Agnesine (Nesa) Amamoo

Ms. Amamoo regularly counsels on private equity, corporate real estate and M&A transactions, as well as providing distressed and strategic advice to large portfolio companies. She is the attorney development partner for Skadden’s real estate practice in New York.

Ms. Amamoo is experienced in a wide range of transactions. With respect to private equity, she has advised sponsor and investor clients in the formation, operation and capitalization of a broad range of U.S. and offshore real estate private equity fund formations, as well as acquisition and disposition transactions. In the area of real estate finance, she has represented real estate companies and financial institutions and borrowers in the origination and sale of a wide range of debt instruments, such as traditional mortgage loans, securitized real estate loans, single- and multi-tiered mezzanine loans, construction loans and unsecured revolving credit facilities. Ms. Amamoo also represents REITs and other public and private real estate and infrastructure companies in mergers and acquisitions, as well as in financings and joint venture arrangements globally.

Ms. Amamoo’s representations include acting for:

• Las Vegas Sands in numerous transactions, including its:
  • $6 billion sale of the Venetian and Palazzo integrated resorts
  • acquisition of Nassau Coliseum
• The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in numerous transactions, including:
  • its $13 billion plan to redesign John F. Kennedy International Airport
  • its redevelopment of New York Stewart International Airport
  • various marine terminal transactions, financing transactions and land swaps
• Diameter Capital in connection with advice on:
  • fund structuring and REIT-compliant investments
  • various real estate financings
• a pharmaceutical company in connection with the purchase and financing of a campus
• an affiliate of Silverstein Properties, Inc. in numerous debt fund transactions
• Silverstein Properties in numerous transactions, including:
  • its equity raise and financing of 55 Broad Street in New York City
  • the formation of Metro Fund LLC with California State Teachers’ Retirement System to acquire properties in the New York metropolitan area
• Colony American Homes, Inc. in its merger with Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust
• Colony Realty Partners II REIT in the restructuring of subsidiary CRP-2 Holdings AA, L.P. and its real estate portfolio
• AREA Property Partners, Amherst Holdings, BlackRock Realty Advisers, Inc., Colony Capital, Colony Realty Partners, Dune Capital, Fir Tree Capital, Fortress Investment Group, Tishman Speyer and Deutsche Bank in the establishment of various real estate investment funds
• numerous sovereign wealth funds and family offices investing in and financing real estate

In addition, Ms. Amamoo is active in pro bono work, representing, among others, the nonprofit organization The Swiss Institute.

Ms. Amamoo also serves as president of the Skadden Foundation.

In recognition of her work, Ms. Amamoo has been named a Dealmaker of the Year by the New York Law Journal and selected for inclusion in Chambers USA. She has been repeatedly chosen as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America and was named one of its 2024 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers. She was also honored as one of GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum’s 2023 Women of Influence and a Real Estate MVP by Law360. In addition, Crain’s New York Business recognized Ms. Amamoo among its 2024 Notable Real Estate Leaders and 2022 Notable Women in Law. Previously, she was included on Crain’s Rising Stars in Real Estate and GlobeSt.’s Fifty Under 40 lists. Ms. Amamoo has also been named an Empire State Counsel Honoree by the New York State Bar.