Irwin A. Kishner, Partner

Represented special committees, CEOs and companies in corporate recapitalizations and restructurings.

Represented a coffee and tea distribution business in its private placement and acquisition of the capital stock of another large specialty coffee and tea producer and distributor.

Represent a joint venture between Marathon Real Estate Opportunity Fund and senior Reckson executives in six separate transactions in the multi-billion dollar merger between SL Green and Reckson Associates Realty Corp., including an asset acquisition, the formation of a joint venture, two acquisition financings, an asset sale, and a mezzanine financing.

Represented one of the leading independent asset management companies in its defense of a wrongful termination action claiming religious discrimination, and in a separate action claiming discrimination based on disability. We continue to represent the company in all aspects of its employment disputes, and in risk management issues.

Represented a major real estate company in forming a $300 million equity fund to acquire controlling interests in real estate operating companies.

Represented a leading manufacturer of film and lighting equipment for the motion picture industry, and its selling stockholders, in connection with a $30 million secondary equity offering; a $15 million equity offering; and a $9 million secondary equity offering. (Prior firm experience)

Representation of several Major League Baseball franchises in a variety of lending and debt restructuring matters, including a $120 million loan payoff, a $40 million restructuring, a $45 million term loan, and a unique $55 million mezzanine facility.

Representation of a hedging service for over-the-counter commodities in forming a unique credit-enhanced automated trading market in a joint venture with an affiliate of Bechtel Corporation.

Represented HQ Global Workplaces in its acquisition by Frontline Capital Group.

Represented a Connecticut-based hedge fund and a Wall Street investment bank in a joint acquisition financing and restructuring of a secured multi-draw term loan facility. A portion of the proceeds were used by the borrower, a global music publisher, to acquire an interest in the song catalogs of Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Daryl Hall & John Oates; Holly Knight, an accomplished musician and songwriter who has written hits for Tina Turner, Pat Benatar and Aerosmith; Six Degrees; Blue October; The Matrix; and Daniel Johnston, among others.

Representation of Deutsche Waggonbau, the largest manufacturer of passenger cars in the world, in orchestrating the business, legal, regulatory and technical aspects of the $250 million project to supply the Long Island Rail Road with state-of-the-art railcars.

Representation of a gem company in a senior secured credit facility secured by rough diamonds located throughout the world.

Represented a private investment firm with more than $325 million of capital under management, in restructuring its investment in a major producer of labels for companies throughout the world.

Represented Plainfield Asset Management in its investment in operators of solid waste transfer stations on federally regulated railroad property. We protected our client’s minority equity position in these operators by implementing stockholders’ agreements with broad super-majority approval provisions, and helped navigate federal and state environmental regulations and federal pre-emption issues.

Represented HQ Global Workplaces, a flexible office suite company, in its formation by an alliance between Reckson Realty Associates Corp., Frontline Capital Group and affiliates of Halpern Realty. HQ Global Workplaces grew from six executive office centers to one of the largest flexible executive office suite companies in the world.

Represented Hollinger International in its efforts to monetize certain of its venture capital and private equity investments.

Represented Reckson Strategic Venture Partners, LLC in connection with the spin-off of its student housing business and $220 million initial public offering by, American Campus Communities, Inc. We also represented RSVP in connection with its acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in a preeminent real estate development company that develops food, fuel and rest facilities along major highways.

Represented a major regional sports network in a $200 million syndicated term loan facility and related joint venture matters with its two major cable television joint venture partners.

Represented Champions League, Inc., in the formation and organization of a new basketball league featuring former NBA players, including league structuring, antitrust, ownership, securities law and franchise law issues, and the sale of the initial franchises.

Represented Demarest E. Almeida, Inc., a Brazilian law firm, in restructuring its U.S. affiliate consulting firm and in coordinating with client’s immigration counsel on visa issues.

Represented an independent contractor in a commission sales agent agreement with a full-service, automated, retail travel agency.

Represented Nolining, a new high-end fashion house, in its formation and organization.

Represented DEFI Group SAS in analyzing a cross-border mutual sales representation agreement pertaining to advertising services with Branded Cities Network.

Represented an offshore investment fund in an investment in a joint venture for U.S. commercial real estate development.