Colantino, Emily

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Jones Day

77 West Wacker

Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phone: 1.312.269.4132 (Business Phone)

Fax: 1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.com

Summary

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

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern University
  • U of Texas - Austin

Office Information

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4132 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com

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