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The 11th Annual US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum * June 3-4, 2010 * New York, NY

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  Lead Sponsor(s)  


Duval & Stachenfeld LLP has one of the most highly-regarded real estate practices in the U.S. Since the Firms inception, the Real Estate Group has distinguished itself by creating a practice focused on complex, sophisticated transactional work.

Our Real Estate Group has close to 30 attorneys, making us one of the largest groups in New York City. We also have a significant Distressed Real Estate Group (with approximately 40 attorneys) that combines the expertise of our real estate lawyers, bankruptcy lawyers, structured finance lawyers and litigators, who work in concert to successfully effectuate our clients business objectives.

We are veterans of over 2000 transactions in our 13-year history, almost all through complex structures.

We are one of the few real estate groups that can represent all sides of the capital structure this includes property purchasers and sellers, borrowers and lenders, co-venture partners, mezzanine lenders, preferred equity providers and landlords and tenants.

Some highlights of particular Duval & Stachenfeld expertise are as follows: (i) co-venture work (i.e., partnerships, limited liability companies and co-ventures); (ii) distressed workouts; (iii) complex financing transactions (from the point of view of the borrower, lender, mezzanine lender or other participant in the capital stack); and (iv) messy situations (whether arising from multiple players with conflicting goals or a multi-partner transactions) where creativity is needed to come up with a solution that not only solves our clients problems but leads to a positive resolution.

Sometimes our clients use other law firms for smaller or less difficult matters; however, when the chips are down or the matter is complex, we are proud that our clients invariably turn to us.

  Platinum Sponsor(s)  


Goodwin Procter LLP is one of Americas leading law firms, with 850 attorneys and offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The firm is a leader in providing innovative legal services to the real estate and real estate capital markets industry, with over 100 lawyers focused on serving public and private owners, investment managers, investors, developers, operators, municipalities, lenders and other holders of debt interests, and investment bankers. We recently expanded to London, where our attorneys focus on the hospitality and leisure industry and the representation of real estate investment management firms. Leading real estate companies and entrepreneurs continually seek out our guidance in deploying capital for investments in real estate, structuring and restructuring debt, and executing a wide variety of growth and value-oriented investment strategies. In recent years, the firms attorneys have assisted clients in transactions, restructurings, investments and public and private capital raises totaling in excess of US$250 billion.


  Gold Sponsor(s)  


Dewey & LeBoeuf is a full-service law firm providing counsel throughout the Americas, Europe, Russia/the CIS, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. With more than 1,200 lawyers in major financial and commercial centers, the firm represents national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and government agencies in their most complex legal matters.

Dewey & LeBoeuf has one of the preeminent private equity, real estate and hedge fund practices in the world. We represent international clients in connection with fund formation, the acquisition of portfolio investments and the implementation of exit strategies. Lawyers resident in our international network of offices have extensive experience with all alternative asset classes, including leveraged buy-outs, venture capital and later-stage growth equity investments, mezzanine and distressed investments, real estate ventures and opportunity funds, funds-of-funds and hedge fund investments. We also represent secondaries funds and institutional investors seeking liquidity in connection with the transfer of illiquid portfolios of alternative assets. Our representation of real estate private equity funds includes cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and capital markets transactions.




Greenberg Traurig is an international law firm with more than 1750 lawyers and governmental affairs professionals in 32 offices across the United States and in Europe and Asia. Our Real Estate Fund practice provides advice on sophisticated real estate structures, financings, workouts, restructurings, and acquisitions and dispositions of all asset classes of real estate in collaboration with attorneys in the Tax, Corporate, Regulatory, and Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Practice Groups. GT is often able to maximize the opportunities that may accompany distressed asset situations through practical and aggressive representation in reorganizations, bankruptcies, restructurings, workouts and buyouts. Please visit www.gtlaw.com for more information.




