American Real Estate Partners (AREP), a leading institutional fund manager and real estate developer, and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM), a leading global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York with over US$1 trillion of assets under management, announced that affiliates of Brookfield have agreed to acquire a minority interest in AREP for an undisclosed amount.
Latham & Watkins LLP represents American Real Estate Partners in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Los Angeles partner Julian Kleindorfer, New York partner Alex Kelly, Chicago partner Owen Alexander, and New York partner Thomas Lee, with associates Bridget O’Connell, Ebenezer Abaidoo, Samyung Han, Wendy Li, and Soren Schwartz. Advice was provided on executive compensation and benefits matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman, with associate Rebecca Fishbein; on tax matters by Los Angeles partner Pardis Zomorodi; on funds regulatory matters by Chicago partners Laura Ferrell and Jennifer Tian, with associate Katherine Ryan; on investment funds matters by New York partner Erin Bergey; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jeffrey Tochner, with associate Ece Gonulal; on labor and employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associate Alexis Grinstead; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte; on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz; on real estate matters by Chicago counsel Jeffrey Anderson; on energy regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Natasha Gianvecchio; on antitrust matters by Bay Area partner Kelly Fayne and counsel Jamie Sadler; on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner James Barker, with associate Stephen Keith; on sanctions and trade controls matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrew Galdes; and on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kevin Chambers.
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