Colantino, Emily

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Emily Colantino represents institutional investors, funds, energy companies, and a wide variety of private and public companies with respect to transactional and real estate matters.

Emily's recent representations include advising on the formation of a fund to invest in the acquisition of land and distressed debt. She also advised E.ON AG on its $1.9 billion acquisition of the North American wind development business of Airtricity. On an ongoing basis, she counsels Highcross Group Limited regarding its U.K. value-added funds and LaSalle Investment Management with respect to its fund that invests in Mexico; assists KeyCorp with its leases, acquisitions, and dispositions; and advises OGE Energy Corp. on its engineering, procurement, and construction contracts. She also assists clients with refinancings and restructurings.

Emily's pro bono activities include providing legal counsel to AVODAH: the Jewish Service Corps, an organization for young adults engaged in anti-poverty work.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Real Estate Funds
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Real Estate Energy Development
• Real Estate Finance

Representative Cases

• Abbott Labs acquires Advanced Medical Optics for $2.8 billion , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier acquires California Ice for $190 million
• CalEast acquires $800 million, 90-property air cargo facility portfolio , (2009)
• CB Richard Ellis forms CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners U.K. Fund II and Fund III
• Credit Suisse affiliate acquires Independence Wharf, a downtown Boston office building
• Credit Suisse affiliate acquires Washington, D.C., office building at 1099 New York Avenue, N.W.
• E.ON acquires Airtricity wind operations for $1.9 billion
• Highcross Group forms Highcross Regional U.K. Partners III and Highcross Regional U.K. Partners International III, L.P. , (2009)
• Highcross Group forms U.K. property fund to invest in regional markets throughout the U.K.
• Huron Consulting leasing representation
• JEN Partners forms fund to invest in U.S. land acquisition and distressed debt
• JPMorgan Chase participates in sale-leaseback of 33 properties
• KeyCorp corporate real estate services
• LaSalle forms LaSalle Mexico Fund I, L.P. , (2009)
• Mahle GmbH acquires Amafilter , (2009)
• OG&E and PSO negotiate and document an EPC agreement for a $1.8 billion 950MW jointly-owned coal-fired unit , (2009)
• OGE purchases Redbud power plant from Kelson , (2009)
• R.R. Donnelley corporate real estate services representation
• Resilience Capital acquires business unit of Andrew Corporation , (2009)
• Resilience Capital sells business unit of ASC Signal Corporation , (2009)
• Riverside acquires Central Power Products , (2009)
• Simon Property Group purchases interests in ERE B.V./S.E.B.V. and forms Simon Ivanhoe, B.V. to operate and develop shopping centers in Poland and France
• Westbrook Real Estate Funds disposes of assets and receives portfolio financing

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• Northwestern University
• U of Texas - Austin

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4132 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

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Websites

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