Julianne G. Guzman

Milbank LLP represented Onyx Equities, along with partners Taconic Capital Advisors, Axonic Capital and Machine Investment Group, in connection with the acquisition of a 1.5 million square foot ten-building office portfolio in Morris County, New Jersey from Mack-Cali. The Morris County Office Portfolio follows Onyx Equities' 2018 acquisition of Mack Cali's Bergen County Office Portfolio and is one of the largest office transactions since the beginning of COVID-19. The Milbank team was led by Real Estate partner Yaakov Sheinfeld and primarily included associates Julianne Guzman and Jinah Park.

Sep 17

1 min

Milbank LLP advised the NuCom Group, the joint venture of ProSiebenSat.1 and General Atlantic, on the agreement to acquire the US online dating and social entertainment company The Meet Group. Together with the The Meet Group, Parship Group will cover the entire spectrum of online dating and intends to become a leading provider in the global online dating market. Parship Group's online dating platforms Parship, ElitePartner and eHarmony will be complemented by the dating and entertainment apps MeetMe, Skout, Tagged and Hi5 as well as The Meet Group's target groups and geographical markets. The transaction is subject to approval by The Meet Group’s shareholders and the relevant antitrust and regulatory authorities. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2020 and is one of the largest ProSiebenSat.1 transactions to date. Milbank previously advised the NuCom Group on the acquisition of Parship and eHarmony. A Milbank team led by Deborah Conrad and Martin Erhardt advised the NuCom Group on the acquisition. Advisor to NuCom Group: Milbank LLP Deborah Conrad (lead, Corporate/M&A, Los Angeles); Martin Erhardt (Corporate/M&A, Munich); Manan Shah (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, New York); Alexander Rinne (Antitrust, Munich) ; Fiona Schaeffer (Antitrust, New York); Thomas Kleinheisterkamp (Tax, Munich); Johannes Wohlmuth (Corporate/M&A, Munich); Kimberly Covington, Roy Jackson (both Corporate/M&A, Los Angeles); Matthias Riehl (Antitrust, Munich); Christina Skaliks (Tax, New York); Jonathan Sorger (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, New York); Sean Heiden (Regulatory, Washington, DC); and Julianne Guzman (Real Estate, New York). ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE inhouse: Alexander von Voß (Chief Legal Officer); Dr. Robert Loef (Senior Vice President Corporate Law M&A, Digital & Adjacent); Dr. Florian Kolb (Legal Director); Julia von der Bay (Legal Director); Dr. Katja Hansen (Legal Director); and Moritz von Merfeldt (Chief Compliance Officer).

Mar 5

1 min

Milbank LLP represented Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD), a designer, builder and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure designed for High-Performance Computing (“HPC”) applications, in its recently announced private financing from CIM Group of up to $200 million to help build out its HPC campus in Ellendale, North Dakota. The Milbank team was led by partners Jaime Ramirez, Alexandra Johnson, Dan Bartfeld, Brett Nadritch and Jonathan Karl, along with Andrew Walker, Zachary Cronin, Andrew Brooks, Lauren Pasqua and Julianne Guzman. We are thrilled to advise Applied Digital on this financing, which will propel their Ellendale campus to become a leader in the data center infrastructure sector,” said Jaime Ramirez. Dan Bartfeld added, “Applied Digital’s strategy of owning clusters of GPUs, together with designing and operating large-scale, top-tier data centers, is extremely relevant for advancing the AI and data center industry, and we are excited to be participating in our client’s vision.” For more information about Milbank’s Digital Infrastructure team and capabilities contact Dan Bartfeld, Patrick Campbell, Roland Estevez, John Franchini, Alexandra Johnson, Jonathan Karl, Brett Nadritch and Jaime Ramirez.

Jun 11

1 min

Real Estate associate Kieran Murphy recently helped a Salvadoran woman and her son who were victims of prolonged domestic and gang-related violence obtain a grant of asylum in the United States, with no possibility of appeal.~~The woman, Ms. B., fled El Salvador with her son as she feared further persecution or death at the hands of her husband, an gang leader, and his fellow gang members. El Salvador possesses one of the highest rates of femicide in the world. Gang-related violence, particularly targeting women, regularly goes unreported and unpunished. Ms. B. was a victim of severe domestic abuse and gang violence, and often received death threats from her husband and other members of his gang. Mr. Murphy worked directly with the client to gather details of her story and to prepare the legal brief arguing that Ms. B. should be granted asylum on account of her well-founded fear of future persecution.~~At the hearing in Baltimore Immigration Court, the judge ruled from the bench in favor of Ms. B. This outcome was particularly gratifying in a “difficult climate” for these types of asylum cases in the US, Mr. Murphy commented. He added that “the client was very happy with the result and is on the path to citizenship.”~~Pro Bono Counsel Tony Cassino noted that, as a member of the Real Estate Group, “Kieran is proof that Milbank lawyers are not afraid to get out of their comfort zone to help a client.”~~In addition to Mr. Murphy, the pro bono team included Milbank associate Julianne Guzman, as well as partner Erwin Dweck and special counsel Craig Price. In addition, Jeronimo Ramos Arozarena of the International Attorney Program was instrumental in assisting with translation services throughout the process.~~

Jul 22

1 min

Milbank LLP represented the financing sources in connection with CyrusOne’s $7.9 billion warehouse credit facility, the proceeds of which will be used to finance the ongoing development of its data center platform in the US. “We are honored to have advised on this significant financing which will enable CyrusOne to further expand its digital infrastructure footprint,” said partner Jaime Ramirez. Dan Bartfeld added, “This innovative financing is a testament to the strength and depth of the finance markets available to the leading digital infrastructure companies, and we are pleased to advise the sophisticated financing parties on this market-setting transaction.” The Milbank team was led by partners Jaime Ramirez, Dan Bartfeld and Jonathan Karl, along with special counsel Tim Fitzpatrick and associates Vince El Hayek, Amber Dong, Sol Avalos, Kate Richardson, Julianne Guzman, Nicolette Sullivan, Shannon Hardy, Alejandro Hernandez and Joe Powers. This transaction is another example of Milbank serving as lead counsel in the digital infrastructure space, where they are the most active law firm throughout the digital infrastructure value chain, ranging from chip foundries, GPU procurement and data centers (and associated power solutions), to fiber and towers. Milbank’s Digital Infrastructure team has led over $50 billion of data center and related transactions in the past year.

Jul 12

1 min