Hilco Real Estate, LLC (HRE) is a leading provider of lease restructuring / renewal programs (blend and extend) in conjunction with retail locations, office locations, warehouses, distribution centers and other property types, one-off or on a portfolio-wide basis. We also make partnership acquisitions of properties for expansion through traditional M&A transactions, both domestic and international, or from within bankruptcies. Where property disposition services are required, HRE manages the sale of non-essential owned or leased properties through brokerage services and auctions. We also provide real estate appraisals in conjunction with acquisitions, dispositions, financings or restructuring. Lastly, HRE offers a comprehensive platform of real estate asset and property management services as well as debt management services, including lender workout advisory, problem loan management and restructuring, OREO asset management and disposition services. Unlike ordinary brokerages and other real estate advisors, youll find HRE very flexible in structuring compensation plans based on the success we achieve for our clients. We are uniquely experienced in the world of distressed real estate. For more information, please visit our website: www.hilcorealestate.com.





  Silver Sponsor(s)  


AlixPartners is a global firm of senior professionals that specializes in improving corporate financial and operational performance, executing corporate turnarounds, and providing litigation-consulting and forensic-accounting services when it really matters.

AlixPartners has a long, deep history in commercial (and corporate) real estate-including our engagement at General Growth Properties Inc., perhaps the largest and most complex real estate restructuring in the world. Our experts experience includes also high-profile workouts, restructurings and reorganizations at Travelers Life Insurance Co., Prudential Financial Inc., Trump Organization Inc., Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and Mellon Bank Corp., as well as many significant real estate transactions, serving private-equity clients among others. Additionally, we offer real estate assistance to healthy companies, and real estate support in valuation and litigation cases.

At AlixPartners, we make a difference by serving our clients with senior teams, a total commitment to getting results and compensation models aligned directly with our clients goals. In todays business environment, the margin of error is thin; companies need seasoned advisors. AlixPartners has the deepest bench of just such professionals.

For more information, visit www.alixpartners.com.



Cooley is a national law firm, representing the foremost private and public companies across a wide variety of industries. Our cross-disciplinary approach enables our attorneys to seamlessly address all aspects of real estate transactions. We are business people who truly understand our clients' objectives and the practical realities of the real estate and capital markets.

With 650 attorneys throughout the U.S., Cooley has the range and expertise to serve companies of all sizes as they position themselves in today's marketplace. Our clients include financial institutions, real estate investment funds, real estate investment trusts, real estate owners and developers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, private equity firms, professional services firms, and other business organizations.






Deloittes Real Estate Services Group provides a full range of professional services specific to the real estate industry. The Real Estate Services Group is part of Deloittes in-depth, industry-focused approach to client service and is committed to bringing leading sector insights, ideas and world-class services to the organizations we serve. Visit us online at http://www.deloitte.com/us/realestate to learn more about Deloittes real estate practice and to access our complimentary Dbriefs webcast series, Deloitte Insights podcast program and innovative industry research.



Todays real estate industry must adopt new approaches to address regulatory requirements and financial risks - while meeting the challenges of expanding globally and achieving sustainable growth. The Ernst & Young Global Real Estate Center brings together a worldwide team of professionals to help you achieve your potential - a team with deep technical experience in providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The Center works to anticipate market trends, identify the implications and develop points of view on relevant industry issues. Ultimately it enables us to help you meet your goals and compete more effectively. Its how Ernst & Young makes a difference.



FTI Schonbraun McCann Group (SMG) is a global consulting firm dedicated to creating integrated financial, tax and real estate solutions for clients having underlying value in real estate operations and assets. SMG provides an unsurpassed range of advisory services and represents leading public and private real estate entities including owners/developers, financial institutions, investment banks, opportunity funds, insurance companies, hedge funds, and pension advisors who are challenged by today's changing market conditions. FTI Schonbraun McCann Group is the real estate advisory business of FTI Consulting, Inc.



G2 Real Estate Partners, a subsidiary of G2 Investment Group, is a real estate merchant bank formed in 2009 to take advantage of a broad range of real estate opportunities in several key business lines:

• Investment Management. Investment vehicles targeting specific sectors and strategies, managed by dedicated investment teams with proven track records.

• Commercial Real Estate Lending. Loan origination for all property types in conjunction with capital partners, managed by well-known, seasoned real estate finance professionals.

