Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities Serve as Joint Book-Running Managers for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.'s Public Offering Of Class A Common Stock

August 03, 2018

New York - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities as joint book-running managers for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.’s (NYSE: BXMT) follow-on public offering of class A common stock.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by commercial real estate in North America and Europe, sold a total of 6,900,000 shares of class A common stock (including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) and raised gross proceeds of approximately $223 million. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. is externally managed by a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, L.P.

Securities & Capital Markets partner Yariv Katz led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Cecilia Wang and Shai Vander. The Paul Hastings team has also represented the underwriters in multiple prior public offerings for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.
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