Dentons acted as legal counsel to Weingarten Realty Investors, a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust and owner, manager and developer of grocery-anchored Sun Belt shopping centers, in its merger with and into Kimco Realty Corporation. The transaction closed on August 3, 2021 and created the leading open-air, grocery-anchored shopping center and mixed-use real estate owner in the country with equity market capitalization of approximately US$12 billion and enterprise value of approximately US$20.5 billion.

The Dentons team was led by partner Toni Weinstein, a member of the Firm’s Corporate practice and resident in the Dallas office, and included Dallas partners Don Hammett and Raleigh Johnston, Kansas City partner Matthew Garms, Dallas managing associate Christina Heddesheimer and New York Capital Markets associate Joseph Benavides.

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