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04.10.2024Shaun Devereaux Selected for Toyota’s Counsel in Motion ProgramPress ReleasesPerkins Coie associate Shaun Devereaux has been selected to participate in global automaker Toyota’s selective Counsel in Motion Program for 2024.
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04.04.2024Cecily Barclay and Matt Gray Co-Author 39th Edition of California Land Use & Planning Law Book Cited by State’s Supreme CourtPress Releases
Perkins Coie partners Cecily Barclay and Matt Gray have co-authored the 39th edition of California Land Use & Planning Law, which provides a definitive summary of the major legal provisions governing California’s land use and planning laws.
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12.08.2023Perkins Coie Advises R1 on Acquisition of Tech-Driven Revenue Management Company Acclara for $675M and WarrantsPerkins Coie is pleased to have advised R1 RCM Inc., a leading provider of technology-driven solutions to the healthcare sector, on the acquisition of leading technology-driven revenue cycle management company Acclara for $675M and warrants to purchase 12.2 million shares of R1 stock.
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12.05.2023Perkins Coie Announces 2024 Counsel PromotionsPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that 46 lawyers have been promoted to the firm’s counsel position, effective January 1, 2024.
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11.09.2023Perkins Coie Congratulates 22 New PartnersPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that 22 counsel and senior counsel have been promoted to partner effective January 1, 2024.
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08.17.2023Best Lawyers® 2024 Recognizes 388 Perkins Coie LawyersPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 388 of its lawyers have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024. A total of 275 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 113 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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08.17.2023Thirty Perkins Coie Lawyers of the Year Named by Best Lawyers® for 2024Press ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 30 of its lawyers from 11 metropolitan areas have been named 2024 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®.
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06.01.2023Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2023 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States.
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04.09.2023Partner Eric Fjelstad Quoted in The Columbian—Cities and Tribes Navigate New Landscape as Indian Country in Alaska Slowly GrowsGeneral NewsPartner Eric Fjelstad was quoted in "Cities and Tribes Navigate New Landscape as Indian Country in Alaska Slowly Grows," an article in The Columbian (Clark County/Vancouver, WA), regarding the learning curve as the federal government slowly accepts tribal lands into trust in the state.
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01.27.2023Allan Low Elected to the American College of Mortgage AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Allan E. Low, a Real Estate & Land Use partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, has been elected a 2023 Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA).
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08.18.2022Best Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 403 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 403 of its attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® 2023. A total of 279 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 124 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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06.01.2022Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2022 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States.
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05.12.2022Perkins Coie Appoints Sheree Strom Carson as Bellevue Managing Partner and Kristine Wilson as Real Estate & Land Use Practice ChairPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sheree Strom Carson, a veteran commercial litigation partner, has been appointed as the managing partner of the firm’s Bellevue office, effective July 1, 2022.
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01.20.2022Perkins Coie Represents Endeavour in Partnership with Point BPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to have represented Endeavour, a private equity firm that is a source of capital to private businesses and management teams, in its partnership with Point B, an employee-owned global consulting firm.
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08.26.2021Best Lawyers® 2022 Recognizes 367 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 367 of its attorneys were recognized by the 2022 Best Lawyers®. A total of 278 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 89 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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05.20.2021Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2021 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States.
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03.26.2021Cecily Barclay Interviewed by Law360— Perkins Coie Land-Use Head Sees 4 Active Sectors Amid VirusGeneral News
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Partner Cecily Barclay was interviewed by Law360 in “Perkins Coie Land-Use Head Sees 4 Active Sectors Amid Virus,” the final article in a five-part series of interviews with women real estate leaders during Women's History Month and a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. -
03.04.2021Allan Low Quoted in San Francisco Chronicle—S.F. Japantown Businesses Owe Tens of Thousands in Rent. Can the Area Survive Without Them?General NewsAllan Low was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article titled “S.F. Japantown Businesses Owe Tens of Thousands in Rent. Can the Area Survive Without Them?” regarding how the pandemic has hit the small family-owned businesses and restaurants in Japantown.
