Meghan Cocci

Ms. Cocci’s experience includes advising:

• A publicly traded REIT in its pending US$9.3 billion merger with a REIT that invests in single tenant and commercial real estate facilities
• A publicly traded REIT in its US$950 million investment in a resort, luxury hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
• A real estate solutions platform on its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to create a combined company valued at US$3 billion
• A premier real estate investment and hospitality management company in its US$2.8 billion acquisition of six hospitality portfolios from a leading global investment firm
• A private equity firm focused on the hospitality and consumer sectors, in connection with its acquisition of a boutique four-star hotel, in Nashville, Tennessee
• A publicly traded REIT on the acquisition of a complex luxury resort and subsequent sale of surrounding land parcels for residential development
• An international sports organization and certain of its affiliates on management, licensing, and related matters in connection with a complex mixed-use real estate development that includes hotel, residential, a world-class surfing facility, along with various recreational facilities
• A hospitality and lodging REIT in the acquisition of a luxury resort located in Sonoma, California
• A global commercial real estate company with respect to its hotel portfolio in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean, including all management, franchise, mixed-use, and operational matters*
• A major private equity firm with respect to its hotel acquisitions and dispositions, as well as franchise and management agreement negotiations*
• A multinational hospitality company with respect to its management agreements, strategic, and general operational matters for hotels, resorts, condo hotel, and mixed-use projects*
• A hospitality focused private equity firm in an outside general counsel role as to various development projects, hotel acquisitions, joint ventures, financing, and management agreement negotiations*
• A major global investment fund with respect to hospitality related corporate matters, brand roll-outs, management agreements, dispute resolution, and strategic and general operational matters involving hotels, resorts, and mixed-use projects*
• A real estate investment company with respect to its hotel acquisitions, financing, joint venture, and management agreement negotiations*
• A hotel management company with respect to its corporate matters, joint ventures, management agreements, and strategic and general operational matters involving hotels, resorts, and mixed-use projects*
• A travel and leisure focused investment firm with respect to hospitality related acquisitions and operational matters*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham