January 14, 2008
January 14, 2008 - (Los Angeles, California) - McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is pleased to announce that the Firm has elected two new partners from the Los Angeles office to the Firm’s Real Estate Finance and Development Practice Group, effective January 1, 2008.
“These new partners are extremely talented lawyers,” said Bill Timmons, Practice Group leader. “They have contributed greatly to the tremendous growth the McKenna Long & Aldridge Los Angeles office is experiencing in the real estate practice area.”
The Los Angeles office of McKenna Long & Aldridge has a thriving and growing practice, with 14 real estate attorneys and professionals engaged in a wide range of leasing, development and financing transactions. Firm-wide, there are over 50 attorneys and professionals in the real estate practice representing all areas of real estate finance and development, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, conduit lending, construction lending, mezzanine financing, syndicated credit facilities, loan assumptions, defeasance, and workouts and restructurings. The Firm represents retailers, such as Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, Bank of America, Capmark Finance Inc., CIBC, KeyBank National Association, Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Bank, and developers and project owners, such as GMH Associates, Inc. and Williams Realty Fund I, in a variety of real estate matters.
“The promotion of these two partners reflects the Firm’s dedication to expanding its real estate practice in the Los Angeles area,” said Jeffrey K. Haidet, Chairman of McKenna Long & Aldridge. “They are all extraordinary lawyers with strong experience. With their skill and expertise, they are certain to make significant contributions to the Firm and provide invaluable service to our Los Angeles office real estate clients.”
The Firm congratulates David Larsen and Timothy Scott on being named partners to the Real Estate Finance & Development Practice in Los Angeles:
David Larsen’s practice focuses on commercial lending, real estate finance, real property acquisition and disposition, commercial leasing, workouts, debtor-in-possession finance, enterprise acquisition and disposition, corporate entity formation and governance, and other transactional matters.
Timothy Scott brings more than 20 years experience in the areas of corporate, commercial and real estate matters. He has represented hundreds of public and private companies, from large multi-national corporations to emerging entrepreneurial organizations, including some of the foremost financial institutions in the U.S. and abroad, in real estate, corporate and financial transactions.
For more information regarding the Los Angeles Real Estate Finance and Development Practice Group please contact Timothy Scott or David Larsen. Timothy can be reached at tscott@mckennalong.com or 213-243-6205 and David at dlarsen@mckennalong.com or 213-243-6190.