Aaron Amankwa is an associate in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office who focuses his practice on real estate development and finance, commercial leasing, and project finance including tax-exempt financing. He also advises clients on general corporate, transactional, and governance matters.
Aaron has represented underwriters, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and state agencies in various projects that have included universities, museums, seaport and airport facilities, and commercial and residential real estate developments. He has also represented project sponsors in transactions involving transportation infrastructure assets.
Aaron also advices pro bono clients on real estate matters, including leasing, project finance, and property acquisitions and dispositions.
- Represented the California Science Center Foundation in connection with the issuance of US$145 million in revenue bonds to finance to construction of a new facility to house the Space Shuttle Endeavour
- Temporarily served as a member of the in-house legal team of a client managing and operating a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York
- Represented an investor group in connection the financing and development of a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York
- Represented a syndicate of financial institutions in connection with their underwriting of US$1.8 billion of taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by the Regents of the University of California
- Represented a group of leading financial institution in connection with their tax equity investment in a 141.10 MW wind energy project located in Tuscola County, Michigan, a 149.99 MW wind energy project located in Cochran County, Texas, a 79.96 MW wind energy project located in Crosby County, Texas, and a 247.275 MW wind energy project located in Garfield County, Oklahoma
- Represented a real estate investment trust company in connection with the origination of a mortgage loan and a mezzanine loan in the aggregate amount of US$175 million secured by a shopping center in Broomfield, Colorado
- Represented a real estate investment company in connection with the acquisition and financing of a US$145 million of mixed use residential and commercial development project in Los Angeles
- Represented the Board of the Port of Oakland in connection with its issuance of US$525 million in municipal tax-exempt revenue bonds
- Represented a pension fund in connection with the origination of a construction loan in the amount of US$285 million secured by a residential development property in San Jose
- Represented Jefferies LLC and a leading financial institution as underwriters, in the issuance of US$191,250,000 of revenue bonds to fund a public-private development of student housing for the University of California, Irvine
- Represented a medical center in the sale of its two-building, 146,510 square foot medical office building complex in Newport Beach, California
- Represented Jefferies LLC and UBS Financial Services Inc., as underwriters, in the issuance of US$167,345,000 of tax-exempt refunding revenue bonds by the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank on behalf of The J. Paul Getty Trust
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
Education
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., Law & Business Certificate
- The University of British Columbia, B.A., Economics and Political Science