Nesa Amamoo advises on a broad range of real estate, real estate private equity and finance matters, including joint ventures, infrastructure transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, construction and development projects, sale-leasebacks, ground leases, U.S. and offshore private placements, special accounts, public and private REIT transactions, and real estate-related capital markets and syndicated loan transactions.
Amamoo regularly counsels clients 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.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers | 2026 | Real Estate, Private Equity, REITs, Acquisition |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Real Estate |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers | 2025 | Real Estate, Private Equity, REITs |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Real Estate |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers | 2024 | Real Estate, Private Equity, REITs |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | Real Estate |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | Real Estate |
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 private funds, and related financing, acquisition and disposition transactions, including sovereign wealth funds, Aquarian Holdings, Brookfield Asset Management, Las Vegas Sands Corp., Silverstein Properties, BlackRock, DigitalBridge, RREEF America, Fortress Investment Group and Fir Tree Capital. In the area of real estate finance, she has represented real estate operating companies, private equity platforms and financial institutions in the origination, structuring and sale of a wide range of debt instruments, including traditional mortgage loans, securitized real estate loans, single-and multi-tiered mezzanine loans, construction loans, ground lease financings and unsecured revolving credit facilities. 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.
Amamoo’s representations include acting for:
- Las Vegas Sands in numerous transactions, including its:
- $6.25 billion bifurcated sale separating its Las Vegas real estate from operating assets
- pursuit of a downstate New York gaming license and proposed development of a multi-billion-dollar integrated resort and casino on Long Island
- 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 (Terminal One; Terminals 6 & 7)
- the largest real estate land swap in New York City in over two decades, involving 225 acres at Staten Island’s Howland Hook Marine Terminal
- its redevelopment of New York Stewart International Airport and various other marine terminal, financing and redevelopment transactions
- Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) in connection with certain redevelopments of at Logan Airport and related transactions
- Silverstein Properties in numerous transactions, including:
- equity, financing and JV structuring for one of NYC’s largest office-to-residential conversions at 55 Broad Street
- the formation of Metro Fund LLC with California State Teachers’ Retirement System to acquire properties in the New York metropolitan area
- an affiliate of Silverstein Properties, Inc. in numerous debt fund transactions
- BlackRock in its $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners, one of the largest acquisitions of a private asset manager and BlackRock’s biggest takeover since 2009
- Holiday Acquisition Holdings in $1.4 billion+ concurrent multi-property sale-leaseback transactions with public REITs, and NorthStar Realty Finance / Formation Capital in a $1.05 billion sale and joint-venture acquisition of senior housing and skilled nursing facilities
- Diameter Capital in connection with fund structuring, REIT-compliant investments and various real estate financings
- The We Company in its $850 million acquisition of the Lord & Taylor Building, a flagship Manhattan office property