Sean Tierney is a partner of the firm’s Real Estate Department. Sean represents private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional real estate investors, developers, operators, lenders and borrowers in negotiating and structuring real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, developments and financings. Sean also has deep experience in representing hotel investors, operators, and lenders in connection with the acquisition, financing, development, operation, and disposition of hospitality assets. He also has a market-leading expertise in the negotiation of long-term hotel management agreements.
Sean has been recognized as a leading lawyer by:
- Lawdragon 500: Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024
- Law360: Hospitality MVP, 2023
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ in Real Estate, 2022 and 2023
- Lawdragon: 500 X – The Next Generation, 2023
Representative matters include:
- Acquisition, financing, and negotiation of the hotel management agreement for the Park Hyatt Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland).
- Representation of the EQ Group in connection with the acquisition of an 18-hotel portfolio in the United Kingdom.
- $835 million acquisition of The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida, the largest hospitality transaction since the Covid-19 pandemic (Florida).
- Acquisition, financing and re-opening of the Hilton Times Square (New York).
- $1.1 billion acquisition of the Dropbox headquarters in San Francisco (California).
- Negotiation of the $2.2 billion construction financing for the Fontainebleau Las Vegas (Nevada).
- Acquisition, re-branding, and recapitalization of the Waldorf Astoria, Monarch Beach (California).
- Acquisition, financings, and repositioning of the Jane Hotel in New York (New York).
Sean graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. While at Michigan, he worked in the Community and Economic Development Clinic, advising small businesses and non-profit organizations dedicated to the economic revitalization of Detroit, Michigan. Sean graduated magna cum laude from Loyola Marymount University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Philosophy and a minor in Business Administration.
Sean is also a proud member of the Board of Directors of Verbum Dei High School, a college prep school for low-income students located in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Michigan - Juris Doctor
- Loyola Marymount University - Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar