance companies secured by 16 outdoor-grocery anchored shopping centers
Represented Union Square Station Associates LLC in the development of an approximately US$1.5 billion mixed use transit-oriented development of 2.4 million square feet in Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts, including a platform joint venture with Affinius Capital (formerly USAA Real Estate)
Represented a national real estate developer as the borrower in a US$360 million ground leasehold financing of a lab/life science building
Represented US$9 billion pension-held REIT in joint ventures, acquisitions and financings of office, multifamily residential, retail, self-storage, student housing and data center properties across the United States
Represented a life-science and healthcare REIT in obtaining a US$275 million construction loan from a syndicate of lenders to construct a multi-building university lab, office and research project

Education

J.D., Boston University School of Law 2011

B.S., Boston University 2007
summa cum laude

Awards

The Legal 500 United States

Recommended, Real Estate (2022)

Chambers USA

Band 4, Massachusetts Real Estate (2024)
Up and Coming, Massachusetts Real Estate (2021 - 2023)

GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum

CRE’s Aspiring Leaders (2024)

ALM | Law.com

New Leaders in the Law, New England Legal Awards (2023)

American Bar Association

On The Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers Award (2019)

Pro Bono

Thanos and other DLA Piper attorneys run a limited-assistance representation housing law clinic on a monthly basis in conjunction with Greater Boston Legal Services assisting low-income tenants facing evictions in preparing pleadings and responses.

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