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Paige Anderson
Paige Anderson
Partner — Tax
Partner — Tax

Paige Anderson

Paige Anderson
Richmond

901 East Byrd Street
Suite 1500
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Paige Anderson

Experience Highlights

  • B&D Holdings in a joint venture with H.I.G. Realty Partners to recapitalize an existing 50 property, 2.2 million square foot portfolio owned by B&D and consisting of industrial properties located in Texas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, New Mexico, New Jersey and New York and a separate programmatic joint venture to pursue and acquire industrial properties throughout the U.S.

  • Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P. (In Process)

  • Co-led ABA Section of Taxation’s comment letter on Treasury and IRS’s proposed regulations under Sections 897 and 892 regarding issues affecting foreign investment in U.S. real estate

  • Ellington Financial Inc. in its acquisition of Arlington Asset Investment Corp., a real estate investment trust that invests primarily in mortgage-related and other assets

  • Goldman Sachs in the $245 million acquisition of three Washington state tree fruit packing and farming operations

  • IFM Investors in the formation of a joint venture with DigitalBridge to acquire Switch, Inc. in a $11 billion take-private transaction

  • Rayonier as special tax counsel in the $554 million acquisition of Pope Resources using an innovative tax-deferred UPREIT structure

  • TPG Re Finance Trust, Inc. as special tax counsel in its $325 million commitment of preferred stock and warrants to Starwood Capital Group

  • Preferred Apartment Communities, a REIT owner and operator of Class A multifamily properties and grocery-anchored retail assets, in its $5.8 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

  • Underwriters to NETSTREIT Corp. in its $259 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Bluerock Residential Growth REIT as special tax counsel in its $3.6 billion acquisition by affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate and the spin-off its single-family rental business into Bluerock Homes Trust, a newly formed REIT

  • DigitalBridge in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings, the largest private owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S.

  • WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in its $3.1 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

  • Jera Asset Management and Setzer Properties in formation of a joint venture with the Australian Superannuation Pension Fund, including the roll-up of a seed portfolio of net leased transportation terminal and logistics properties

  • WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in its $370 million contribution of its U.S. distribution and logistics properties to a joint venture with the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

  • CTO Realty Growth, Inc. in its conversion to a REIT

  • Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. in its $143 million initial public offering of common stock and subsequent underwritten offerings

  • NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. as special tax counsel in its merger with Core Paneuro 2019 13 Sarl

  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Owens Realty Mortgage, a specialty finance REIT, in its $200 million merger with Ready Capital Corporation, a real estate finance company

  • CYS Investments, an agency mortgage REIT, in its $1.475 billion merger with Two Harbors Investment Corp., a leading hybrid mortgage REIT

  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company in its $2.2 billion acquisition of InfraREIT

Credentials

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. 2013 (Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review)
  • University of Virginia, B.S., Commerce with distinction, 2007
  • Legal 500 U.S., Real Estate: REITs, 2022
  • Chambers USA, REITs (Nationwide), 2021 and 2022; “Associate to Watch” in REITs: Tax (Nationwide), 2021; “Up and Coming” in REITs: Tax (Nationwide), 2022; REITs: Tax (Nationwide), 2023
  • Selected to the Virginia Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2020–2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Tax Law (Richmond), 2021–2024
  • Kayo Conference Series, “Top 23 in ’23: Women in REITs,” 2023
  • President Emeritus: Junior Board of Historic Richmond
  • Member: Virginia Bar Association
  • Virginia
  • New York
  • “Impact of Final Carried Interest Regulations on REITs and Real Estate Funds,” V&E REIT Series CLE, March 3, 2021 (co-speaker)
  • “Women in REITs – A Powerful Presence in the Real Estate World,” Kayo Women’s Real Estate Summit, June 24, 2020 (moderator)
  • “What’s All the Buzz About Opportunity Zones?” 2019 Kayo Women’s Real Estate Summit, June 24, 2019 (moderator)