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Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.

Ellington Financial Inc. in its $154 million acquisition of Arlington Asset Investment Corp. for a combination of stock and cash consideration

Co-led ABA Section of Taxation’s comment letter on Treasury and IRS’s proposed regulations under Sections 897 and 892 regarding issues affecting foreign investment in U.S. real estate

IFM Investors in the formation of a joint venture with DigitalBridge to acquire Switch, Inc. in a $11 billion take-private transaction

B&D Holdings in a joint venture with H.I.G. Realty Partners to recapitalize an existing 50 property, 2.2 million square foot portfolio owned by B&D and consisting of industrial properties located in Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, New Mexico, New Jersey and New York and a separate programmatic joint venture to pursue and acquire industrial properties throughout the U.S.

Goldman Sachs in the $245 million acquisition of three Washington state tree fruit packing and farming operations

Preferred Apartment Communities, a REIT owner and operator of Class A multifamily properties and grocery-anchored retail assets, in its $5.8 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT as special tax counsel in its $3.6 billion acquisition by affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate and the spin-off its single-family rental business into Bluerock Homes Trust, a newly formed REIT

DigitalBridge in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings, the largest private owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S.

WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in its $3.1 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

Jera Asset Management and Setzer Properties in formation of a joint venture with the Australian Superannuation Pension Fund, including the roll-up of a seed portfolio of net leased transportation terminal and logistics properties

WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in its $370 million contribution of its U.S. distribution and logistics properties to a joint venture with the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. in its conversion to a REIT

Underwriters to NETSTREIT Corp. in its $259 million initial public offering of common stock

TPG Re Finance Trust, Inc. as special tax counsel in its $325 million commitment of preferred stock and warrants to Starwood Capital Group

Rayonier as special tax counsel in the $554 million acquisition of Pope Resources using an innovative tax-deferred UPREIT structure

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. in its $143 million initial public offering of common stock and subsequent underwritten offerings

NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. as special tax counsel in its merger with Core Paneuro 2019 13 Sarl

The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Owens Realty Mortgage, a specialty finance REIT, in its $200 million merger with Ready Capital Corporation, a real estate finance company

Oncor Electric Delivery Company in its $2.2 billion acquisition of InfraREIT

CYS Investments, an agency mortgage REIT, in its $1.475 billion merger with Two Harbors Investment Corp., a leading hybrid mortgage REIT