• Advisory. Leading real estate advisory firm at the forefront of restructuring technologies for all real estate situations and capital positions. Over 50 assignments relating to over $6 billion aggregate face amount of debt over the past 12 months

• Development Planning. Experienced architecture and planning team that adds significant value to development assets through planning, entitlement, design and branding.
G2 has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong.




Haynes and Boone, LLP is one of the leading U.S. law firms representing agent banks in subscription and capital commitment loan facilities to real estate private equity funds. The firm's attorneys were instrumental in developing the structure and documentation of these facilities in the late 1980s. Since then, the real estate private equity fund industry has grown from a primarily U.S. domestic market to a global real estateprivate equity market with increasingly more complex fund structures.Our continuing extensive representation of agent banks in these facilities and our understanding of this market adds value to the work we do for our clients. The firm's representation of commercial and investment banks in capital commitment subscription financings has received top honors for its work with real estate private equity funds in North America, Europe and Asia.

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, California, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Moscow, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With almost 550 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal. The firm has been recognized as one of the "Best Corporate Law Firms in America" (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2001-2009), as one of "The Best 20 Law Firms to Work For" (Vault.com, 2008), and as a Top 100 law firm for both diversity (MultiCultural Law Magazine, 2009) and women (Women 3.0, 2008).







Mayer Brown LLP is one of the largest law firms in the world, with more than 1,650 lawyers in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our extensive real estate investment fund practice brings together experienced attorneys from across practice areas and offices worldwide to enable our fund sponsor, advisor and investor clients to structure their real estate funds and investments creatively and efficiently to maximize fundraising flexibility and opportunities. Mayer Brown lawyers represent funds and their sponsors in connection with fund formations, investments and joint venture transactions, administrative and regulatory matters, and disposition transactions. The breadth, depth and diversity of our real estate fund practice, combined with our creative structuring and problem-solving approach, makes us one of the pre-eminent teams in the field.








REIT Funding helps private REITs meet the 100 shareholder requirement for REIT status by making the task of finding and administering the shareholders simple and secure. We have a pool of 1,000+ accredited investors many of whom are Qualified Purchasers allowing us to attract and secure 100 shareholders in a fraction of the time and at a lower cost than other methods. And, we have the systems to make the complex task of ongoing shareholder administration simple. Since 1998, REIT Funding has provided shareholders to more than 800 private REITs with combined common equity exceeding $160 billion. In the process we have raised $100 million, $1,000 at a time.





McGladrey? assurance, tax and consulting services meet the needs of diverse local and global real estate clients. Our dedicated real estate practice serves real estate owners, developers, occupiers, investors and lenders and has experience with public REITs, opportunity funds and closely held businesses. When you work with people who know the industry and your unique business, you gain the insight you need to navigate todays volatile real estate markets. This is the power of being understood. This is McGladrey. Learn more at mcgladrey.com.
McGladrey is the brand under which RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP serve clients business needs. The two firms operate as separate legal entities in an alternative practice structure. Together, the companies rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services (source: Accounting Today), with 7,000 professionals and associates in nearly 90 offices.










  Bronze Sponsor(s)  


For 25 years, Alvarez & Marsal has set the standard for working with organizations to solve complex problems, boost operating performance and maximize value for stakeholders.
As a leading, independent global professional services firm, we draw on a deep operational heritage and hands-on approach to deliver comprehensive performance improvement, turnaround management and business advisory services. Our clients range from global enterprises to middle market companies that are both publicly held or privately owned. Accountable for delivering results up and down the balance sheet, Alvarez & Marsal professionals work with large and mid-cap private equity firms, corporate management and boards of directors. A&M also applies its core revenue enhancement and cost management capabilities across industry sectors, with dedicated industry expertise in financial services, healthcare, real estate and the public sector. All Alvarez & Marsal professionals bring a bias toward action and results.

Whether partnering with management in an advisory capacity or serving in an interim management role, our team of seasoned professionals based in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America focuses on producing results, driving change and affecting outcomes.

Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services works closely with owners, investors, lenders, regulators, and corporate users of real estate to develop and execute sophisticated real estate strategies aimed at improving operations, unlocking value, minimizing risk, or maximizing recovery from real estate related assets.