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01.04.2021Perkins Coie Represents Clearway Energy, Inc. in 1.6 GW Renewable Energy DealPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented Clearway Energy, Inc. (CWEN), a leading publicly traded renewable energy infrastructure investor, in a multipart transaction in which it acquired from its parent company and renewable development partner, Clearway Energy Group LLC, equity interests in a geographically diverse 1.6 GW portfolio of wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
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11.11.2020Allan Low Quoted in KQED—Could a New SF Commercial Eviction Ordinance Save Japantown?General NewsAllan Low was quoted in the KQED article, "Could a New SF Commercial Eviction Ordinance Save Japantown?" regarding San Francisco's Board of Supervisors' unanimous vote to pass a commercial eviction ordinance.
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10.20.2020Allan Low Mentioned in Eater SF—‘I Think Japantown Is No More’: Japan Center Restaurants Grapple With an Uncertain FutureGeneral NewsAllan Low was mentioned in the Eater SF article, "‘I Think Japantown Is No More’: Japan Center Restaurants Grapple With an Uncertain Future," regarding the potential closures of restaurants in San Francisco’s Japantown district.
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09.16.2020Allan Low Quoted in The San Francisco Examiner—Small Businesses in Limbo as End of Eviction Moratorium NearsGeneral NewsAllan Low was quoted in The San Francisco Examiner article, "Small Businesses in Limbo as End of Eviction Moratorium Nears," regarding San Francisco commercial tenants on the verge of being unable to pay rent.
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08.20.2020Best Lawyers® 2021 Recognizes 358 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 358 of its attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers® 2021. A total of 290 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and 68 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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07.03.2020Perkins Coie Attorneys Quoted in Risk & Insurance - 3 Critical Questions You Need to Ask Before Testing Employees for COVID-19General NewsCecily Barclay and Ann Marie Painter were quoted in the Risk & Insurance article, "3 Critical Questions You Need to Ask Before Testing Employees for COVID-19," regarding how employers can implement COVID-19 testing or screening procedures as they reopen and tips to help organizations avoid putting themselves at legal risk in the process.
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04.27.2020Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2020 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie LLP is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2020, the firm is recognized for 55 practice areas and 141 individual attorneys, marking an increase from the 52 practices areas and 139 recognized attorneys a year ago.
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03.17.2020Perkins Coie Attorneys Mentioned in Law360 - 3 Firms Drive Costco's $1B Deal for Delivery & Logistics BizGeneral News
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Perkins Coie served as legal advisor to Costco in a deal where the company agreed to buy logistics and delivery services provider Innovel for $1 billion.
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03.03.2020Perkins Coie Adds Environmental and Real Estate Litigator Ray Hartman to San Diego OfficePress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Ray Hartman has joined the firm’s Environment, Energy & Resources (EER) practice as a partner in the San Diego office. Ray is an experienced environmental litigator and has represented clients in complex cases involving such issues as groundwater contamination, toxic exposure, and real estate disputes.
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12.19.2019Gary Eisenberg Quoted in The Real Deal - Thor Faces Foreclosure on Site Where Lender Says It’s Seeking “Unrealistic Rents”General NewsGary Eisenberg was quoted in The Real Deal article, "Thor Faces Foreclosure on Site Where Lender Says It’s Seeking 'Unrealistic Rents,'" regarding Thor’s asking rents, which are well above the going rate.
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08.15.2019Best Lawyers® 2020 Recognizes 283 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 282 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
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07.02.2019Perkins Coie Adds Construction Partner Kevin Kolton to Chicago OfficePress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Kevin Kolton has joined the firm’s Construction practice as a Partner in the Chicago office.
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05.01.2019Perkins Coie Named Among Top Law Firms in 2019 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2019, the firm is recognized in 52 practice areas and 139 individual attorneys.
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02.05.2019Perkins Coie Adds Real Estate Partner Camarin Madigan in San FranciscoPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Camarin E.B. Madigan has joined the firm’s Real Estate and Land Use practice in San Francisco.
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11.06.2018Perkins Coie Represents Integrated Capital in $57 Million Refinancing for Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center’s Renovation ProjectPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented Integrated Capital, a leading, hotel-focused, private real estate advisory and investment firm, in the negotiation of a $57 million refinancing loan for the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center hotel.
