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Paul Hastings Advises Tri Pointe Homes on Its $4.5 Billion Strategic Combination With Sumitomo Forestry to Create a Leading US Homebuilder

February 13, 2026

Paul Hastings LLP advised Tri Pointe Homes Inc. (NYSE: TPH) on its $4.5 billion strategic combination with Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd.

Mergers & Acquisitions global co-chair Eduardo Gallardo led the Paul Hastings team, which also included partners Andrew Goodman and Toshiyuki Arai, of counsel Olivier Souleres and associates Michael McKenna, Olga Belosludova, Ian Chang, Nikki Nikova, Nick L. Caponi and Hank Wu; Executive Compensation, Benefits and ERISA chair Jason Ertel and associate Steph Lao; Tax partner Sherry Xie and associates Hugh Malesh and Kelsey Massey; Finance partner Tracey Chenoweth, of counsel Erik Zakarin and associate Daniil Shamelo; Insurance M&A partner Sanjiv Tata; Antitrust partners Joshua Soven and Sally Evans, of counsel Brittany Burke and Catherine Kordestani and associates Sophie Entwisle, Tom Murdoch and Siarra Rogers; Technology Transactions co-chair Sarah Gagan and associate Howard Glucksman; Consumer Financial Services chair Jonice Gray, of counsel Kristopher Knabe and associate Brian Stief; and Real Estate partner Brad Ritter and associate Erin Riddiford.

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