J. Avelina Burbridge
Advises on a wide variety of real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, development and infrastructure projects, joint ventures and financings.
Avelina advises clients on a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, construction and development projects, data center projects, energy and infrastructure projects, hospitality and gaming industry projects, partnerships and joint ventures, ground leases, all types of real estate-based financings and distressed asset workouts and restructurings.
Avelina is recognized by Law360 as a “Rising Star: Real Estate”.
Experience
- Cipher Mining on a 15-year data center lease with Amazon Web Services, supporting 300 MW of AI workloads, representing approximately $5.5 billion in contracted revenue
- Ford Motor Company, as a joint venture partner, and BlueOval SK, as borrower, on a $9.6 billion financing from the U.S. Department of Energy for the construction of three electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants
- Strategic Value Partners on its:
- acquisition of interests in Birdsboro Power Plant, a 485 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle facility
- financing and acquisition of AMP&RSAND in San Diego
- acquisition and foreclosure of the mortgage loan on, and subsequent joint venture and financing of, The Bluffs at Playa Vista
- NYDIG on its acquisition of Crusoe Energy’s digital flare mitigation bitcoin mining operations
- QuadReal Property Group on its acquisition of a 1,400-unit multifamily portfolio
- The Amherst Group in joint venture agreements with respect to portfolios of single-family residential homes*
- Core Scientific in evaluating strategic options regarding its approximately $1 billion in debt and restructuring its real estate holdings*
- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in its $13 billion plan to redesign John F. Kennedy International Airport*
- Empire State Development on its Atlantic Yards Land Use Improvement and Civic Project that included the development of the Barclays Center, 15 residential and office buildings, civic facilities and eight acres of open space*
- Shed NYC in the financing and development of the first-of-its-kind New York cultural center*
- Silverstein Properties in the development and construction financing for the $930 million Four Seasons New York hotel and private residences; a $296 million bond offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; and the multibillion-dollar liberty bond issuance for the development of Tower 3 at the World Trade Center*
- Safehold on numerous “development ground lease”-style financing transactions*
- Las Vegas Sands on the $1.3 billion sale of Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania*
- Chartwell Retirement Residences on the $849 million sale of its U.S. senior housing business*
- Pinnacle Entertainment on a spin-off of its separate property and operating businesses; a merger with Gaming & Leisure Properties; the sale-leaseback of its casinos; and its $2.8 billion sale to Penn National*
*Representations before joining Davis Polk
News
Recognition
Best Lawyers – “Ones to Watch: Real Estate,” 2024-2026
Law360 – “Rising Star: Real Estate,” 2021
Sanctuary for Families – Above & Beyond Honoree for Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy, 2018
Education
- James Kent Scholar
Prior experience
- Counsel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 2021-2024
- Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 2014-2021
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York