Hale & Dorr in Boston is representing real-estate firm Berkshire Realty in its merger with management group Brekshire Realty Holdings. The transaction is valued at $1.3 billion. Realty Holdings is a partnership formed by chairman Douglas Krupp, affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors and Whitehall Street Real Estate Limited Partnership XI (an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co.)
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