DLA Piper announced today that Nathaniel Marrs has joined the firm’s Finance practice as a partner in the Chicago office.
Marrs represents domestic and international real estate fund sponsors and other real estate owners and operators in a variety of corporate transactions, including the formation and structuring of private equity real estate funds and management companies, joint ventures and operating companies. His transactional experience includes real estate portfolio and single-asset acquisitions and dispositions, multi-jurisdictional REIT mergers and acquisitions and strategic investments in real estate investment managers and other real estate companies.
Marrs has worked with various property types, including retail, industrial, office, multi-family, hotels and casinos. He has also advised clients on a range of investment strategies, including commercial mortgage-backed securities, senior and subordinate financing, and preferred and common-equity investments. His practice has a significant cross-border element, with non-US clients focused on real estate investment opportunities throughout the United States, and US clients focused on real estate investment opportunities throughout Asia, India, Europe and the United Kingdom.
“Nat’s background stands out and will further strengthen our Real Estate Capital Markets team,” said John Cusack, global co-chairman of DLA Piper’s Finance Practice. “He’s worked on sophisticated and high-dollar transactions, and his significant cross-border experience enhances the firm’s real estate transactional capabilities in the United States and around the world.”
“We’re excited to welcome Nat as we continue to bolster our fund formation and REIT capabilities,” said David Mendelsohn, managing partner of DLA Piper’s Chicago office. “He is a well-regarded attorney with a strong reputation, and we’re pleased to welcome him to the firm.”
Marrs joins DLA Piper from Lathan & Watkins, where he was a partner in Latham’s Fund Formation practice. An active member of the professional real estate community in Chicago, he is an advisory board member of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Real Estate Alumni Group and a member of the Pension Real Estate Association.
Marrs earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan, his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan.
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