Avelina’s representations before joining Davis Polk include the following:

• Core Scientific in evaluating strategic options regarding its approximately $1 billion in debt and the restructuring of its real estate holdings
• Amherst Holdings in the sale of interests and joint venture agreements with respect to portfolios of single-family residential homes
• The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in its $13 billion plan to redesign John F. Kennedy International Airport
• Empire State Development in connection with its Atlantic Yards Land Use Improvement and Civic Project, a mixed-use development that included the construction of the Barclays Center, a rail yard platform, 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 new $930 million Four Seasons New York hotel and private residences at 30 Park Place; the acquisition, joint venture and construction financing for the $360 million Four Seasons Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort; 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 in connection with numerous “development ground lease”-style financing transactions in locations such as New York, New York; Jacksonville, Florida; and Bellevue, Washington
• Las Vegas Sands in connection with the $1.3 billion sale of Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania
• Chartwell Retirement Residences in the $849 million sale of its U.S. senior housing business
• Pinnacle Entertainment in connection with a spin-off by Pinnacle 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 Gaming
• A lender in connection with the $1.195 billion senior loan and $475 million mezzanine loan originated for the development of the American Dream mall in New Jersey; and $164 million senior and mezzanine construction loans in connection with the development of the Goodtime Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida