New York, NY-- Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Securities and Morgan Stanley as joint book-running managers for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.’s (NYSE: BXMT) public offering of class A common stock.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by commercial properties in North America and Europe, sold a total of 9,200,000 shares of class A common stock (including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) and raised gross proceeds of approximately $253 million. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. is externally managed by a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, L.P.

Securities & Capital Markets partner Yariv Katz led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Keith Gartner and Melissa Fishkin.

The Paul Hastings team has also represented the joint book runners in several prior public offerings for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.