Akerman today announced that Lisa S. Lim, a veteran deal maker, has returned to the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in New York City, where she will serve as Chair of Affordable Housing Transactions. She joins one of the largest and most active real estate legal teams in the U.S., deepening the firm’s transactional and predevelopment real estate capabilities in New York. Lim arrives at Akerman from Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that prominent restructuring and bankruptcy attorney Ian E. Roberts has joined the firm as a partner in Dallas.
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Katten announced today that Genevieve Weiner has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its Restructuring practice, further strengthening the firm’s capabilities to guide clients through complex financial challenges. A leader in her field, Weiner is joining from Sidley Austin and has been recognized by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in California.
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Commercial real estate attorney David Jones has returned to Procopio as a Partner after more than six years serving as Deputy General Counsel to the San Diego Unified Port District. Based in Procopio’s downtown San Diego office, David advises developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders, and public agencies on sophisticated real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, financing, joint ventures, entity formation, and development matters.
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Yufei (Fei) Li has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Tax, Trusts & Estates group in Seattle and Palo Alto, the international law firm announced today. Fei joins Dorsey from Fox Rothschild.
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Moore & Van Allen (MVA) has entered into a lease for new office space in Washington, D.C., establishing the firm’s fifth office and expanding its presence in one of the nation’s most important regulatory and business centers. This marks the firm’s second office outside the Carolinas, following the recent opening of its Atlanta office. The D.C. office opening coincides with the arrival of partner Erica Bakies, whose national security practice expands the firm’s growing government contracts capabilities. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bakies serves as Partner for Seyfarth Shaw in Washington.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Rebecca (Becca) Lock has joined the firm as partner in its Real Estate and Investment Funds and Capital industry groups in the Philadelphia office. Lock arrives from Kirkland & Ellis in New York.
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Karla Johnson has joined Jones Day as of counsel in its Financial Markets Practice. She is based in the Firm’s Pittsburgh Office.
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Further expanding the firm’s International Arbitration and cross-border disputes capabilities, Pillsbury is welcoming David Stute back to the firm as special counsel based in Washington, D.C. Before re-joining the firm, he served for five years in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State.
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Baker Donelson has added Alexandra L. Neifert as a shareholder in the Firm’s Baltimore office and a member of the Real Estate Group. Ms. Neifert’s practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions and related business matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financing, development, construction, and land use matters. She represents developers, owners, builders, investors, contractors, landlords, and tenants across a broad range of commercial real estate projects. Before joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Neifert served as co-managing partner of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP in Baltimore and co-chair of its Women’s Initiative Network.
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