Steve Sharkey

Recent Matters

• Assisting a publicly traded REIT in negotiating and closing two joint venture transactions with Wall Street advised pension funds for the joint ownership and operation of regional mall properties
• Representation of a private real estate investor in disposing of 27 retail store properties with over $80 million of gross value in a series of like-kind exchange transactions
• Representation of a private real estate investor in acquiring the midtown Manhattan headquarters of a public company in an $80 million sale-leaseback transaction
• Assisting a foreign real estate investor in completing the disposition of a Washington, DC, office building and the acquisition of a New York City office building as a tax-deferred like-kind exchange transaction
• Representation of a private real estate company in the syndication of state and federal tax credits for a $30 million historic rehabilitation of a mixed-use project in Baltimore, Maryland
• Representation of a real estate subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company in acquiring a 50 percent interest in a joint venture with a regional homebuilder to develop residential lots in Northern Virginia
• Representation of an exclusive private golf club owner in restructuring a $50 million take-back loan facility with the proceeds of a private equity offering and securitized financing
• Representation of a private trust company in organizing a $30 million "feeder fund" to invest in a nationally-recognized venture capital fund
• Assisting a publicly-traded REIT in structuring and implementing a joint venture arrangement with a pension-fund investor permitting the REIT to extract, on a tax-advantaged basis, a substantial portion of its equity in an $185 million pool of commercial office buildings
• Ongoing representation of a top-ten mortgage loan originator in its private placement of REMIC securities