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Zach Swartz
Zach Swartz
Partner — Real Estate
Partner — Real Estate

Zach Swartz

Zach Swartz
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

Zach Swartz

Experience Highlights

  • TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. in its $233 million initial public offering and multiple follow-on offerings

  • Undisclosed private vehicle that intends to elect REIT status, formed to originate CRE debt investments in the Southern U.S., in connection with multiple private offerings of common stock

  • Alpine Income Property Trust in its $142.5 million initial public offering and multiple follow-on offerings

  • Undisclosed sponsor in connection with structuring, formation and initial capitalization of a private vehicle that intends to elect REIT status, formed to originate CRE debt investments in the Southern U.S.

  • CTO Realty Growth in its REIT conversion and related transactions

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

  • Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of Riverstone Holdings and Impact Ag, in its $510 million business combination with Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited, a large-scale, diversified agricultural business located in New South Wales, Australia (pending)

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in its $1.39 billion business combination with Hammerhead Resources Inc., a Calgary-based energy company

  • TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. in its $233 million initial public offering and multiple follow-on offerings

  • Undisclosed private vehicle that intends to elect REIT status, formed to originate CRE debt investments in the Southern U.S., in connection with multiple private offerings of common stock

  • Alpine Income Property Trust in its $142.5 million initial public offering and multiple follow-on offerings

  • CTO Realty Growth in multiple offerings of common and preferred stock

  • New York Mortgage Trust in multiple offerings of securities, including preferred stock and convertible notes

  • Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior secured notes by RLJ Lodging Trust

  • Ellington Financial Inc. in multiple offerings of securities, including common stock, preferred stock and senior unsecured notes

  • Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT in its public offerings of common shares

  • Underwriters to Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. in multiple offerings of securities, including common and preferred stock

  • Underwriters to Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. in multiple offerings of securities, including common stock and senior unsecured notes

  • Sales Agents to Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. in its $150 million ATM program

  • Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation in multiple offerings of securities, including common and preferred stock

  • Underwriters to Urban Edge Properties in its $194 million public offering of common stock

  • Underwriters to Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust in multiple offerings of preferred stock

  • Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC, in its $300 million initial public offering of Class A common stock

  • Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp., an ESG-focused SPAC, in its $200 million initial public offering of units

  • First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp., a SPAC, in its $222 million initial public offering of units

  • Live Oak Mobility Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $253 million initial public offering of units

  • Kadem Sustainable Impact Corporation, a SPAC, in its $175 million initial public offering of units

  • Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $552 million initial public offering of units

  • Underwriters to Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II, a SPAC, in its $1.035 billion initial public offering of units

  • Undisclosed sponsor in connection with structuring, formation and initial capitalization of a private vehicle that intends to elect REIT status, formed to originate CRE debt investments in the Southern U.S.

  • CTO Realty Growth in its REIT conversion and related transactions

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

  • Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of Riverstone Holdings and Impact Ag, in its $510 million business combination with Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited, a large-scale, diversified agricultural business located in New South Wales, Australia (pending)

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in its $1.39 billion business combination with Hammerhead Resources Inc., a Calgary-based energy company

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation III, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, in its $1.2 billion business combination with Solid Power, an all-solid-state electric vehicle battery producer

  • Live Oak Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $1.4 billion business combination with Navitas Semiconductor

  • Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its $2.4 billion business combination with ChargePoint

Credentials

  • The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D. summa cum laude, 2012 (Staff Editor, Catholic University Law Review)
  • Juniata College, B.S., Education and Politics, 2008 (Dean’s List; Calvert Ellis Scholarship Recipient)
  • Chambers USA, REITs (Nationwide), 2022-2024; “Up and Coming” in REITs (Nationwide), 2022
  • Selected to the New York Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2024
  • Legal 500 U.S., Real Estate: REITs, 2022; Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2023
  • Selected to the Virginia Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers® (Thomson Reuters), 2022 and 2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Real Estate Law (Richmond), 2021 and 2022
  • Member: CUA Law Alumni Council
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • “SPACs: An Alternative to the Traditional IPO for REITs and Other Real Estate Companies,” V&E New York Office, October 30, 2019 (presenter)