• Jeffrey H Taub works on corporate matters representing clients, including public and private companies, real estate investment trusts, and real estate owners and investors, in domestic and international transactions, corporate structure and formation, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory and compliance matters, and corporate governance.

    Jeff’s work includes negotiating and drafting transactional documents for a wide variety of transactions, including merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, limited liability company and limited partnership constitutional documents, investor rights agreements, and commercial arrangements. His work with REITs involves all corporate aspects, from representing clients on strategic transactions and investments to securities issues and day-to-day corporate matters.

    Most recently, Jeff represented VICI Properties, a NYSE-listed REIT, in a number of significant transactions, including its $3.2 billion agreement with Eldorado Resorts Inc. in connection with Eldorado’s proposed business combination with Caesars Entertainment Corp.; its $261 million acquisition of the land and real estate assets of Margaritaville Resort Casino and lease to Penn National Gaming; its $700 million acquisition of the land and real estate assets of Greektown Casino-Hotel; its $558 million acquisition of the land and real estate assets of JACK Cincinnati Casino; and its $278 million acquisition of the land and real estate assets of Isle Casino Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville in Caruthersville, Missouri; and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in New Cumberland, West Virginia.

    Among his other notable work, Jeff advised Cineworld Group PLC in its $5.9 billion acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group; represented, as a member of the deal team, General Maritime Corp. in its $3 billion combination with Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc. to create Gener8 Maritime Inc.; and represented a real estate investment fund in the formation of a programmatic joint venture with a developer of luxury college student housing.  

    Jeff also dedicates significant time to pro bono matters. He counsels and represents small business startups that are referred to Kramer Levin by various pro bono organizations in formation and other corporate matters. He has also secured a divorce for an indigent client and assisted an Army veteran in obtaining a loan discharge of $10,000 in federal student loans for which the client unknowingly applied in order to attend a sham trade school that did not offer the business classes that had been advertised and did not administer the required entry examinations.

    Experience

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc., an NYSE-listed REIT, in its acquisition of the real estate assets associated with Fitz Casino & Hotel and WaterView Casino & Hotel for approximately $293.4 million, and the simultaneous leaseback to subsidiaries of Foundation Gaming and Entertainment, LLC.

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc., an NYSE-listed REIT, in a definitive agreement with Hard Rock International to lease the real estate assets associated with The Mirage Hotel & Casino, located in Las Vegas, NV.

    • Advised NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC in its acquisition of certain assets of Housing & Healthcare Finance LLC, including its FHA multifamily and healthcare origination business and its loan servicing portfolio. 

    • Advising VICI Properties Inc. in its pending $17.2 billion strategic acquisition of MGM Growth Properties LLC (NYSE: MGP).

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc., in its entry into a $3.2 billion definitive agreement with Eldorado Resorts Inc. in connection with Eldorado’s proposed business combination with Caesars Entertainment Corp.

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc. in connection with its agreement to acquire the real estate assets of JACK Cincinnati Casino, located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, for approximately $558 million in cash.

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc. in connection with its agreement to acquire the land and real estate assets of the Greektown Casino-Hotel in downtown Detroit for approximately $700 million in cash from JACK Entertainment.

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the land and real estate assets of Margaritaville Resort Casino, in Bossier City, Louisiana, for approximately $261 million cash.

    • Represented Fiera Capital Inc., the U.S. division of Fiera Capital Corp., in its agreement to acquire management of City National Rochdale Emerging Markets Fund, which manages approximately $1.7 billion in assets, investing primarily in Asian emerging markets.

    • Advised Cineworld Group PLC, one of the leading cinema groups in Europe, in its $5.9 billion acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group, a leading U.S.-based theater owner and operator. 

    • Represented Luxor Capital Group, LP, and certain of its affiliates and managed funds, as the largest unsecured creditor of RCS Capital Corp. in its Chapter 11 reorganization.

    • Represented a residential solar electricity systems provider in its merger with a solar industry financial services and software company.

    • Represented General Maritime Corp. in its $3 billion combination with Navig8 Crude Tankers Inc. to create Gener8 Maritime Inc.

    • Represented a hedge fund in an internal reorganization of its fund structure and succession planning.

    • Represented Focus Financial Partners in the acquisition of a partner firm.

    • Represented a litigation funding investor in its agreement to purchase interests in litigation claims.

    • Represented a real estate investment fund in the formation of a programmatic joint venture with a developer of luxury college student housing.

    • Represents the RCS Creditor Trust (formed pursuant to the confirmed Chapter 11 plan of RCS Capital Corp.) information and ongoing matters.

    • Represented the TRU Creditor Litigation Trust (formed pursuant to the confirmed Chapter 11 plan of Toys “R” Us Inc.) in formation matters.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., magna cum laude, Fordham University School of Law, 2010
      • Order of the Coif
      • Associate Editor, Moot Court Board
      • Staff Member, Fordham Urban Law Journal
    • First Talmudic Degree, Rabbinical Seminary of Adas Yereim

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2011
    • New Jersey, 2010

    Court Admissions

    • U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York