Kevin Wakefield has joined Jones Day as of counsel in its Real Estate Practice. He is based in the Firm’s Dallas Office. Mr. Wakefield represents banks and other institutional lenders in a variety of real estate transactions, with an emphasis on the origination of commercial mortgage and mezzanine loans. He also advises clients on the acquisition, sale, development, and leasing of commercial real estate.
Tags: Jones Day | DallasExpanding its capabilities for financing transactions in energy and infrastructure, McGuireWoods has added accomplished finance attorney Michelle Williamson as a partner in its Houston office. She joins McGuireWoods after nearly a decade in Kirkland & Ellis’ Houston office, where she was a partner.
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Mintz welcomes Michael Torosian as a Corporate partner in its Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice. Based in the firm’s San Francisco office, Michael expands Mintz’s capabilities serving founders, companies, and investors throughout the innovation economy. Torosian arrives at Mintz from Baker Botts.
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Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that Casey O’Neill has joined the firm’s Silicon Valley office as Of Counsel.
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Frances Mosley has joined Cooley’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital (ECVC) practice, reinforcing the firm’s continued growth and investment in this core market. Mosley joins Cooley from DLA Piper.
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Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to welcome Katherine Utz Hunter to the firm’s St. Louis office as of counsel in the Employee Benefits Practice Group. Katherine advises employers on the design, governance, and compliance of employee benefit programs, providing strategic guidance on the legal and transactional issues and opportunities that impact benefit programs across a wide range of industries.
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Willkie today announced that prominent litigators Grant Schmidt and Andrew Bean have joined the Firm as partners in the Dallas office. Their addition extends Willkie’s global litigation team to Texas and deepens the commercial litigation and trial capabilities available to clients across the state and nationally. The duo arrives from Hilgers PLLC.
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP today announced that Charles Capito has joined the Firm as a partner in its National Security and Foreign Investments & Trade Regulations Practices, based in Washington, D.C.
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Vinson & Elkins today announced that it has expanded its partnership, adding Keith Trammell, Chalyse Robinson and David Strong in Denver and Alex Bahn in Washington, D.C. Trammell, Robinson, and Strong will also work out of the firm’s New York office. The lawyers come to the firm from WilmerHale and work closely together representing public and private companies and private equity clients in a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisition and debt financings, capital markets transactions, SEC advisory and corporate governance matters.
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce that Christine Kain has joined the firm as a partner in its Minneapolis office. She joins the firm from Faegre Drinker.
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