Paige Anderson
901 East Byrd Street
Suite 1500
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Paige’s practice focuses on the federal income tax aspects of business transactions, particularly in the real estate industry. She advises real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity sponsors and investors, and other investors on a variety of tax matters, including the formation of public and private REITs, tax planning associated with equity and mortgage REITs, qualified opportunity zones (QOZs), capital markets transactions and IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, financings, and tax aspects of foreign investment in U.S. real estate.
Recognized nationwide by Chambers USA 2024 as a Band 2 attorney in REITs: Tax, one client notes “Paige leans on her extensive experience and knowledge to find solutions.” She has also been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Virginia Super Lawyers and “One to Watch” by The Best Lawyers in America©.
Experience Highlights
Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.
Ellington Financial Inc. in its $154 million acquisition of Arlington Asset Investment Corp. for a combination of stock and cash consideration
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
IFM Investors in the formation of a joint venture with DigitalBridge to acquire Switch, Inc. in a $11 billion take-private transaction
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.
Goldman Sachs in the $245 million acquisition of three Washington state tree fruit packing and farming operations
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.
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
Underwriters to NETSTREIT Corp. in its $259 million initial public offering of common stock
TPG Re Finance Trust, Inc. as special tax counsel in its $325 million commitment of preferred stock and warrants to Starwood Capital Group
Rayonier as special tax counsel in the $554 million acquisition of Pope Resources using an innovative tax-deferred UPREIT structure
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
Oncor Electric Delivery Company in its $2.2 billion acquisition of InfraREIT
CYS Investments, an agency mortgage REIT, in its $1.475 billion merger with Two Harbors Investment Corp., a leading hybrid mortgage REIT
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, Real Estate: REITs, 2024
- 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 and 2024
- 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
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Tax Law (Richmond), 2025
- 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
- EventSeptember 10, 2024
- Deals & CasesJuly 18, 2024
- Deals & CasesJuly 11, 2024
- Deals & CasesJuly 1, 2024
- Rankings & AwardsJune 12, 2024
- Rankings & AwardsJune 6, 2024
- Deals & CasesMay 29, 2024
- InsightMay 7, 2024
V&E REIT Update
- InsightApril 29, 2024
- Deals & CasesApril 11, 2024
- InsightApril 4, 2024
V&E REIT Update
- Deals & CasesJanuary 22, 2024
- Deals & CasesJanuary 12, 2024
- InsightSeptember 7, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- Deals & CasesAugust 9, 2023
- Event RecapJune 7, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsJune 1, 2023
- Deals & CasesMay 30, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsApril 28, 2023
- Event RecapApril 12, 2023
- InsightMarch 2, 2023
- Deals & CasesJanuary 18, 2023
- InsightJanuary 17, 2023
V&E REIT Update
- Deals & CasesDecember 12, 2022
- Deals & CasesDecember 5, 2022
- Deals & CasesSeptember 7, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Deals & CasesAugust 4, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsJune 16, 2022
- InsightJune 14, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsJune 1, 2022
- InsightMay 3, 2022
Published by Tax Notes Federal, April 4, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsMay 2, 2022
- InsightMarch 1, 2022
V&E REIT Update
- Deals & CasesFebruary 16, 2022
- Deals & CasesJanuary 11, 2022
- Deals & CasesAugust 10, 2021
- “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)