The Firm represented Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BXMT) in an SEC-registered at-the-market equity program pursuant to which shares of BXMT’s class A common stock having an aggregate sales price of up to $500 million may be sold from time to time by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., JMP Securities LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sales agents.
BXMT is a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by commercial real estate in North America, Europe and Australia. The company is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, headquartered in New York City and is externally managed by BXMT Advisors L.L.C., a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group L.P.
The Simpson Thacher team included Edgar Lewandowski, Kim de Glossop, Meaghan Krupa and Lanna Lan (Capital Markets); Nancy Mehlman and Christopher Murray (Tax); and Amanda Weiss, Charles Mathes and Brenda Schulz (Public Company Advisory Practice).