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Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone Mortgage Trust in $253 Million Common Stock Offering

10.01.14
The Firm recently represented Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. in connection with its public offering of 9,200,000 shares of class A common stock, inclusive of the shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, in each case at a price to the underwriters of $27.49 per share, or approximately $253 million in the aggregate. 

Blackstone Mortgage Trust is a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by properties in North America and Europe. The company is externally managed by BXMT Advisors L.L.C., a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group L.P., and is a real estate investment trust traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BXMT.” 

The Simpson Thacher team included Andy Keller, Edgar Lewandowski and Kim de Glossop (Capital Markets); and Nancy Mehlman and Devin Heckman (Tax).