Building on Alvarez & Marsal's operational heritage, A&M Real Estate Advisory Services adds further depth to A&M's core problem-solving competency for healthy and troubled companies.

To meet the need for high-level, independent counsel, A&M Real Estate Advisory Services has assembled a team of experienced professionals to provide objective financial advice and analysis, transaction support, and strategy consulting to national and international clients across a broad range of industries, including finance, healthcare, retail, transportation, technology, and telecommunications.







Asset Revitalization Solutions, LLC (ARS), is a distressed asset investor, special servicer and due diligence provider. The firms executive management team has over 25 years experience handling over $15 billion in distressed assets in both the public and private sectors. Their experience includes general partner management of 6 public/private investment partnerships as well as extensive federal government contracting. A strategic alliance with Shay Investment Services, Inc. a Miami broker/dealer provides access to proprietary deal flow from community banks nationwide. ARS has raised initial investment capital from CV Starr & Co. and is interested in pursuing other strategic alliances.




Ballard Spahr LLP, an Am Law 100 firm with more than 475 lawyers in 12 offices in the United States, provides a range of services in real estate, business and finance, intellectual property, litigation, and public finance. It's Real Estate Department represents corporate, institutional, entrepreneurial, and public clients in acquisition, development, financing, leasing, sales and other flagship transactions. It's Distressed Real Estate Initiative represents clients engaged in all facets of distressed real estate transactions, from property acquisition and loan restructuring to redevelopment and bankruptcy negotiations.
The firm combines a national scope of practice with strong regional market knowledge. For more information, please visit www.ballardspahr.com.




Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the marketing name for the global banking and global markets businesses of Bank of America Corporation delivers capital raising, financial advisory and risk management solutions, bulge-bracket trading and global distribution services, and objective research on global markets and growth sectors to corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions and government entities.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is one of the world's preeminent real estate financial partners, delivering market insights and the full spectrum of capital raising and strategic advisory solutions. Clients range from residential and commercial developers, to investors, funds and operating companies, homebuilders, REITS and mortgage banking companies. Our products and services include: Equity Subscription Financing, Construction Project Financing, REIT and Homebuilder Financing, Debt and Equity Capital Raising, and M&A Advisory, in addition to Treasury Management, Interest Rate Management, Portfolio Acquisitions, Credit Lease Financing, and Mortgage Backed Securities. For more information on Real Estate Investment Banking contact Ron Sturzenegger ron.sturzenegger@baml.com and on Commercial Real Estate Banking contact Gene Godbold gene.godbold@baml.com. For additional information on Real Estate Structured Finance contact Michael Mazzei michael.mazzei@baml.com and on Real Estate Syndicated Finance contact Mark D. Monte mark.d.monte@baml.com.



BlackRock Solutions gives clients access to the same intellectual capital, risk analytics, and investment platform used to support our investment management business. Our Aladdin investment and risk management platform allows clients to maximize performance through superior analytics, high quality data, and streamlined processes. Our advisory practice focuses on solving complex problems for financial institutions through tailored, unbiased financial market advice and integrated project execution. This includes providing leading advisory, asset management, and analytical services for holders of commercial real estate debt and equity.








CBRE Econometric Advisors (EA) is the premier provider of commercial real estate forecasting and investment strategy services. Founded in 1982, its research and investment strategy services cover all quadrants of the real estate markets, including public, private, debt and equity. Boston-based EA provides unrivaled, insightful analysis and opinions based on its highly academic approach, its twenty-five years of experience and its access to deal specific information from its parent company CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. CBRE Econometric Advisors has earned international recognition with its highly rigorous and reliable forecasting models, a proven record of accomplishment, and sophisticated analytical expertise.





Since its founding in 1913, Chapman and Cutler LLP has focused on finance. The firm has represented market participants in all aspects of banking, real estate finance, corporate finance and securities and public finance transactions since its inception. That mission and focus continue to this day.

