Kent Richey has more than 30 years' experience in real estate investments, ventures, and private equity funds, including forming one of the first India funds and several Mexico funds. Kent represented the founding principals in the formation of Brightstone Capital Partners, a real estate investment manager, alongside Vanke USA, the U.S. affiliate of China's largest public real estate development company.
Kent's clients include CBRE Global Investment Partners, Credit Suisse Asset Management, and Brightstone Capital Partners. Following the formation of Brightstone Capital Partners, Kent has gone on to represent Brightstone in its property acquisitions, including its purchase and subsequent disposition of the Lantana Media Complex, in Santa Monica, California.
Prior to joining Jones Day in 2004, Kent acted as general counsel to the Peabody Funds, private real estate funds jointly sponsored by O'Connor Capital Partners and JPMorgan Chase, and as general counsel to Allegro Resorts, an owner/operator of all-inclusive resort hotels controlled by Westbrook Real Estate Partners.
Experiencia
- June 2009
Stepping into the Capital Breach: Buying Busted Mezz Loans, moderator, US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum - June 3, 2008
Around the World in 90 Minutes: India, Japan and China Fund Structuring, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM) Senior Legal Officer Discussion Forum - May 2008
Fund Level Financings: Gauging the Impact that the Credit Crunch has had on Subscription Facilities, IMN Ninth Annual US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum - May 2007
Regional Focus: Latin America-Mexico, Brazil, South America, moderator, IMN US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum - February 2007
Everything You Need to Know in Order to Invest in the International Real Estate Markets with Success, panelist, 3ieme Forum Quebecois, L'Immobilier Commercial - June 2006
Overview of Emerging Market Opportunities, moderator, IMN US Real Estate Opportunity & Real Estate Private Fund Investing Forum - November 13-14, 2005
Real Estate as a Global Asset Class - July 2005
Structuring Transactions to Avoid Regulatory and Legal Issues, moderator, Non-Core Real Estate Funds Forum - June 1-2, 2005
Fund structuring 101: What legal, tax and accounting issues do you need to know when starting a fund? Discussing the practical issues involved in creating a new fund, The Sixth Annual U.S. Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum, Information Management Network - June 2004
Fund Structuring - What Issues are Involved in Creating a New Fund? panelist, Waterfall and Clawback Provisions, speaker, IMN Real Estate Opportunity and Private Equity Fund Conference
- Harvard University (J.D. magna cum laude 1986); Northwestern University (M.A. in English and American Literature 1982; B.A. cum laude 1982)
- New York
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for real estate law (2015 to 2017)
Listed in New York Metro Super Lawyers (2013)
Recommended as a leading individual in real estate by The Legal 500 US (2012)
- Law Clerk to Judge Walter R. Mansfield, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1986-1987)