Meredith Elkin | Lawyers

Meri Elkin advises clients in a wide variety of complex commercial real estate transactions. Her practice consists of all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisition, disposition, financing, development, and leasing.

Meri's experience includes representing real estate developers and real estate investment funds in connection with financing, general real property matters, acquisitions, and dispositions relating to industrial, multifamily, single-family, and health care projects. She also represents national and regional lenders in connection with various types of real estate secured lending related to health care, homebuilder, industrial, multifamily, and office projects. Additionally, Meri advises corporate clients on the real estate aspects of merger and acquisition transactions and corporate real estate service matters.

Prior to attending law school, Meri worked as a commercial lease administrator for eight years.

Meri is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Real Property Section of the Georgia Bar.

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Wells Fargo provides $500 million term loan secured by 23 student housing projectsJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $500 million loan secured by 23 student housing projects located throughout the United States.

Wells Fargo provides $257.7 million syndicated term loan secured by 16 industrial properties throughout United StatesJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $257.7 million loan secured by 16 industrial properties located throughout the United States.

Logility enters into acquisition agreement with ApteanJones Day advised Logility Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY) in the acquisition by Aptean, Inc., a private equity-backed enterprise software company, for $14.30 per share in cash, or an enterprise value of approximately $490 million.

Wabtec acquires Dellner CouplersJones Day is advising Wabtec Corporation in the $960 million acquisition of Dellner Couplers, a global leader in highly engineered safety-critical train connection systems and services for passenger rail rolling stock.

Flowers Foods acquires Simple MillsJones Day advised Flowers Foods, Inc. in the $795 million acquisition of Simple Mills, Inc., a leading provider of gluten-free baking mixes, crackers, cookies, and snack bars made with almond and veggie flours.

Stephens Group acquires Astro PakJones Day advised The Stephens Group in the acquisition and financing of Astro Pak, LLC, an industry leader in passivation, precision cleaning, and high-purity chemical cleaning services.

Morgan Stanley portfolio company acquires Richard Heath & AssociatesJones Day advised Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Resource Innovations, Inc. of Richard Heath & Associates, Inc.

Verizon agrees to $3.3 billion tower prepaid lease transaction with Vertical BridgeJones Day advised Verizon Communications, Inc. in a prepaid lease transaction with Vertical Bridge REIT LLC.

Sanofi to separate its consumer healthcare business, OpellaJones Day is acting as securities law counsel to Sanofi in the separation of Opella, its consumer healthcare business, and the announced sale of a 50% controlling stake.

Innventure enters agreement with Learn CWJones Day advised Innventure LLC in its business combination with Learn CW Investment Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (NYSE: “LCW”) sponsored by CWAM LC Sponsor LLC, an affiliate of Learn Capital and Commonwealth Asset Management.

Duggal Visual Solutions receives investment from CortecJones Day advised Duggal Visual Solutions, Inc., a New York-based global leader in graphic printing, design services and visual solutions, in connection with a strategic investment by Cortec Group.

Randstad forms joint venture combining its job board business, Monster, with CareerBuilderJones Day advised Randstad N.V., a multinational publicly traded talent company, in connection with the formation of a joint venture combining its job board business, Monster, with CareerBuilder, a subsidiary of investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Koch reaches agreement to acquire Wever fertilizer plant from OCI GlobalJones Day advised Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC, an affiliate of Koch Industries, Inc., in the $3.6 billion acquisition of Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCO) from OCI N.V., a Netherlands-based producer and distributor of hydrogen products.

Riverside acquires CloudpermitJones Day represented The Riverside Company in the acquisition and financing of Cloudpermit, a community development software company for local governments, citizens, and other stakeholders.

Leading financial services company provides $1.125 billion syndicated senior secured credit facility to telecommunications companyJones Day represented a leading financial services company, as left lead bookrunner and administrative agent, in connection with a $1.125 billion senior secured syndicated credit facility, consisting of a $650 million institutional term loan B and a $475 million revolving credit facility, provided to a telecommunications company.

Riverside portfolio company acquires FleetWatcherJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Align Technologies of FleetWatcher, LLC, a leading provider of fleet and materials management software.

Wells Fargo provides $518 million secured revolving credit facility to California-based homebuilderJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arranger and sole bookrunner, in connection with a $518 million secured revolving credit facility provided to a California-based homebuilder.

Norwest Equity Partners acquires MDC Interior SolutionsJones Day advised Norwest Equity Partners in the acquisition and financing of MDC Interior Solutions, LLC, a leading commercial interior wallcoverings and design solutions company.

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