Media Coverage
Source: Law360
Media Coverage
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas
01.19.17
A Commonwealth Partners subsidiary’s purchase of an iconic Manhattan building for nearly $2 billion – a matter on which Pillsbury advised – was one of the largest real estate deals of 2016, according to Law360.
The publication identified the subsidiary’s $1.94 billion acquisition of the 787 Seventh Ave. building from AXA Deutsche Bank as the biggest to occur in the first six-months of 2016. It was the sixth largest overall.
The cross-office Pillsbury team that handled the matter was led by New York Real Estate partner Caroline Harcourt and San Francisco senior counsel Alan Pomerantz. Others who worked on the deal included Real Estate partner Peter Freeman, senior associate Doug Pyle, attorney Stephanie Ray, associates Patrick Herndon, Jessica Lee, Noel Vales, Matt Valdez, Adam Weaver and Kevin Webb; Litigation partner Debbie Baum; Executive Compensation and Benefits partner Peter Hunt; Environmental, Land Use and Natural Resources partner Jeff Knight; Insolvency & Restructuring partners Patrick Potter and Chris Mirick and senior associate Dania Slim; Tax Counsel Nora Burke; and Finance partner Tom Gump.