Evan Hudson

Evan Hudson is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice. Based in the New York office, he advises a broad client base, including retail investment sponsors, investment advisers and independent directors, on the formation and structuring of real estate investment vehicles such as perpetual-life NAV REITs, lifecycle REITs and Regulation D products, including on disclosure issues and corporate matters.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• J.P. Morgan Real Estate Income Trust in its $5 billion IPO
• Nuveen Global Cities REIT in its $5 billion follow-on offering
• A multinational asset manager in the restructuring of its $43 billion private real estate fund
• A privately held real estate investment company that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of multifamily, office, industrial, hotel and retail properties in a $50 million self-tender offer by its first public, non-listed REIT; the $324 million follow-on offering for its second public, non-listed REIT; the filing of registration statements on Form S-3D for the entity’s distribution reinvestment program; the $395 million IPO of its third public, non-listed REIT; and the $395 million IPO of its public, non-listed mortgage REIT
• A U.S. platform in the planning of a synthetic security intended to allow U.S. investors to invest in Latin American CRE debt through a first-of-its-kind trust structure
• A Korean insurance company in structuring a private REIT jointly held with a U.S. insurance company
• A private opportunistic-focused real estate company in the structuring of a $2 billion public, non-listed mortgage REIT
• A REIT invested in single-tenant retail, restaurant, office and industrial properties for several follow-on offerings of shares of common stock, including its raise of approximately $1.6 billion in net proceeds, and the proposed spinoff of its multitenant shopping center business into a publicly traded REIT
• The audit committee of a public, non-listed REIT in negotiations with inside directors relating to advisory fees, which were settled favorably with the execution of a restated advisory agreement

Evan received his J.D. from Harvard University in 2007 and his A.B. from Harvard College in 2004, magna cum laude. He is admitted to practice in New York.