The Stifel Nicolaus Real Estate Investment Banking Group is highly regarded for its in-depth knowledge of the real estate industry and its participants. The Group provides various capital raising services to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Real Estate Operating Companies (REOCs) in both the public and private markets. Our professionals have extensive experience in public underwriting of common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, hybrid securities, trust preferred securities and debt securities. Additionally, the Group engages in private financing activities including initiating, structuring and negotiating joint ventures, entity-level private placements, multi-investor funds and Rule 144A private placements. The Group also performs financial advisory services offering valuation, negotiation and execution expertise on mergers and acquisitions as well as providing fairness opinions and corporate structuring advice to management teams and Boards of Directors.

The Real Estate Group enjoys a reputation for quality and capability equivalent to its bulge bracket competitors. From 2000 through 2008 YTD, the Group completed over 210 public and private financings raising over $34 billion for 86 different clients. During the same period, we served as a financial advisor on 16 mergers and acquisitions valued at approximately $14 billion.

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