New York – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Barclays as representative of the initial purchasers in a private offering of $400 million of senior secured notes due 2027 by Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.’s (NYSE: BXMT).  Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by commercial real estate in North America, Europe and Australia, is externally managed by a subsidiary of Blackstone Inc.

Securities & Capital Markets partner Yariv Katz led the Paul Hastings team, which also included partner Max Kirchner and associates Flavio Averbug and Matthew Schob. The Paul Hastings team has also represented the underwriters in multiple prior public offerings for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.

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