Thalgott, Jamie L.

Nevada native with extensive experience in the private and public sectors. Transactional and land use attorney with an expertise in the lifecycle of development projects. Able to lead all aspects of real estate deals, from acquisition and financing to entitlement.

A Las Vegas native, Jamie Thalgott understands Nevada’s political climate and highly regulated gaming industry and their effect on complex land use and real estate transactions. Her practice focuses on providing counsel to high-profile developers, through the negotiation of development agreements and entitlement applications with local municipalities, and to market-leading casino and resort clients, through the negotiation of property acquisitions, dispositions, financings and leasing as well as legal issues related to land use and property development.

Previously, Jamie served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Henderson, where she negotiated the multimillion-dollar sale and development agreement of 55 acres of city land to the Las Vegas Raiders for their headquarters and practice facility. She also served as lead counsel to the city’s Planning Commission, Property Management Department and Community Development and Services Department. Since returning to Brownstein, Jamie represented the City of Henderson in its sale of 279 acres to an affiliate of Haas Automation, Inc., for the development of an advanced manufacturing facility and integrated campus, which has been called one of the biggest economic development deals in the valley. 

Practices & Industries

Practices

Representative Matters

  • Counsel to Caesars in connection with its $375 million development of Caesars Forum Convention Center.

  • Nevada counsel to MGM Resorts International and MGM Growth Properties LLC in connection with forming a joint venture with Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust to acquire the Las Vegas real estate assets of the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay for $4.6 billion. Concurrent with the acquisition, MGM Resorts entered into a master lease to lease from the joint venture and operate both properties.

  • Counsel to MGM Resorts in its $825 million sale of the Circus Circus Hotel Casino and Festival Grounds to an affiliate of businessman Phil Ruffin.

  • Nevada counsel to MGM Resorts International in Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust’s $4.2 billion acquisition of Bellagio real estate from MGM and lease back to MGM. This sale has been said to be the single largest resort sale in Las Vegas’ history.

  • Counsel to MGM in the sale of Circus Circus Reno’s assets and MGM’s 50% equity interest in Silver Legacy Resort Casino Reno, as well as the sales of the Gold Strike Hotel & Casino and the Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino.

  • Represented a gaming company in connection with the purchase of a grandfathered casino in Southern Nevada.

  • Represented large hotel casino operator with purchase of industrial land located in Las Vegas, Nevada, including zoning issues related thereto.

  • Served as gaming and Nevada counsel in connection with the purchase of prominent Las Vegas hotel casino and related acquisition financing.

  • Represented hotel casino company in connection with the purchase of several acres of real property located in Southern Nevada.

  • Represented HELP of Southern Nevada in the acquisition and development of a homeless youth center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Brownstein served Caesars Entertainment as Nevada counsel in connection with the sale of four Las Vegas hotel casino resorts to Caesars Growth Partners for a purchase price of US$2.2 billion, and also served as Nevada counsel to Caesars Growth Partners with respect to the financing for such acquisition.

  • Served as Nevada counsel to Caesars Entertainment in connection with its US$3.3 billion new senior secured credit facilities and issuance of US$1.9 billion senior secured notes in order to finance the CMBS repurchase and refinance a construction loan.

  • Counsel to a hotel casino in a restructuring of a restaurant joint venture which involved negotiating new leases, licenses and intellectual property agreements.

  • Negotiated on behalf of a municipality an amended and restated development agreement and parks agreement with respect to a large master planned community.

  • Served as counsel to several gaming companies in connection with acquisitions of hotel casinos located in Southern Nevada.

  • Assist Caesars Entertainment Corporation affiliate with sale of vacant land transaction in Bossier City, Louisiana.

  • Represented KSL Capital Partners in the sale of five iconic resort properties to TRT Holdings, owner of Omni Hotels & Resorts in a series of five related transactions. The properties that were included in the sale are Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas; La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California, Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, California; Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina; and The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia. Brownstein acted as lead counsel on the transaction facilitating the buyer's due diligence review of the properties and the resorts, the negotiation of five separate purchase agreements, and completion of all closing conditions.

  • Served as Nevada counsel to client in connection with the multi-million dollar sale of office buildings and vacant land including imposition of restrictive covenants with respect thereto.

  • Served as Nevada counsel to Hines Interests and Oaktree Capital Management Joint Venture in connection with the acquisition and financing for Summerlin office building portfolio comprised of 32 buildings and totaling 1.1 million square feet.

News & Events
Community

Alumni Board Member, The Meadows School
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), Programs Board
Board Member, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation

 

Publications & Presentations
Education
  • J.D., 2010, Vanderbilt University Law School
  • B.A., 2007, magna cum laude, Georgetown University
Admissions
  • Nevada
Recognition

Vegas Inc Top Lawyers, Real Property, 2020

Leadership Henderson, 2019

NAIOP Developing Leaders Institute, 2016

Legal Elite, Nevada Business Magazine, 2014 and 2017

Membership

State Bar of Nevada

Clark County Bar Association

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties

Henderson Chamber of Commerce

American Bar Association

 

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