We have long enjoyed a national reputation as a result of our extensive experience in real estate finance. We represent lenders and investors in all types of real estate and real-estate related transactions, including capital call facilities, mortgage financings, construction loans, credit tenant lease transactions, project financings, acquisitions and dispositions of real estate assets, and a variety of other real estate related transactions. Such transactions have involved types of real estate assets including multifamily housing projects, hotels, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, cogeneration facilities and retail centers.

We recognize the need for creativity in structuring real estate related transactions to meet the needs of all participants and the firm is accustomed to participating in the structuring process. Our goals throughout such transactions are to provide the best possible legal advice, responsive service and clear and concise documentation in a timely manner.




J.P. Morgan Private Equity & Real Estate Services is a market leading provider of outsourced private equity, real estate and infrastructure solutions for investment managers and institutional investors globally. J.P. Morgan's strengths earned top ranking three years in a row by Global Custodian�s independent client survey, and this year was recognized with the most Best in Class service category awards. The team also earned recognition by Private Equity International as the 2009 Global Infrastructure Fund Administrator of the Year.


As part of Chase Commercial Banking, Chase Commercial Real Estate offers full service banking to investors and developers of institutional-grade real estate properties.












Cortland Capital Market Services provides independent fund administration, asset servicing and securitization services to the alternative investment community. Cortland specializes in servicing complex transactions for the Commercial Real Estate, Syndicated Bank Loan, and Asset-Backed Securities markets. Combining experienced professionals and proven process technology, Cortland offers the suite of services required by hedge funds, asset managers, loan pool buyers, loan originators and loan syndicates, credit committees, and attorneys to run their day-to-day business. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Cortland administers over $3 billion of assets for more than 50 clients. To learn more call Lora Peloquin at (312) 564-5055, Michael Dombai at (312) 564-5095, Tom Pearson at (312) 564-5090, or visit us at www.cortlandcms.com.











Building strong and substantial client relationships remains the compass for DLA Pipers business strategy and future development. Today, we have 3,500 lawyers in more than 67 offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. With a direct presence in nearly 30 countries, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice areas than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our client commitment is also our brand everything matters when it comes to the way we serve and interact with our clients. If it matters to them, it matters to us.












For more than 90 years, J.H. Cohn has cultivated its reputation for honesty, integrity, technical excellence, and genuine concern for clients. We've worked hard to become our clients' primary advisors, providing informed, objective advice, and services designed to help them reach their business goals. The dedicated partners of our Real Estate Industry Practice provide the audit, tax, and consulting solutions that real estate funds need in an ever-changing environment. Our teams help clients minimize risk when strategically acquiring and divesting assets, improve accounting and internal controls, and streamline financial operations. We resolve complicated tax issues related to fund structure. We are passionate about our reputation, our value proposition, our clients' and staff's success, and our role as community leaders. As one of the largest independent accounting and consulting firms in the country, our clients still count on our unique approach to address their specific business challenges. For more information, please visit us online at www.jhcohn.com .








Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York and Paris. Firm lawyers are leading practitioners who understand their clients businesses, demonstrate a strong focus on client service and offer innovative and practical solutions. Kramer Levin represents Global 1000 and emerging growth companies, institutions and individuals, across a broad range of industries. The firm has received the highest rankings and honors from Best Lawyers, Chambers USA/Global, Lawdragon, Super Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, Institutional Investor, Dealflow Media, Investment Dealers Digest, Legal 500 and Real Estate Weekly, among others.






Landmark Partners is a private equity and real estate investment company specializing in the acquisition of venture capital, mezzanine, buyout, and real estate investments through secondary transactions. Over 90% of our capital is committed to secondary funds with the remaining committed to our co-investment, fund-of-funds, and direct growth capital investment programs. Landmark has formed 27 funds over the last 21 years, capitalized at more than $8.3 billion. The firm was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and London, England.



Liquid Realty is an independent San Francisco‐based investment management firm that invests globally in private real estate funds, partnerships and trusts. Liquid Realty believes it is the only firm dedicated exclusively to real estate secondary and recapitalization investing, and that it possesses leading market share in terms of rounding liquidity and Portfolio Management choices to institutional real estate LPs.

Liquid Realty also focuses on recapitalization and rescue capital opportunities to de-leverage high quality investments suffering under adverse market conditions.
















