Evan Hudson advises real estate investment sponsors, investment advisers and independent directors on the formation and structuring of real estate investment vehicles, including perpetual-life NAV REITs, lifecycle REITs and Regulation D products, as well as on disclosure issues and corporate governance. He develops innovative structures that open private market opportunities to individual investors, with a focus on real estate and hard assets, including infrastructure.
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Work Highlights
Recent transactions include:
- Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Trust, a private REIT, in its formation
- Macquarie Infrastructure Fund, L.P., a retail 3(c)(7) vehicle, in its formation
- Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT, a public non-listed REIT, in its continuous offering and ongoing matters
Prior experience includes:
- J.P. Morgan Real Estate Income Trust in its $5 billion IPO
- Nuveen Global Cities REIT in its $5 billion follow-on offering
- A multinational asset manager in the restructuring of its $43 billion core real estate fund
- A privately held real estate investment company in multiple capital markets transactions for its sponsored products, including a $50 million self-tender offer, a $324 million follow-on offering, registration of a distribution reinvestment program, and two IPOs totaling nearly $800 million
- A U.S. platform in the planning of a first-of-its-kind synthetic security to enable U.S. investors to access Latin American CRE debt
- A Korean insurance company in structuring a private REIT jointly held with a U.S. insurer
- A private opportunistic-focused real estate company in the structuring of a $2 billion public non-listed mortgage REIT
- A REIT invested in single-tenant retail, restaurant, office and industrial properties in several follow-on offerings, including its raise of approximately $1.6 billion and a proposed spinoff of its shopping center business into a publicly traded REIT
- The audit committee of a public non-listed REIT in negotiations with inside directors on advisory fees, resulting in a favorable restated advisory agreement
Accolades
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New York Real Estate Journal, “Ones to Watch,” 2019
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Real Estate Weekly Rising Star, 2019
Education
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Harvard Law School, 2007 J.D.
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Harvard College, 2004 A.B.
magna cum laude
Associations
- Institute for Portfolio Alternatives
Evan Hudson is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice. Based in New York, he advises real estate investment sponsors, investment advisers and independent directors on the formation and structuring of real estate investment vehicles, including perpetual-life NAV REITs, lifecycle REITs and Regulation D products, as well as on disclosure issues and corporate governance. He develops innovative structures that open private market opportunities to individual investors, with a focus on real estate and hard assets, including infrastructure.
Recent transactions include:
- Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Trust, a private REIT, in its formation
- Macquarie Infrastructure Fund, L.P., a retail 3(c)(7) vehicle, in its formation
- Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT, a public non-listed REIT, in its continuous offering and ongoing matters
Prior experience includes:
- J.P. Morgan Real Estate Income Trust in its $5 billion IPO
- Nuveen Global Cities REIT in its $5 billion follow-on offering
- A multinational asset manager in the restructuring of its $43 billion core real estate fund
- A privately held real estate investment company in multiple capital markets transactions for its sponsored products, including a $50 million self-tender offer, a $324 million follow-on offering, registration of a distribution reinvestment program, and two IPOs totaling nearly $800 million
- A U.S. platform in the planning of a first-of-its-kind synthetic security to enable U.S. investors to access Latin American CRE debt
- A Korean insurance company in structuring a private REIT jointly held with a U.S. insurer
- A private opportunistic-focused real estate company in the structuring of a $2 billion public non-listed mortgage REIT
- A REIT invested in single-tenant retail, restaurant, office and industrial properties in several follow-on offerings, including its raise of approximately $1.6 billion and a proposed spinoff of its shopping center business into a publicly traded REIT
- The audit committee of a public non-listed REIT in negotiations with inside directors on advisory fees, resulting in a favorable restated advisory agreement
Evan earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2007 and his A.B. from Harvard College in 2004, magna cum laude. He is admitted to practice in New York.