He regularly represents both the “money” and “sponsor” side of real estate transactions and has significant experience at all levels of the real estate private equity capital stack.

He also advises clients in connection with the formation, structuring and recapitalization of real estate operating companies/platforms (including private REITs), programmatic joint venture arrangements, and real estate investment funds and other investment vehicles, including sponsor capital and GP-capital funds.

In addition, Pej has significant experience in preferred equity transactions, construction financing, mortgage- and mezzanine-financing arrangements, ground leases, the acquisition and disposition of real property (including entity level sales), and the formation and structuring of “qualified opportunity zone funds” and “qualified opportunity zone businesses”.

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• Represented ATCO Properties on a variety of real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, and various property-level and up-tier joint ventures transactions and other equity arrangements for property investments around the US*
• Represented a client in connection with a discretionary programmatic capital allocation from an institutional fund for the funding of so-called “sponsor capital” for the acquisition of properties throughout the NYC area*
• Represented an institutional client in connection with various debt and equity investments in a variety of real estate operating company platforms through multi-tiered joint venture structures and through the formation of real estate funds*
• Represented ATCO Properties in all aspects of the formation and operation of an equity platform formed to develop a multi-phase 70-acre planned community in Charlotte and subsequent joint venture arrangements from property-level institutional capital providers for the phased development of the community*
• Represented Colony NorthStar, Inc. in all aspects of the acquisition of an ownership interest in RXR Realty’s portfolio of New York City properties having a value exceeding $6.5 billion and consisting of 108 properties, and the launch of a new non-traded REIT platform*
• Represented Colony NorthStar, Inc. in connection with various strategic investments in real estate operating company platforms including a European AIFMD-approved asset manager and a select-service hotel operator and property manager*
• Represented an institutional client in connection with various debt, preferred equity and common equity investments made in connection with the formation of various private REITs including a mortgage REIT with a multibillion dollar equity capitalization and a senior-housing health care REIT*
• Represented ATCO Properties in the acquisition, subsequent equity capitalizations and disposition of various properties in NYC including the recapitalization of 240 West 35^th Street through a 49 percent equity investment by an Israeli insurance company and a GP co-investment in and the ultimate disposition of 850 Third Avenue*
• Represented a client in the acquisition of an assemblage of properties in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan in connection with the development of a mixed-use condominium as well as various property-level, co-GP and other up-tier equity capitalization transactions, mortgage and mezzanine pre-development financing, construction financing, and EB-5 mezzanine financing for the vertical development*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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• Advising a development consultancy regarding ICC arbitration proceedings against an East African state
• Advised a Korean EPC contractor in connection with a multi-million pound claim relating to the construction of a combined-cycle power plant in Ghana. Advising on arbitration claims under the EAR policy and contractual disputes*
• Advised a family office in a claim arising out of an aborted off market structured shares investment through offshore vehicles involving issues arising under a professional indemnity insurance policy*
• Advised a listed hedge fund in relation to claims arising from the transition of its positions from one prime broker to another
• Advised Hydro Aluminium in a major LCIA arbitration involving allegations of fraud and parties from Russia and Tajikistan which became entangled in one of the biggest Commercial Court cases of the era. Following its successful conclusion, political risk insurers were successfully pursued through a further LCIA arbitration*
• Advised an English company in a joint venture dispute involving the Republic of Zambia arising out of a mining concession in Africa*
• Advised a Dubai-based broker of financing for African telecoms deals in two LCIA arbitrations against a Chinese telecommunications company*
• Advised the Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in US$90m SIAC arbitration and related court proceedings in India and Singapore. The case concerned loans to a Greek shipping group and shipbuilding contracts*
• Advised Britannia Bulk Plc (in liquidation) in proceedings before both the High Court and the Court of Appeal with respect to derivatives positions*
• Acted for an investor into the solar business in an Energy Charter Treaty claim against Italy*

*Matter handled prior to joining

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Elizabeth speaks frequently on the subject of estate planning, and income and transfer tax strategies. She has lectured at programs for the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, Pepperdine University, and the American Bar Association.

Elizabeth is a co-founding member of RISE, an organization of women lawyers committed to supporting each other’s professional growth and advancement to becoming equity partners, general counsel, and high-ranking public officials. RISE is dedicated to developing necessary tools to shatter the glass ceiling in public service and corporate America.

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• Represented a developer in the acquisition of three utility-scale solar facilities in Texas
• Represented a Canadian sponsor and developer in the acquisition, development and financing of a 210 MW wind energy facility in Texas
• Represented a solar developer in the negotiation of power purchase agreements with corporate off-taker totaling 525 MW
• Oversaw Edison Energy’s acquisitions of a portfolio of energy services companies, the sale of a water infrastructure subsidiary and the sale of a solar energy subsidiary*
• Represented a developer and sponsor in the development, financing and sale of a multi-phase utility scale solar photovoltaic project in San Antonio, Texas – at the time the largest municipal utility solar project in the United States. Financings consisted of commercial bank loans, government-funded bank financings and tax equity investments. Ancillary transactions included construction financing for a photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility in San Antonio*
• Represented a developer and sponsor on the refinancing of a biomass-fired power facility in California*
• Represented a developer and sponsor in the acquisition, development and financing of a multi-phase wind energy project in California. Financings included equipment financing, construction financing and a sale-leaseback financing for the first phase of the project, as well as a portfolio financing for the next four project phases (including a Rule 144A bond offering, a bank cash grant bridge facility and a forward commitment for a sale-leaseback), making it the first large portfolio of wind projects to use a leveraged lease finance structure in the United States*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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• Gesellschafter von Fleetpool beim Verkauf des Unternehmens an ALD
• SIGNA bei Übernahme von SportScheck durch Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof
• SIGNA bei Beteiligung von Commerz Real an Kaufhof-Portfolio
• Nagel-Group beim Verkauf eines Logistikimmobilien-Portfolios an Tristan und Barings

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Prior to becoming an attorney, James worked for a decade as a professional engineer where he was involved in all aspects of power plant design, from conception, through construction, and final testing. He learned first-hand just how critical excellent communication with clients and third-parties is to reaching a successful outcome. James worked for three firms – Kiewit Power Engineers, Sargent & Lundy and Black & Veatch.

James serves as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he teaches thesis courses.

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• LifePort Sciences LLC v. Cook Inc., No. 13-CV-00128, D. Delaware (2013). Represented Cook Medical in a medical device patent infringement matter*
• Trudell Medical Int’l. v. RPC Formatec GMBH, No. 14-CV-032, E.D. Virginia (2014). Represented Trudell Medical in a medical device patent infringement matter*
• Northgate Technologies, Inc. v. Stryker Corp., et al., No. 12-CV-7032, N.D. Illinois (2012-2014). Represented Northgate Technologies in a medical device patent infringement matter*
• In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices For Capturing And Transmitting Images and Components Thereof, No. 337-TA-831 (U.S. lnt’l Trade Comm’n 2011-2012). Represented Complainant Eastman Kodak in a section 337 patent infringement investigation based on importation of Respondents Apple Inc. and HTC Corp.’s smartphone and tablet products*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm

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