BarbaraGregoratos

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Barbara Gregoratos is an experienced real estate private equity lawyer, with a broad transactional practice. She represents domestic and foreign clients, including sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, property companies, and corporate users in a variety of transactions, such as high-value purchases and sales (including real estate owned [REO] sales for national banks), investor-side fund investment, negotiating joint ventures for development, acquisition or investment in real estate debt or equity, real estate secured financings, and complex commercial leasing transactions, including ground leases and build-to-suit leases.

Barbara is currently the chair of the Special Investors and Investment Structure Group of the ABA's Real Property Section (2021-2023) and previously was the vice chair of that group and the chair of the ABA's International Investments in Real Estate Committee (2015-2020). She coauthored a chapter titled "Considerations in Structuring a Real Estate Fund," published by Aspatore Press (2008) in Inside the Minds: Fund Formation Strategies and authored a "Real Estate Practical Guidance" module and accompanying transactional forms for Lexis Practice Advisor, a Matthew Bender online resource (2012).

Barbara was a speaker at the 2011 ABA Annual Meeting and at the 2012 and 2015 ABA Real Property Section Spring Symposia in presentations sponsored by the ABA's Real Property Section Committee on International Transactions. She was a program co-chair for an international leasing presentation at the 2017 RPTE Spring Symposia. She has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, and Northern California Super Lawyers numerous times.

Experience

  • Vintage Wine Estates sells Tenma VineyardJones Day advised Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. in the $11 million sale of the Tenma Vineyard in Calistoga, California.
  • NerdWallet acquires On The Barrelhead for $120 millionJones Day advised NerdWallet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRDS), a platform that provides financial guidance to consumers and small- and mid-sized businesses, in its acquisition of On the Barrelhead, Inc. for total consideration of $120 million, consisting of approximately $70 million in cash and $50 million in NerdWallet Class A common stock.
  • Privately-held real estate investment and management company sells 256-unit apartment complex in Las Vegas, NevadaJones Day advised a privately-held real estate investment and management company in the sale of St. Croix Apartments, a 256-unit apartment complex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Greystar acquires $2 billion portfolio from The Finger CompaniesJones Day represented Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC in connection with a $2 billion acquisition of a portfolio from The Finger Companies.
  • DigitalBridge Group, Inc. expands Vantage SDC (Stabilized Data Centers)Jones Day advised Vantage Data Centers on the expansion of the Vantage SDC (Stabilized Data Centers) platform by DigitalBridge Group, Inc. with the acquisition of CA22, a 24MW hyperscale data center serving the strategic Santa Clara, California market, for $539 million.
  • Large regional property manager sells $1 billion portfolio of 27 multifamily propertiesJones Day represented a large regional property manager in its $1 billion sale of a portfolio of 27 multifamily properties consisting of over 500 buildings and close to 8,000 units.
  • Delaware North sells Jumer’s Casino & Hotel to Bally's for $120 millionJones Day advised Delaware North, a global hospitality and entertainment company with operations in the sports, travel hospitality, restaurant and catering, lodging, gaming and specialty retail industries, in the sale of Jumer’s Casino & Hotel in Rock Island, Illinois, to Bally's Corporation for $120 million in cash.
  • Huntington Ingalls sells San Diego Shipyard to Titan Acquisition HoldingsJones Day advised Huntington Ingalls Industries in the sale of its San Diego Shipyard to Titan Acquisition Holdings.
  • AbbVie acquires Mitokinin, Inc.Jones Day advised AbbVie Inc. in its exclusive right to acquire Mitokinin, Inc., a biotechnology company developing PINK1-targeted therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, following completion of IND enabling studies on Mitokinin's lead PINK1 compound.
  • NVIDIA acquires Mellanox Technologies for approximately $7 billionJones Day advised NVIDIA Corporation in its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., an Israel-based leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage.
  • U.S. Steel acquires remaining 50% ownership interest in USS-POSCO Industries from POSCO-California CorporationJones Day advised United States Steel Corporation in its acquisition of POSCO-California Corporation's 50% partnership interest in USS-POSCO Industries, a Pittsburg, California-based producer of cold-rolled sheets, galvanized sheets, and tin mill products made from hot bands, resulting in USS-POSCO Industries becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Steel.
  • Polidev Investments sells 351 California Street to Tidewater Capital and affiliates of merchant banking firmJones Day advised Polidev Investments, Inc. in the sale of 351 California Street, a 16-story office building located in downtown San Francisco, to Tidewater Capital and affiliates of a merchant banking firm.
  • Polidev Investments sells office building in San Francisco’s Jackson Square district to Bridgeton HoldingsJones Day advised Polidev Investments, Inc. in the sale of an office building located at 747 Front St. in San Francisco’s Jackson Square district to Bridgeton Holdings.
  • Trammell Crow forms joint venture agreement to develop 642 residential units in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, CaliforniaJones Day advised Trammell Crow Residential in connection with a construction loan and joint venture agreement to develop 642 residential units to be built in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
  • Cineworld Group completes asset monetization strategies in United States through cinema sale-leaseback transactionsJones Day advised UK headquartered, Cineworld Group PLC in connection with an asset monetization strategy in the United States involving a combined cash consideration of $556.3 million cinema sale-leaseback transactions to convert a substantial portion of Cineworld’s U.S. real estate holdings into cash to leverage its equity and optimize efficiency.
  • Brightstone Capital Partners sells Lantana Media Campus in Santa Monica, CaliforniaJones Day represented Brightstone Capital Partners LLC in connection with the sale of the North Campus portion of a commercial office complex known as Lantana Media Campus in Santa Monica, California.
  • Cubic Corporation enters into synthetic lease to finance construction and development of new corporate headquarters in San Diego, CaliforniaJones Day represented Cubic Corporation in connection with a synthetic lease to finance the construction and development of Cubic's new corporate headquarters in San Diego, California.
  • Parallel Capital Partners sells 12 office buildings located in Sorrento Valley area of San Diego to Boston-based Longfellow Real Estate PartnersJones Day advised Parallel Capital Partners, Inc. in its $112 million sale of 12 office buildings located in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego to Boston-based Longfellow Real Estate Partners.
  • Transwestern sells 300,000 square-foot office park located in San Jose, CaliforniaJones Day advised Transwestern Investment Group in connection with the disposition of a 300,000 square-foot office park located in San Jose, California.
  • Polidev Investments sells 332 Pine Street in San FranciscoJones Day advised Polidev Investments, Inc. in the sale of 332 Pine Street, a historic office building in the financial district of San Francisco, for $36.48 million.
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    Speaking Engagements

    • April 2015
      ABA Real Property Section Spring Symposia
    • May 2012
      RPTE Annual Spring Symposia
    • August 2011
      ABA Annual Meeting

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