Eugene A. Pinover Partner MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8254 F 212-728-9254

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Eugene A. Pinover is a partner and Co-Chair of the Real Estate Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York.  Mr. Pinover specializes in representing domestic and foreign real estate companies and institutional clients in acquisitions, sales, restructuring and sophisticated financings and development projects throughout the United States.  His practice also includes representing public real estate investment trusts, underwriters and investors in equity offerings and debt securitizations.

Chambers USA (2011) ranks Mr. Pinover in the number 1 tier for leading individuals in New York practicing in the area of Real Estate, and in the number 1 tier for Real Estate: Corporate.

Mr. Pinover is a member of the Real Estate Advisory Board of Dartmouth College, and an associate member of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE). He is also a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers, and the New York Advisory Board of Chicago Title Insurance Company. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Steep Rock Association (land trust), Gunnery School, New Alternatives for Children and Disability Rights Advocates.

Mr. Pinover’s writings have been published extensively in the New York Law Journal, the Real Estate Finance Journal, and AFIRE News. He frequently speaks at real estate conferences sponsored by numerous organizations, including the New York State Bar Association, the Practising Law Institute, The Urban Land Institute, The Lodging Conference, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

• Chelsea 23rd St. Corp. in the sale of the Hotel Chelsea to Chelsea Dynasty LLC, an affiliate of The Chetrit Group LLC.
  
  
• Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. in the purchase and sale agreement and new joint venture for 40 percent ownership interest in 29 Sunrise-managed properties, and on the restructuring of its equity and debt position in a portfolio of six Sunrise-managed senior living facilities
  
  
• Sherwood Equities, Inc. in its acquisition (with equity partner JPMorgan Chase) of 370 Lexington Avenue
  
  
• A joint venture of Sherwood Equities, Inc. and Paramount Group in the acquisition of 440 Ninth Avenue
  
  
• Paramount Group, Inc. in its $1 billion sale of 1177 Avenue of the Americas
  
  
• Condé Nast Publications in connection with its interest in the Hudson Yards Project as lead occupant for the joint venture of the Durst Organization and Vornado Realty Trust’s 6,000,000 square-foot development of a new commercial and residential complex above Manhattan’s West Side Railyards
  
  
• Paramount Group, Inc. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of 60 Wall Street
  
  
• The Mills Corporation in its $1.64 billion agreement to be acquired by a joint venture between Simon Property Group Inc. and funds managed by Farallon Capital Management LLC – a deal with a total transaction value of $7.9 billion
  
  
• The Mills Corporation in the $981 million sale of its interest in three retail malls -- Vaughan Mills (Ontario, Canada), St. Enoch Centre (Glasgow, Scotland) and Madrid Xanadú (Madrid, Spain) -- to Ivanhoe Cambridge, Inc.
  
  
• Paramount Group in its $208 million acquisition of 220 West 42nd Street (Candler Tower)
  
  
• Paramount Group in its $820 million sale of 1540 Broadway (Bertelsmann Building)
  
  
• The Mills Corporation’s refinancing of its approximately $1.5 billion senior credit facility
  
  
• New Plan Excel Realty Trust's sale of 69 community and neighborhood shopping centers to Galileo America LLC
  
  
• Westfield Property's sale of 12-building property portfolio to Beacon Capital Partners
  
  
• Sale of Lyme Properties' portfolio of life science/biomed properties to BioMed Realty Trust Inc.
  
  
• The Paramount Group acquisition and financing of Manhattan portfolio, including 712 Fifth Avenue, 745 Fifth Avenue, 180 Maiden Lane, Financial Square, 900 Third Avenue, 152 East 52^nd Street and 1540 Broadway
  
  
• The Mills Corporation acquisition of a 50% interest in General Motor's Asset Management's regional nine-mall property portfolio
  
  
• Sale of the Mall of Louisiana to General Growth Properties and joint venture for Riverchase Mall with General Growth Properties
  
  
• Strategic Hotels IPO, representing Goldman Sachs as underwriter
  
  
• Acquisition of St. Enoch Center in Glasgow, Scotland
  
  
• Joint venture transactions for numerous office and shopping center assets across the country with institutional investors, including JP Morgan Fleming and Principal Group
  
  
• A private buyer’s acquisition of the Hancock Center and related assets in Boston
  
  
• The disposition of New Plan Excel Realty Trust’s apartment and outlet center divisions and its acquisition of 92 shopping centers from Center America Property Trust