Colony Financial $660 million acquisition of Colony Capital

2/4/2015

Private acquisition

Value:

$ 660 million

Status:

Completed

Date:

2/4/2015

Overview:

Colony Financial, a publicly traded real estate investment and finance company which is taxed as a REIT, combined with Colony Capital, a real estate and investment management firm, to become Colony Financial.
This allowed Colony Financial to acquire the real estate and investment management business of Colony Capital.
This transaction included an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust.
Goldman Sachs acted as financial adviser to Colony Capital.

Rani Mehta - Journalist

Jurisdiction:

United States

Deal type:

Private acquisition

Practice area:

M&A

Industry sectors:

Investment management
Real estate

Firms:

Hogan Lovells

Party: Colony FInancial (Acquirer)

Lawyer: David Bonser

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Party: Colony Capital (Target)

Lawyers: Howard Ellin, Kenneth Wolff

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