Milestone Advisors, LLC is a FINRA licensed broker/dealer headquartered in Washington, DC, with additional offices in New York, NY; Newport Beach, CA; and Miami, FL.

Milestone's core focus is providing investment banking services to institutions and companies within the financial services sector. Milestone's professionals have particular expertise in working with:


  • Banks and Thrifts
  • Commercial, Consumer and Mortgage Finance Companies
  • Accounts Receivable Management and BPO Firms
  • Insurance and Re-Insurance Companies
  • Asset Managers


We advise our clients on:

  • Asset Valuations
  • Loan Strategies
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Finance Solutions
  • Restructuring
  • Merchant Banking
  • Other Strategic Alternatives




Mountain Real Estate Capital is the equity investment division of the Mountain Real Estate Group, which also includes Mountain Funding and Mountain Asset Management. MREC is focused on three product lines: acquisition of bank REO/NPL portfolios; acquisition of individual opportunistic assets; and joint ventures with builders. Since being formed in 1993 by Peter Fioretti, Mountain has been a leading private capital source for opportunistic developers, builders and operators. In the current environment, builders have been teaming up with MREC nationally to capitalize on opportunities either through the restructure of their existing capital or the joint purchase of new opportunities. Many of Mountain�s professionals joined in 2009 from GMAC-ResCap�s Business Capital Group, where they were responsible for the management and disposition of over $1 billion of development assets. MREG is a partner in a $1 billion opportunity fund, and closed approximately $100 million of acquisitions/ventures in first quarter 2010. www.mountainfunding.com



NAI Global is the premier network of commercial real estate firms and one of the largest real estate services providers worldwide. Whether it is discretely evaluating an acquisition target or scouring your own portfolio for hidden gems, our team adds significant value pre- and post-acquisition. We work with clients to identify strengths and weaknesses in their real estate equity and loan portfolios, and implement strategies to optimize the value of their assets. Our full-service approach includes acquisition/disposition, valuation, leasing, property/project management and workouts/restructurings. With 5,000 local experts and 325 offices in 55 countries, NAI is ready to assist you on moment's notice.



Park Hill Real Estate Group LLC, a registered broker-dealer with FINRA, is the placement agent of choice by top-tier real estate investment managers and operators. Members of the Park Hill team execute a variety of capital-raising mandates within both the debt and equity markets on a global basis. These mandates vary greatly with respect to size, scope and orientation. The strategies are spread across the risk/return spectrum yet consistently focus on managers with a proven ability to create value.

Managers are selected from Park Hills extensive network of relationships with domestic and international sponsors. After a thorough evaluation of the managers and their strategies, Park Hill Real Estate Group provides sponsors with guidance and expertise in real estate finance and structuring and assists its clients in identifying appropriate long-term, sophisticated property investors worldwide with whom they can partner and grow.

In all of its efforts, Park Hill Real Estate Group embodies integrity and discretion when serving its clients.

Park Hill Real Estate Group is an affiliate of The Blackstone Group, one of the worlds leading global alternative asset managers and financial advisory firms. From time to time, the Park Hill Real Estate Group assists Blackstone with capital-raising for its real estate investment strategies.







The efficient execution of real estate capital markets transactions requires a unique expertise from a variety of disciplines - corporate, tax, and real estate law. Proskauer is a one of the nation's leading law firms, proving a wide range of legal services to clients worldwide with an unparalleled depth of experience in real estate capital markets. The firm's outstanding list of real estate capital markets clients include REITs (publicly traded, non-traded publicly offered and private), opportunity funds, real estate companies, underwriters of real estate securities, institutional lenders, real estate pension advisors and real estate venture capital firms. The Firm has been, and continues to be, at the forefront of real estate capital markets developments. Proskauer attorneys have pioneered a number of structures and techniques in real estate securities, including the first non-traded publicly offered REIT with a substantial subordinated capital contribution by the sponsor used to pay front-end fees for a larger than customary residual interest, the unique "paper clip REIT structure for hotel REITs," structuring one of the first limited partnership tender offers and creating a preferred equity product to be utilized instead of mezzanine debt.