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10.30.2018Perkins Coie Represents Optima, Inc. in $215 Million Refinancing for Chicago Luxury Residential Tower Optima SignaturePress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented Optima, Inc., a vertically-integrated, luxury residential development firm providing development, architecture, design, construction, sales, and property management services, in the negotiation of its $215 million term loan for its “Optima Signature” project, which refinances previous construction debt on the property. Perkins Coie had previously represented Optima, Inc. in the negotiation of the original construction financing.
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08.20.2018Best Lawyers® 2019 Recognizes 277 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 277 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
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08.15.201823 Perkins Coie Attorneys Named 2019 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®Press ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 23 of its attorneys from six offices have been named 2019 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®.
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05.03.2018Perkins Coie Named Among Top Firms in 2018 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2018, the firm is recognized in 51 practice areas and 130 individual attorneys were also recognized.
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02.15.2018Perkins Coie Adds Real Estate Transactions Partner in SeattlePress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Devin P. McComb has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a partner in the Real Estate & Land Use practice.
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02.14.2018Perkins Coie Represents Optima in Sale of Optima Sonoran Village for $210.4 Million to Principal Real EstatePress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented Optima, Inc. in its sale of Optima Sonoran Village, a complex of modern luxury apartments in Scottsdale, Arizona for $210.4 million to Principal Real Estate Investors, a global real estate management firm and an affiliate of Principal Life Insurance Company.
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08.15.201735 Perkins Coie Attorneys Named 2018 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®Press ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 35 of its attorneys have been named 2018 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers®.
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08.15.2017Best Lawyers® 2018 Recognizes 281 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 281 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®.
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08.15.2017Perkins Coie Represents AIPA Properties in Securing $165 Million Loan for Mixed-Use Office Warehouse Facility in HonoluluPress ReleasesPerkins Coie LLP represented AIPA Properties, LLC in securing a $165 million loan from Allegiant Real Estate Capital, a commercial real estate lender and debt investor, for the mortgage on a 912,000-square-foot mixed-use office / warehouse complex in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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05.26.2017Perkins Coie Named Among Top Firms In 2017 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2017, the firm is recognized in 40 practice areas and 131 individual attorneys were recognized.
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05.15.2017Perkins Coie Represents F5 Networks in Move to New Corporate Office Tower in SeattlePress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) in leasing new corporate headquarters at 801 Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington.
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05.08.2017Perkins Coie’s Daniel Marre Elected to the American College of Real Estate LawyersPress ReleasesDaniel G. M. Marre, firmwide co-chair of Perkins Coie’s Hotels & Leisure industry group, has been elected a 2017 Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). One of 41 fellows elected this year, Daniel joins four other Perkins Coie attorneys who are members of ACREL: Alexandra Cole, Mindy Wolin Sherman, Michael Barrett and Steven Pfeiffer.
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03.13.2017Perkins Coie Represents Samis Foundation in Execution of 99 Year Ground Lease with Skanska for Seattle Development Project, 2+UPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented Samis Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting Jewish education and services, through its affiliate 2nd Avenue Real Estate Investments LLC, in the execution of a 99 year ground lease on behalf of ground lessor, with Skanska USA Commercial Development for the development and construction of 2+U, a 38 story, Class A Building, at 1201 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA.
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11.03.2016Daniel Marre Quoted in Hotel Management - The Beginning of the End for Big Redevelopments is HereGeneral News
Daniel Marre was quoted in "The Beginning of the End for Big Redevelopments is Here," an article in Hotel Management, regarding the hospitality sector and redevelopment.
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08.15.2016Best Lawyers® 2017 Recognizes 252 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 252 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
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05.27.2016Perkins Coie Named Among Top Firms in 2016 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2016, the firm is recognized in 37 practice areas and 127 individual attorneys were recognized.
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03.31.2016Perkins Coie Represents Bonnis Properties in $52.5 Million Acquisition and Financing of Los Angeles Office BuildingPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented British Columbia in its recent $52.5 million acquisition of a Los Angeles office building and related financing transaction.
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01.29.2016Perkins Coie Represents ViaWest Group in its Joint Venture with Contrarian Capital Management in $52Million Acquisition of Raintree Corporate Center Phases I and IIPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented ViaWest Group in its joint venture with Contrarian Capital Management, L.L.C. in their $52 million acquisition of Raintree Corporate Center Phases I and II, a multi-tenant Class A building located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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01.11.2016Perkins Coie Represents PNC Bank in Closing of $16.5 Million Secured LoanPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented PNC Bank, National Association, in the closing of a $16.5 million loan to Fairfield Winchester 1800 LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, part of the Fairfield Residential group of companies.
