Hirsh M. Ament

Partner
Ament Hirsh

Hirsh Ament advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, securities transactions, and real estate investment trust (REIT) transactions. Hirsh represents publicly and privately held REITs, registered investment companies, business development companies, and other corporations in mergers and acquisitions, as well as in public and private debt and equity offerings, including initial public offerings. He also regularly advises companies, boards of directors, and board committees regarding corporate governance, takeover defense issues, and strategic transactions.

Hirsh also has a broad-based multidisciplinary practice providing counsel to emerging growth companies, entrepreneurs, and middle-market businesses. He provides guidance on financings, strategic transactions, commercial contracts, and general corporate governance and securities matters. Hirsh's clients span a broad range of industries, including financial services, internet and digital media, education, consumer services, cannabis, and real estate.

Experience

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

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Credentials
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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

Recognition
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  • Chambers USA, REITs: Maryland Counsel, Nationwide, 2024
  • Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Maryland, 2016 – 2018