The Cornell Real Estate Industry seminar welcomes Robin Panovka
Date: Thursday, October 16th
When: 4:30-6:30 with reception to follow in the Regents Lounge in the Statler Hotel
Where: Beck 198
Attire: Business
The Cornell Real Estate Industry seminar welcomes Robin Panovka, partner with New York City law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to campus this Thursday. A specialist in real estate mergers and acquisitions primarily in the REIT and Hospitality sectors, strategic transactions and corporate governance, and in cross-border transactions, Panovka co-heads the firm’s Real Estate and REIT M&A groups and has been active in many recent noteworthy M&A transactions in those sectors. Since 2001 he has also been integrally involved in the redevelopment of the World Trade Center as counsel to the Silverstein development group. He has broad experience in the formation and investment activity of private equity real estate opportunity funds, restructurings, divestitures, buyouts and other transactions involving both publicly-traded and privately-held companies, and strategic joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and development of significant properties and portfolios, both in the United States and in cross-border transactions.
Mr. Panovka earned his Bachelors degree from Cornell and JD from Duke University. He is co-author of “REITs: Mergers and Acquisitions,” a treatise published by Law Journal Press, and member of the New York Bar in addition to being a member of the Cornell Real Estate Council. Robin’s prepared comments in seminar will focus on real estate mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions, although his visit presents the opportunity for discussion on issues ranging from the World Trade Center to fund development and deployment to investment in Asia.