Joseph Galinsky is a real estate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Financings
Represented borrower in its $490 million of mortgage and mezzanine financing for 34 properties located throughout the United States.
Represented borrower in its $103 million financing of industrial properties located in Arkansas, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Tennessee and Virginia.
Represented borrower in its $71.5 million financing of office space located in Nebraska.
QDOBA Restaurant Corporation (“QDOBA”) on the closing of its inaugural $305 million whole business securitization through Qdoba Funding LLC.
Acquisitions and Dispositions
Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $1.5 billion sale of 23 multifamily assets located throughout the United States.
Represented seller in connection with its $57 million sale of student housing located in Maryland.
Joint Ventures
Realterm Asset Management, LLC on the formation of its first co-investment fund, capitalized by certain investors of its open-end Realterm Income Logistics Fund (RLIF) and other new third party investors, the acquisition by RLIF and the co-investment fund of a 49% ownership interest in a portfolio owned by JPMorgan Investment Management, and on the terms of the new joint venture arrangement between Realterm and JPMorgan. The joint venture owns a portfolio of 61 industrial logistics assets located throughout the U.S. and is valued at $1.17 billion. Realterm assembled and has managed the portfolio since its inception and will continue to manage the portfolio as an RLIF investment pursuant to the new joint venture arrangement.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Bain Capital and Diversey in the sale of Diversey Holdings, Ltd. to Solenis for $4.6 billion.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE: IR) in its acquisition of ILC Dover, a world leader in the design and production of highly innovative solutions for biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and medical device markets as well as a leading supplier for the space industry for approximately $2.325 billion (plus an earnout).
Blackstone in its $2.3 billion acquisition of Rover (NASDAQ: ROVR), an online marketplace for pet care.
Olympus Partners-backed Rise Baking Company in its acquisition of two pie facilities from Wonder Brands Holdings and FGF Brands.
Savage in its acquisition of Texon, a midstream service provider of butane blending and energy marketing services.
Gen II in its acquisition of Crestbridge, a provider of private capital fund administration solutions.