Hirsh M. Ament

Representative Clients

• Represented special committee of the board of directors of a publicly registered, nontraded REIT in connection with its $340 million merger with an affiliated REIT
• Represented special committee of the board of directors of a publicly registered, nontraded REIT in connection with its consideration and negotiation of strategic alternatives
• Represented two private food and agriculture companies in multi-billion-dollar secured term and revolving-credit facilities
• Served as Maryland counsel to a private equity fund in its $7.6 billion acquisition of a NYSE-listed REIT
• Served as Maryland counsel to a NYSE-listed single-family rental REIT in its $20 billion stock-for-stock merger with another publicly traded single-family rental REIT
• Served as Maryland counsel to a NYSE-listed data center REIT in its $10.1 billion acquisition by another publicly traded REIT
• Represented a leading hiring platform in its $19 million Series B equity financing
• Represented a health club aggregator in its $285 million Series E equity financing and in its $50 million venture debt facility and multiple acquisition transactions
• Represented an alternative asset manager in multiple subscription, asset, and hybrid credit facilities
• Served as Maryland counsel to a NYSE-listed REIT in its acquisition of a property portfolio from a private equity fund
• Served as Maryland counsel to a NYSE-listed diversified REIT in its share reclassification transaction to eliminate its dual-class stock structure
• Served as Maryland counsel to a NYSE-listed diversified REIT in its $11.4 billion sale to a private equity fund
• Served as Maryland counsel to a NYSE-listed industrial and logistics REIT in its reincorporation to Maryland and conversion to a REIT
• Served as Maryland counsel to the special committee of the board of directors of a NYSE-listed REIT in its $3.4 billion stock-for-stock merger with a NYSE-listed REIT
• Served as Maryland counsel to multiple REITs in connection with their initial public offerings and follow-on and at-the-market offerings raising in excess of $100 billion in proceeds
• Represented a director-to-consumer company in a senior secured notes financing
• Represented an alternative asset manager in its $57 million senior secured notes financing
• Represented a leading interior design company in its $15 million syndicated credit facility
• Represented the special litigation committee of the board of directors of a NYSE-listed company in the investigation of derivative claims
• Served as Maryland counsel in the spin-off a diversified REIT subsidiary
• Represented NYSE REITs in restructuring management agreements with external asset managers
• Represented a NYSE-listed company in a proxy contest by an activist investor seeking board representations and financial concessions
• Served as Maryland counsel to several investment company complexes regarding open- and closed-end fund formations, reorganizations, governance issues, and other matters under Maryland law
• Represented a global data-driven, technology-enabled performance marketing agency in its sale of a majority stake to multinational media and digital marketing communications
• Served as Maryland counsel to a middle-market business development company in connection with its stock-for-stock merger with an affiliated business development company
• Served as Maryland counsel to closed-end funds engaged in proxy contests and other matters of stockholder activism
• Served as Maryland counsel to several closed-end funds in their IPOs and numerous follow-on public and private offerings of common and preferred stock and senior notes totaling several billion dollars
• Served as Maryland counsel to several business development companies in their IPOs and numerous follow-on public and private offerings
• Served as Maryland counsel to a closed-end fund complex in connection with its redomicile to Maryland
• Represented a data science company in its $100 million Series A equity financing

Education

• J.D. magna cum laude University of Maryland School of Law 2009
• • Order of the Coif
  • Member, Journal of Business & Technology Law
• B.A. summa cum laude University of Maryland 2006

Bar Admissions

• Maryland 2009

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association

• Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Maryland, 2016 – 2018