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Christopher R. Stambaugh

Partner
RaleighNew York
About

Chris advises public and private real estate equity and mortgage REITs and funds on corporate and securities matters including fund formation, public securities offerings, private placements, broker-dealer compliance, tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and ongoing securities law compliance.  Chris has over 17 years of experience working on these matters for leading sponsors of alternative investment products and helping them navigate SEC, blue sky and FINRA oversight.

 

Chris focuses his practice on perpetual-life NAV REITs and funds. Chris has led numerous offerings and other matters for programs sponsored by Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Ares, Inland Real Estate Group, CNL, KBS, Pacific Oak, Behringer Harvard, Walton International and Wells Real Estate Funds, among others. Chris is an active speaker and participant at industry conferences, works on initiatives to support and improve the alternative investment industry, is a thought leader on various NAV fund issues such as valuations, securities distribution, multiple class structures and redemptions, and has been recognized by Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in his practice.

Areas of FocusReal EstateCorporateFinanceReal Estate Capital MarketsInvestment Management and FundsReal Estate Finance
Bar admissionsNew YorkNorth Carolina

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. with its transition to an NAV REIT and launch of a perpetual NAV-based offering
  • Represented Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. with its launch of an NAV REIT
  • Represented Monogram Residential Trust during its non-traded REIT offering stage and in connection with its transition from a non-traded REIT to an NYSE-listed REIT
  • Represented Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. during its non-traded REIT offering stage and potential conversion to an NAV REIT
  • Represented Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. in its acquisition of Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc.
  • Represented numerous other private and public real estate funds sponsored by CNL, KBS Capital Advisors, Pacific Oak, Behringer Harvard, Walton International and Wells Real Estate Funds, among others
Education
  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law 2003
  • M.E., Duke University 2000
  • B.E., Duke University 1997

Awards

The Legal 500 United States

  • Next Generation Partner, REITs (2024)
  • Recommended, REITs (2019)

Chambers USA

  • Band 5, Nationwide REITs (2024)

Publications

Seminars

  • Speaker, "Non-Traded REITs" session, E&Y REIT Conference 2024
  • Moderator and Speaker, "The Keys to International Capital – Global Horizons – Unlocking the Keys to Foreign Capital for Real Estate and Private Credit," IPA Summit 2024  - Capitol Hill Day and Due Diligence Symposium, Washington D.C.
  • Speaker, "Non-Traded REITs" session, E&Y REIT Conference 2022
  • Panelist, "Non-Traded REITs; BDCs; Preferred Stock Offerings: Innovation; Daily NAV REITs; Conversions & Market Outlook," 13th Annual Western Non-traded REIT & Retail Alternative Investment Symposium, December 2017
  • Panelist, "Regulatory Update," 14th Annual The New York Non-Traded REIT & Retail Alternative Investment Symposium, New York, June 12, 2017

Connect

Phone

+1 919 786 2040
(Work, Raleigh)
+1 212 335 4940
(Work, New York)
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