Founded in 2000, Real Capital Analytics, Inc. is a global research firm based in New York City. The firm's proprietary research is focused exclusively on the investment market for commercial real estate. Within that arena, Real Capital Analytics offers the most in-depth, comprehensive and current information of activity in the industry. In addition to collecting transactional information for property sales and financings, RCA interprets data such as capitalization rates, market trends, pricing and sales volume. RCA also quantifies the market forces and identifies the trends that affect the pricing and liquidity of commercial real estate around the world. The firm publishes a series of Capital Trend reports and offers an online service that provides current transactional and troubled asset information for all markets globally. For more information, visit: http://www.rcanalytics.com.




















The Situs Companies is a leading provider of global commercial real estate advisory services to the financial services industry. Since 1985, clients have relied on Situs’ experience, insight and best-in-class processes. Combining creativity, flexibility and strategic planning, the company offers life of the loan solutions from due diligence to disposition. The company is recognized throughout the industry for consulting, advisory, servicing, outsourcing and disposition solutions. More recently, the company entered into a strategic relationship with Oasis Real Estate Partners LLC to provide consulting services with respect to commercial real estate debt, restructurings and acquisitions. Situs is headquartered in Houston and has offices throughout the United States and Europe. Oasis Real Estate Partners LLC is headquartered in New York.







Standard Chartered PLC is a leading international bank, listed on the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges. It has operated for over 150 years in some of the world's most dynamic markets and earns around 90 per cent of its income and profits in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This geographic focus and commitment to developing deep relationships with clients and customers has driven the Bank’s growth in recent years.

Standard Chartered maintains an intense focus on forming long-term and deep partnerships with clients. Across our network, our strategic and differentiated approach to client relationships includes comprehensive global, regional and local account support. A direct result of our local expertise and strong domestic presence across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank combines international strengths and perspectives, extensive product capabilities and a unique cross-border network.

Spanning more than 70 countries, Standard Chartered’s Wholesale Banking business provides a wide range of solutions to help corporate and institutional clients facilitate commerce and finance across some of the fastest growing markets and trade corridors in today’s global economy.








Sterling American Property Inc is a real estate investment affiliate of Sterling Equities and American Securities LP. Its Sponsors have a successful 35-year history of national real estate development, acquisition and asset management. Since 1991, Sterling American Propertys five consecutive real estate funds have invested in more than $4 billion of assets in 43 states, often in conjunction with strong regional joint venture partners. Sterling Americans most recent fund is Sterling American Property V. Fund V is a discretionary fund in excess of $600 million that will invest in all forms of real estate, with an emphasis on office and multifamily opportunities. Sterling American Property Inc. is nationally recognized for its ability to respond quickly and with entrepreneurial agility to opportunities and market changes. For more information about Sterling American, please visit www.sterlingamerican.com.



Summer Street Advisors, LLC (SSA) is a commercial real estate and financial services advisory firm founded by alumni of GE Capital Real Estates Global Valuation Team. SSA offers a rigorous risk management approach in providing real estate/loan investment analysis and valuation, transaction due diligence, bank and REIT advisory, asset/portfolio management and workout. SSAs principals have a combined 125 years worth of real estate, finance and banking experience. Since inception in late 2009, SSA has completed advisory assignments on over $13 Billion of assets for top tier private equity firms, hedge funds, banks and private investors.



Trepp, LLC is the nation’s leading source of risk assessment tools, information, analytics and technology about commercial real estate lending and finance. Utilizing the largest proprietary database of commercial real estate loans – over 100,000 distinct loans valued at more than $1 trillion – and sophisticated, comprehensive models, Trepp offers access to the most in-depth information for monitoring, pricing and analyzing commercial real estate loans.

Trepp’s tools are delivered through the web and Bloomberg systems, and are utilized by over 500 institutional clients representing insurance companies, (investment) banks, pension funds, asset managers and regulators. Recently the Federal Reserve Bank of New York selected Trepp as the collateral monitor for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) Program.

Trepp is a wholly owned subsidiary of DMG Information, which is a part of the Daily Mail Group, the largest media company in Britain. Visit www.trepp.com for more information.

















