Biography
Emily Pope is an associate in the Firm's Global M&A Practice Group and a member of the Real Estate Industry Group. She is based in the Chicago office. Emily focuses her practice on real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings and leases. Emily advises a variety of clients, including public and private companies, international banking institutions, and real estate developers. She is experienced in working with mixed-use, retail, office, multifamily, industrial and unimproved real estate. Emily also advises lenders and developers on real estate related concerns with respect to data center transactions.
Experience
Representative matters at White & Case include:
- The joint venture, acquisition and sale of distribution and logistics facilities throughout the United States.
- Counsel to a commercial real estate portfolio lender in connection with senior and mezzanine financing of office buildings, apartment projects and industrial properties located throughout the U.S.
- Advised equity investors and developers in their acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and development agreements related to data centers and technology parks located throughout the U.S.
- Financing, construction and joint venture transactions for various hyperscale data center campuses on behalf of Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM), an enterprise information management services company.
- Advised Fertitta Entertainment on its agreement to acquire Caesars Entertainment with respect to real estate matters.
- Counsel to Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), the world's largest construction-equipment manufacturer, in connection with the real estate matters related to its equity investments in strategic targets.
- Served as outside real estate counsel to Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM), an enterprise information management services company, in connection with its real estate portfolio.
- Divestment of 70 limited-service hotels throughout the United States on behalf of a private investment firm.
- Acquisition of various towers located in Illinois, Texas, and Wisconsin for conversion into apartments on behalf of a real estate developer.
- Acted for a developer of luxury single family rental communities in its acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, development agreements and construction agreements related to properties primarily located in Texas.
- Acted for a Japanese banking and financial services institution in connection with the financing of the acquisition and leaseback of a portfolio of real estate assets, primarily consisting of port locations, located throughout the U.S.
- Real estate matters related to the financing of the acquisition of various companies engaging in bulk liquid storage on behalf of an American commercial bank.
- The US$2.013 billion purchase of a 66.67% interest in the Chicago Skyway toll road on behalf of Atlas Arteria Ltd., a global owner, operator and developer of toll roads, from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a global investment management organization that invests the assets of the Canada Pension Plan, and OMERS Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment advisory and management arm of OMERS, the pension plan.
- Served as real estate counsel to Vista Ridge LLC, the concessionaire for a 142-mile water pipeline in Texas, in the real estate matters related to the recent refinancing of the project's construction financing through the issuance of more than US$1 billion senior secured notes pursuant to a private placement under Section 4(a)(2), and a working capital facility provided by commercial banks. IJGlobal recognized this as "Americas Water Deal of the Year" in 2020.
- Real estate matters related to the acquisition by TotalEnergies Renewables USA from Austin, Texas-based Core Solar, LLC of 4GW of utility-scale solar and energy storage development projects across several US states and power markets.
- Counsel to Saudi Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemical companies, in its acquisition of Valvoline Inc.'s (NYSE: VVV) global products business for US$2.65 billion.
- Advised Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm:
- In the real estate matters related to its acquisition of I.D. Images, a manufacturer of high-quality durable and graphic intensive labels.
- Through its portfolio company Supply Chain Services, a premier provider of automatic identification and data capture and factory automation solutions to customers across North America, in the real estate matters related to its acquisition of Miles Data Technologies, a leading provider of barcode, RFID, and mobility solutions.
- Middle-market financing transactions with loan amounts of up to US$200 million on behalf of U.S. lead arrangers and lenders.
- Served as counsel to a major retailer, a national educational institution, and a transportation company in lease negotiations, acquisitions, and dispositions throughout the U.S.
- Real estate matters related to Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructuring on behalf of a major retailer and a manufacturing company.
- A US$400 million portfolio acquisition of U.S. ski resorts.