- Forming and offering various private equity funds, REITs, separate accounts, and co-investment vehicles focused on traditional core, value-add, and opportunistic real estate investments, special situations, mezzanine loans, senior debt, and land opportunities.
- Negotiating and drafting investment management agreements, marketing materials, private placement memoranda, limited partnership agreements, subscription documentation, placement agent agreements, and side letters related to various real estate investment vehicles, including private equity funds, hedge funds, co-investment funds, and separate accounts.
- Reporting and compliance pursuant to the 1940 Investment Advisers Act, including ADV filings, advertising rules, principal transactions, conflict management, expense allocation, best execution, and custody arrangements.
- Representing institutional and privately managed real estate private equity funds in the acquisition, financing, restructuring, and sale of real-estate-related investments, including real estate development, operating and management companies, and direct real estate investing in office, multifamily, retail, hospitality, and industrial.
- Reporting and compliance pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Bank Holding Company Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FINRA, and various anti-money laundering rules and regulations.
- Designing and implementing a compliance program for a newly formed SEC registered investment adviser, including development of a compliance manual, code of ethics, and other SEC best practice policies and procedures.
- Preparing for SEC investment adviser onsite examinations.
- Authored and presented trainings to registered investment adviser supervised persons relating to legal and regulatory compliance and best practices.
- Phone: +1 404 881 4830
- Email: amie.benedetto@alston.com
Amie’s experience as in-house counsel for both institutional and privately held real estate fund managers enables her to provide her clients with commercially minded and practical advice on real estate fund formation, management, compliance, and joint ventures.
Amie Benedetto is a partner in the Investment Funds Group. Amie advises major financial institutions, fund sponsors, investment advisers, and institutional investors on the formation, offering, management and regulatory compliance of private funds. She offers counsel on comingled funds, separate accounts, REITs, funds of one, general partner funds, and co-investments — spanning real estate, private credit, timber, infrastructure, renewable energy, and other private equity asset classes. Amie is adept at forming both closed-end and open-end evergreen fund structures in the U.S. and abroad.
Before joining the firm, Amie served as in-house counsel at Proprium Capital Partners, a privately held real estate principal investing firm, where she was responsible for all in house legal aspects of fund formation, management, investor relations, real estate transactions, and regulatory compliance. She also served as a vice president and executive director at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, where she was general counsel to the Real Estate Special Situations Funds and counsel to the MSREF fund series. Amie began her legal career at an international law firm representing investment banks and private equity funds in the acquisition, development, leasing, and sale of various real estate assets.
Amie is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the Real Estate category.
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Speaking Engagement June 24, 2025Atlanta CCO Lunch & Learn – Exam Trends and Regulatory UpdateAmie Benedetto will speak on a panel discussing examination trends and regulatory updates at an event hosted by the ACA Group.Speaking Engagement June 24, 2025Atlanta CCO Lunch & Learn – Exam Trends and Regulatory UpdateAmie Benedetto will speak on a panel discussing examination trends and regulatory updates at an event hosted by the ACA Group.
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Press Release June 5, 2025Alston & Bird Continues to Increase Rankings in Chambers USA 2025Alston & Bird has received significant recognition in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, with 77 practice rankings and 164 leading lawyer listings.Press Release June 5, 2025Alston & Bird Continues to Increase Rankings in Chambers USA 2025Alston & Bird has received significant recognition in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, with 77 practice rankings and 164 leading lawyer listings.
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Seminar October 23, 2024Investment Funds Symposium 2024Please join us for our annual Investment Funds Symposium. Panelists will be speaking on key developments and issues facing the investment industry and what you need to do to prepare.Seminar October 23, 2024Investment Funds Symposium 2024Please join us for our annual Investment Funds Symposium. Panelists will be speaking on key developments and issues facing the investment industry and what you need to do to prepare.
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Press Release September 25, 2024Alston & Bird Advises Student Quarters on Closing Inaugural Commingled Private Investment FundAlston & Bird advised Student Quarters, an owner and operator of purpose-built, campus-adjacent Class A student housing properties in major university markets across the United States, on the successful closing of its inaugural commingled private investment fund. The total capital commitments to the fund were $127 million, including seed capital from prominent institutional investors, and were used to acquire a portfolio of seed assets in the southeastern U.S.Press Release September 25, 2024Alston & Bird Advises Student Quarters on Closing Inaugural Commingled Private Investment FundAlston & Bird advised Student Quarters, an owner and operator of purpose-built, campus-adjacent Class A student housing properties in major university markets across the United States, on the successful closing of its inaugural commingled private investment fund. The total capital commitments to the fund were $127 million, including seed capital from prominent institutional investors, and were used to acquire a portfolio of seed assets in the southeastern U.S.
