Paul D. Manca

Represented Nextera Energy, Inc. on its US$1.5bn sale of its FiberNet business to Crown Castle.

Represented Playa Hotels and Resorts in its US$1.75bn combination with Pace Holdings, a special-purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of TPG.

Represented Apple Hospitality REIT in its $US1.3bn merger with Apple REIT Ten.

Represented Dupont Fabros Technology in its US$7.6bn merger with Digital Realty.

Represented General Electric Capital Corporation in the US$1.4bn sale of its U.S. restaurant franchise finance business several regional banks.

Represented General Electric Capital Corporation in its US$9bn sale of its U.S. healthcare financial services business unit.

Represented Colonial Properties Trust in its US$8.6bn merger with Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

Represented Kite Realty Group in its US$2.1bn merger.

Represented NextEra Energy Resources, LLC in its US$1.3bn sale of five gas-fired electric generation facilities.

Represented GE Healthcare in its acquisition of Thermo Fisher’s cell culture, gene modulation, and magnetic beads businesses for US$1bn.

Represented PAETEC Corp. in its US$2.3bn merger with Windstream Corp.

Represented the Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Knology, Inc. in its US$1.5bn acquisition by WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone.

Represented GE Healthcare Financial Services in its US$1.4bn acquisition of six senior housing portfolios.

Represented Colonial Properties Trust in the formation and contribution of US$1.3bn in office and retail properties into two newly formed JVs.

Represented Colonial Properties Trust in its US$1.8bn acquisition of CRT Properties, Inc. through a JV between Colonial and an investment fund.

Represented Cardinal Health in several acquisitions of healthcare and healthcare IT companies.

Represented GE Healthcare in its acquisition of SeqWright, Inc., a provider of nucleic acid sequencing and other genomic services.

Represented Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. in its listing on the NYSE and US$200m tender offer.

Represented the special committee of Apple REIT Nine, Inc. in its acquisition of two non-listed REITs.

Represented Eola Capital in its US$462m sale of its property management business and six office properties to Parkway Properties, Inc.

Represented NextEra Energy Resources, LLC in its US$352m acquisition of three operating wind projects from Babcock and Brown.

Represented Orthofix International N.V. in connection with the sale of its vascular business to Covidien.

Represented K-V Pharmaceutical Company in the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Particle Dynamics, Inc., to Edgewater Capital Partners.

Represented the 3M Company in its US$1.037bn acquisition of the Polypore separations media business.