WestLB AG is one of Germanys leading financial services providers and offers the full range of products and services of a universal bank, focusing on lending, corporates and structured finance, capital market and private equity products, transaction services and real estate finance.
WestLB has total assets of 242.3 billion, as of December 31, 2009. For more information, please visit www.westlb.com.

In the United States, certain securities, trading, brokerage and advisory services are provided by WestLBs wholly owned subsidiary WestLB Securities Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member of the NASD and SIPC.

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The Institutional Real Estate Letter is a monthly publication covering the $4.8 trillion institutional real estate market. Written for the plan sponsor community, The Letter gives pension fund advisers, consultants and others serving this industry inside information on investment patterns, trends and strategies. To subscribe, please call 925-933-4040 and ask for client services.



IPE Real Estate is the new quarterly property publication, bought to you by Investment & Pensions Europe. IPE Real Estate will explore key issues ranging from the differences in direct and indirect investment through to benchmarking, performance and fees. With regular investor interviews, regional focuses, news analysis, major surveys and international market results, IPE Real Estate aims to provide Europes institutional investors and pension funds with a comprehensive information source.

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Institutional Real Estate Newsline is a weekly electronic newsletter. IREN provides a digest of topical news and up-to-date information on institutional investment in real estate gleaned from a variety of news sources. Topics covered include manager searches, mergers, joint ventures, research, legislation, property transactions, development and industry conference updates. To subscribe, please call 925-933-4040 and ask for client services.



Leebug www.leebug.com is a free, interactive social networking site for people attending conferences. It allows event participants to network before, during and after an event. It provides tools to make every connection a strategic one and empowers interactions that will enhance the users ability to build relationships.




Preqin is the leading source of information for the alternative assets industry, providing data and analysis via online databases, publications and bespoke data requests.

Preqin has built a reputation in the alternative assets industry for providing the most comprehensive and extensive information possible (Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Hedge Funds). Leading alternative assets professionals from around the world rely on Preqins services daily, and its data and statistics are regularly quoted by the financial press.

More information available at: www.preqin.com




Private Equity Wire daily, global online news for managers and investors

- new launches, investment/transaction activity and essential market intelligence on private equity delivered daily, direct-to-desktop.

Private Equity Wire, the daily online global news and website service for managers, investors and service providers involved in private equity, has been launched by London-based Hedgemedia Ltd, publishers of Hedgeweek, to service the rapidly growing demand for information on this asset class.



Property Funds World daily, global online news for manager, investors and service suppliers in property funds

- new launches, investment/transaction activity and essential market intelligence on property funds delivered daily, direct-to-desktop.



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Real Estate Finance & Investment (REFI) covers both real estate capital raising and real estate fund management. Every week, real estate bankers, investment bankers, REITs, developers and pension fund managers turn to Real Estate Finance & Investment for breaking news in the commercial property markets, real estate capital markets, the CMBS market. Additional coverage includes fund managers real estate investment strategies and analysis of trends both in the U.S. and international markets.
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SNL Financial is the recognized authority for timely, accurate, comprehensive, and relevant information on the banking, specialized financial services, real estate, insurance, and energy industries. Through its database services, electronic and online newsletters, data publications, and custom research, SNL provides leading industry professionals, executives, and investors with key financial, market, corporate, and M&A data alongside breaking news and analysis.







The Commercial Observer is the definitive source for Commercial Real Estate news in New York City. It provides an exclusive inside look at the big players and major deals in the worlds most important real estate market. The weekly provides an essential mix of breaking news, interviews, features and in-depth analyses for those following the New York Commercial real estate industry. Distributed to over 9,000 of the most powerful industry leaders The Commercial Observer is the most targeted way to reach commercial real estates elite players.

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Condo Hotel Center is the #1 resource for information on condo hotels around the world. Its comprehensive website features numerous articles on the condo hotel concept, as well as data, photos and pricing on individual condo hotel properties.

On the website, you can also subscribe to their free Property Alert newsletter to be notified when new condo hotel properties come on the market. Visit www.CondoHotelCenter.com.