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title: Partner Robert D. Bickford Jr. Quoted in Law360
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# Partner Robert D. Bickford Jr. Quoted in Law360

 May 4, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [Robert D. Bickford Jr.](/Our-People/Robert-D-Bickford) was quoted in the *Law360* story headlined ​“Over A Dozen Firms Guided Largest Q1 Real Estate Deals.” The quarter’s largest real estate transaction, more than twice the size of the next biggest deal, was AXA’s $1.9 billion sale of 787 Seventh Ave. in Manhattan to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s in January. Kelley Drye partners [Robert D. Bickford Jr.](/Our-People/Robert-D-Bickford) and [W. Christian Drewes](/Our-People/W-Christian-Drewes) represented AXA in the deal.

According to Bickford, AXA put the property on the market in September, found a buyer by December, and the closed in late January. Bickford said the 787 Seventh Avenue sale ​“included some reasonably significant artwork” like a Lichtenstein mural in the lobby. Kelley Drye’s Real Estate Practice Group has a longstanding relationship with AXA, ​“we represented AXA predecessor companies ... as long ago as 1980,” Bickford said. ​“It’s a very important and valuable relationship.”  
   
 To read full article, please click [here](http://www.law360.com/articles/790186/over-a-dozen-firms-guided-largest-q1-real-estate-deals).

 

 

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