Paul Hastings Advises Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. in Connection With its $251 Million Follow-on Public Offering of Common Stock

December 31, 2014

New York, NY- Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BEE), a real estate investment trust which owns and provides value enhancing asset management of high-end hotels and resorts, in connection with its follow-on public offering of common stock. The company sold a total of 20 million shares of common stock and raised gross proceeds of $251.4 million.

Securities & Capital Markets partner Yariv Katz led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Keith Gartner and Melissa Fishkin.

Paul Hastings has represented Strategic Hotels since 2005 and has since that time represented Strategic Hotels in connection with over a dozen equity and debt financings and numerous other matters.

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