Manatt Strengthens National Real Estate Practice With Preeminent East Coast Partner
Ted Hunter’s successful experience of guiding clients through complex commercial real estate transactions across the country expands the company’s real estate capabilities on the east coast
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services company, announced today that Ted Hunter has joined the company’s New York office as a partner of Manatt Real Estate. Hunter is an accomplished dealmaker, offering its clients – including investors, developers, lenders, owners and tenants – a solution-oriented and collaborative approach involved in some of the most demanding transactions in real estate. His deep connections across the east coast as well as his experience in successfully navigating complex transactions across the country strengthen the company’s hybrid real estate offerings both in the region and across the country.
“Ted is a well-respected figure throughout the commercial real estate sector, particularly in New York and New Jersey, and he excels at managing complex real estate transactions by finding common ground between his clients and other parties involved,” said Donna L. Wilson , CEO and Managing Director of Manatt Partner. “By combining enterprising, creative and forward-looking legal advice, Ted’s approach to client work aligns with ours, particularly in the real estate sector, where we work with almost all major stakeholders on a variety of legal and brokerage matters through our hybridized teams at Manatt Real Estate and Manatt Real Estate Advisors. “
Hunter offers strategic advice to clients as they navigate through the range of real estate transactions. He advises on investments, financing and joint ventures, with activities ranging from acquisitions, sales and leases to financing, liquidation and development transactions. He is also one of the nation’s leading dealmakers in building public-private partnerships (P3) and regularly guides clients through high-profile, multi-state portfolio deals.
“Our Manatt Real Estate team has decades of experience in real estate transactions at a high level, coupled with advisory business skills and complex process experience that only a few of our competitors can offer,” said Michael Polentz, Head of Real Estate at Manatt. “Ted’s unique way of working with major real estate developers and investors, as well as other industry stakeholders, solidifies Manatt’s position at the forefront of the fast-moving real estate sector and strengthens our ability to guide clients through novel matters at the intersection of real estate, business and law.”
“Manatt’s holistic approach to the real estate industry – which includes both comprehensive legal and advisory services – and the firm’s longstanding focus on serving clients in this area make them the ultimate one-stop-shop for my clients,” said Hunter. “The depth and breadth of experience at Manatt Real Estate is unmatched in the industry, and I couldn’t be more excited to join this team of talented lawyers, consultants and management consultants.”
Hunter’s arrival is the latest example of Manatt’s continued commitment to provide unparalleled service to customers across the country and closely follows the recent additions of veteran litigation attorney Naeun Rim, health experts Linda Elam and Blair M. Cantfil, Manatt Digital and Technology Partner Thomas W. Michael and Rustin M. Brown, Manatt Financial Services Counsel Joseph Reilly, and Sports Manager Matthew L. Reece. Manatt has also strategically expanded its roster of legal and business advisory professionals across the company, such as prominent tech advisors Jen Millard and Kalon Gutierrez, New Media Partners Farnaz M. Alemi, President Emeritus of the Association of American Medical Colleges Dr. Darrell. show G. Kirch and health attorney Brian D. Bewley.
Hunter earned his bachelor’s degree from Washington University and his doctorate in law from Fordham Law School.