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Press Release July 25, 2024Alston & Bird Advises Proprium Capital Partners on US$113 Million Capital Raise for the Acquisition of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation DevelopmentsAlston & Bird advised Proprium Capital Partners, a global real estate private equity firm, on the successful closing of multiple investment vehicles, with total capital commitments of over US$113 million from institutional investors, for the acquisition of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) developments in Italy. The new developments will bring the value of Proprium’s Southern European PBSA platform, formed with Collegiate AC Europe Ltd. in 2019, to over US$700 million in Italy and Spain.Press Release July 25, 2024Alston & Bird Advises Proprium Capital Partners on US$113 Million Capital Raise for the Acquisition of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation DevelopmentsAlston & Bird advised Proprium Capital Partners, a global real estate private equity firm, on the successful closing of multiple investment vehicles, with total capital commitments of over US$113 million from institutional investors, for the acquisition of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) developments in Italy. The new developments will bring the value of Proprium’s Southern European PBSA platform, formed with Collegiate AC Europe Ltd. in 2019, to over US$700 million in Italy and Spain.
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Press Release May 6, 2024Alston & Bird Advises Stockbridge Core and Value Advisors on $709 Million Launch of Fifth Fund in Real Estate Value Fund Series
Alston & Bird advised Stockbridge Core and Value Advisors, a private equity institutional real estate investment adviser, on the formation of Stockbridge Value Fund V, the fifth fund in their Value Fund series. The fund closed with total committed capital of $709 million, bringing Stockbridge’s assets under management to approximately $34 billion. Value Fund V is capitalized by a multinational group of institutional investors including pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments and insurance companies.
Press Release May 6, 2024Alston & Bird Advises Stockbridge Core and Value Advisors on $709 Million Launch of Fifth Fund in Real Estate Value Fund SeriesAlston & Bird advised Stockbridge Core and Value Advisors, a private equity institutional real estate investment adviser, on the formation of Stockbridge Value Fund V, the fifth fund in their Value Fund series. The fund closed with total committed capital of $709 million, bringing Stockbridge’s assets under management to approximately $34 billion. Value Fund V is capitalized by a multinational group of institutional investors including pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments and insurance companies.
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Webinar April 16, 2024Investment Funds Outlook WebinarPlease join partners and counsel from our Investment Funds Group for a discussion on the legal developments and pressing topics that funds are facing in 2024. In this webinar, we will discuss what was learned during Q1 and what we think you should keep top of mind throughout the rest of this year.Webinar April 16, 2024Investment Funds Outlook WebinarPlease join partners and counsel from our Investment Funds Group for a discussion on the legal developments and pressing topics that funds are facing in 2024. In this webinar, we will discuss what was learned during Q1 and what we think you should keep top of mind throughout the rest of this year.
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Seminar October 18, 2023Servicing SymposiumPlease join Elizabeth Murphy, John Doherty, Eric Berardi, Patrick Sargent, Steve Peterson, Amie Benedetto, and John Baron for the 11th Servicing Symposium, a conference devoted to the commercial mortgage servicing industry.Seminar October 18, 2023Servicing SymposiumPlease join Elizabeth Murphy, John Doherty, Eric Berardi, Patrick Sargent, Steve Peterson, Amie Benedetto, and John Baron for the 11th Servicing Symposium, a conference devoted to the commercial mortgage servicing industry.
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Seminar May 18, 2023Investment Funds Symposium 2023Please join us for our annual Investment Funds Symposium. Panelists will be speaking on key developments and issues facing the investment industry and what you need to do to prepare.Seminar May 18, 2023Investment Funds Symposium 2023Please join us for our annual Investment Funds Symposium. Panelists will be speaking on key developments and issues facing the investment industry and what you need to do to prepare.
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Webinar June 22, 2021Alston & Bird’s Investment Management, Trading & Markets Symposium - Panel 5: Opportunity Zones and Real Estate FundsThe panelists in this fifth webinar in a series delivered by our Investment Management, Trading & Markets team will discuss opportunity zones and private real estate funds.Webinar June 22, 2021Alston & Bird’s Investment Management, Trading & Markets Symposium - Panel 5: Opportunity Zones and Real Estate FundsThe panelists in this fifth webinar in a series delivered by our Investment Management, Trading & Markets team will discuss opportunity zones and private real estate funds.
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- New York
Education
- Boston College (J.D., 2003)
- Florida State University (B.M.E., 1997)
Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia
- Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
- American Bar Association
- 100 Women in Finance
- Southeastern Hedge Fund Association