Ben-Moshe, Sony

Sony Ben-Moshe

Partner

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    Ben-Moshe, Sony

    Sony Ben-Moshe

    Partner

    sony.ben-moshe@lw.com
    Mr. Ben-Moshe is “highly recommended by clients who say ‘he offers commercial, sound solutions, and he's very good at the real estate part of the work’.”

    Chambers USA 2012

    Profile

    Sony Ben-Moshe, Co-Chair of the firm’s Gaming and Hospitality Group, advises clients on complex transactions in the US and globally.

    Sony draws on trusted relationships across the industry and extensive transactional experience to represent clients in connection with all aspects of:

    • Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
    • Financing transactions and LBOs, including syndicated credit facilities, private credit facilities, and securities offerings, including 144A high yield offerings and private placements transactions
    • Real estate investments, joint ventures, acquisitions, and financings 
    • Sale leaseback transactions
    • Project development and construction financings, particularly in the hospitality, gaming, and energy sectors, including all aspects  required to bring greenfield assets online
    • Restructurings and refinancings of troubled credits, as well as negotiating intercreditor agreements

    Experience

    Sony’s recent experience includes leading roles on the following matters:

    • The redevelopment of the site of the Tropicana Las Vegas to includes a baseball park for the Oakland A’s
    • The initial public offering and concurrent private placements for Bally’s Chicago
    • Lucky Strike Entertainment’s acquisition of a portfolio of real estate assets from Carlyle 
    • Eldorado Resorts’ US$17 billion acquisition and financing of Caesars Entertainment Corporation
    • Majestic Realty’s joint venture arrangements and development of various hospitality and industrial real estate developments
    • Development work, construction financing, and various refinancings for Resorts World Las Vegas
    • Various loans and other investments by Sculptor Real Estate
    • Maverick Gaming’s financings and financial restructuring transactions 
    • SRG in connection with various acquisitions and dispositions of senior living properties
    • Various credit facilities, bond offerings, and sale leasebacks for Bally’s Entertainment
    • All credit facilities and bond offerings for Genting New York since 2016
    • Caesars Entertainment’s acquisition and financing of William Hill
    • All credit facilities and bond offerings for Red Rock Resorts since 2011
    • Construction development, financing, and related contractual arrangements (including Hilton franchise agreements) for Resorts World Las Vegas
    • All credit facilities and bond offerings for Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority since 2016
    • All credit facilities, bond offerings, and equity offerings for Penn Entertainment since 2013, including the spinoff of GLPI and the US$3.5 billion financing to acquire Pinnacle Entertainment 
    • The US$5.5 billion in senior secured financing relating to the spinoff of MGM Growth Properties from MGM Resorts International
    • The acquisition and financing by the San Manuel Tribe of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
    • Sale leaseback and various credit facilities for Jack Entertainment
    • The US$500 million senior secured construction financing of the Philadelphia Parx Casino
    • Credit facilities and bond offerings for the MotorCity Resort and Casino
    • Joint venture for the potential development of a US$8 billion casino resort in New York City
    • Joint venture and management agreement for Caesars Entertainment in connection with its Danville, Virginia hotel casino
    • Construction financing for various tribal casinos including, Graton, Wilton, Catawba, Dry Creek, and North Forth 
    • Various joint ventures and management agreement for developments by Hard Rock International
    • Debt financings and sale leasebacks aggregating US$12 billion in connection with Caesars Entertainment’s emergence from bankruptcy

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1994
      Order of the Coif
    • BBA, University of San Diego, 1990
      summa cum laude

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Hebrew
    • Spanish

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