Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNS) in connection with the establishment of a $50 million common stock at-the-market (ATM) offering program.

SUNS is a real estate-focused debt fund organized as a REIT that invests in and finances transitional commercial real estate mortgage projects located across the southern US. SUNS invests, on a leveraged basis, in senior mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, B-notes, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and debt-like preferred equity securities. Hunton represents mortgage REITs and similar finance companies on a broad range of capital markets transactions, and is proud to represent its new client, SUNS.

The Hunton capital markets team that advised on the transaction was led by partners Rob Smith, Kate Saltz, and Kendal Sibley and included counsel Allison Stelter and associates Elizabeth White, Claire Andress, Emily Benedict, and Patrick Tricker.