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12.29.2015Perkins Coie Hotels & Leisure Practice Represents One of Top 2015 Real Estate Deals in ChicagoPress ReleasesPerkins Coie’s nationally ranked Hotels & Leisure industry group represented one of the Top Ten real estate deals in Chicago as reported in the Crain’s Chicago Business article, “Biggest Chicago real estate deals of 2015.”
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11.10.2015Perkins Coie is Ranked Among Nation’s Top Law Firms by U.S. News - Best Lawyers® for 2016Press ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce it has been listed in the 2016 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” with first-tier rankings in 34 practice areas nationally and first-tier rankings in 56 practice areas in 15 major markets including Alaska, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Idaho, Los Angeles, Madison, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
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11.03.2015Perkins Coie Represents Three of Top Five 2015 Hotel Sales In ChicagoPress ReleasesIn 2015 Perkins Coie’s nationally ranked Hotels & Leisure industry group handled three of the top five hotel sales in the Chicago area as reported in a Real Estate Bisnow article.
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10.06.2015Perkins Coie Represents UMH Properties in $30 Million New Mortgage FinancingPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented UMH Properties, Inc. in the completion of the financing of four manufactured home communities through Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. for total proceeds of approximately $30 million.
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08.17.2015Best Lawyers® 2016 Recognizes 245 Perkins Coie AttorneysPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that 245 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession; a more than 10 percent increase over the 221 firm attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in the 2015 edition.
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08.04.2015Perkins Coie Selected as Legal Counsel for Union Station Redevelopment CorporationGeneral NewsPerkins Coie is pleased to report that it has been selected as legal counsel for Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC) in connection with the Union Station 2nd Century Project, which is expected to be one of the most significant development projects in Washington, D.C. USRC is charged with managing the redevelopment and operation of Union Station in Washington, D.C., a nationally known rail station and the second busiest rail station in the Northeast Corridor, including the preservation of the station’s historic significance.
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07.09.2015Perkins Coie Receives Recommendations In 2015 Legal 500 United StatesPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is pleased to announce it has been recommended in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500 United States as a Top-Tier Firm in two national; Litigation: Product Liability and mass tort - aerospace/aviation, and Real Estate and construction: Land use/zoning.
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05.28.2015Perkins Coie Represents Strategic Hotels & Resorts in $750 Million Revolving Credit FacilityPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented client Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:BEE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) which owns and provides value enhancing asset management of high-end hotels and resorts in the United States and Europe, in a $750 million unsecured term loan and revolving credit facility with an accordion feature allowing for additional borrowing capacity up to $250 million.
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05.19.2015Perkins Coie Named Among Top Firms in 2015 Chambers USAPress ReleasesPerkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States.
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04.02.2015Perkins Coie Represents UMH Properties in $57 Million FinancingPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH), a public equity REIT that owns and operates 89 manufactured home communities, in the completion of the financing of 10 manufactured home communities through Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. for total proceeds of approximately $57.7 million.
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02.04.2015Perkins Coie Represents Dolce International Hospitality in $57 Million Acquisition by Wyndham Hotel GroupPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented client Dolce International Hospitality, LLC, a fund sponsored by Broadreach Capital Partners, in the sale of its subsidiary Dolce International Holdings, Inc., a provider and manager of group accommodations, for $57 million in cash to Wyndham Hotel Group, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), the world’s largest and most diverse hotel company.
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01.02.2014Perkins Coie Represents East West Bank In $30 Million San Francisco Residential Construction LoanPress ReleasesPerkins Coie represented client East West Bank in a $30 Million residential loan to Lennar Corporation for the construction of the first phase of market rate homes in the Hunters Point Shipyard, long a blighted shipyard in San Francisco. Pasadena-based East West Bank is the first commercial lender to finance construction activity at the shipyard. The Hunters Point Shipyard-Candlestick Point is the largest redevelopment effort in San Francisco since the 1906 earthquake.