New Partner Leads Firm's Real Estate Group

ATLANTA-Locally based law firm Thompson Hine LLP has hired Marci Schmerler as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice group. She will head up the firm’s real estate practice in Atlanta.

The focus of Schmerler’s practice is securing financing of multi-state commercial real estate projects for life companies, banks and conduit lenders for securitization. She has experience with acquisitions and sales of commercial real estate projects for REITs, life companies, pension funds, real estate advisors and other institutional and entrepreneurial investors. She also handles acquisition, sale, development and financing transactions involving owned and leased real estate for non-real estate companies. “Our Atlanta office is growing rapidly and we’re pleased to have lawyers of Marci’s caliber join us,” says Walt Linscott, partner-in-charge of the firm’s Atlanta office.