Hunton Andrews Kurth Continues Expansion of Real Estate Capital Markets Practice

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the continuing expansion of its nationally recognized real estate capital markets practice with the additions of Counsel Sam Kardon in New York, Associate Elizabeth White in Richmond and Senior Attorney Daniel Martinez in Miami.

Sam is an experienced capital markets attorney with a particular emphasis on the real estate industry and REITs. He advises on underwritten public offerings, as well as a wide range of other public and private securities offerings, including PIPEs, private fund offerings, non-listed REIT offerings and “at the market” programs. He also advises issuers in connection with ongoing SEC reporting obligations and corporate governance matters, as well as mergers and acquisitions and similar transactions. Sam received his AB from Dartmouth College and his JD from Harvard Law School. He joins the firm from Proskauer Rose LLP.

Elizabeth assists clients in public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, other corporate and compliance matters, with a particular concentration on REITs and real estate related companies. Elizabeth receive her BA from Rhodes College and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to joining Hunton, she was an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago. She is licensed to practice in Illinois.

Daniel focuses on a broad range of federal income tax issues including those related to REITs, capital markets and cross-border transactions, private and public mergers and acquisitions, private and public investments funds, financial restructuring, joint ventures, and tax controversies. Daniel received his BS and his MBA from the University of Louisville, his JD from the University of Michigan Law School and his LLM from New York University School of Law. He joins the firm from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

“We are thrilled to welcome Sam, Elizabeth and Daniel to the firm. The global economic recovery continues to drive increased capital markets and other financing activities by our clients, particularly in the REIT sector. We remain committed to providing a leading, fully-integrated and multidisciplinary real estate capital markets practice to help our clients achieve their business goals, and will continue to add resources to the practice group to meet growing client needs,” said real estate capital markets partner Rob Smith.

Hunton Andrews Kurth has been among the most active firms in the REIT industry for decades. We have handled more than 155 IPOs and Rule 144A equity offerings, and more than 1,100 real estate capital markets transactions involving more than 210 REITs and other real estate companies. We are consistently ranked nationally for REIT equity and debt transactions as both issuer’s and underwriters’ counsel. We pride ourselves on our long-term relationships with real estate industry clients. Our focus and broad activity in the space keep us at the forefront of industry developments.