ATLANTA-A team of six lawyers from Epstein Becker & Green PC has joined DLA Piper’s Real Estate practice. Led by M. Maxine Hicks, the group includes J. Lindsay Stradley Jr., Constance P. Haywood, Daniel H. Sherman IV, Louis M. Oliverio, and Ceasar C. Mitchell.
Hicks’ team focuses on handling mixed-used developments, public-private partnerships and infrastructure, health care real estate, recreational development, commercial lending and finance, and adaptive re-use, urban infill and brownfield redevelopment.
“Maxine is a highly-recognized real estate authority who brings a team of well-regarded lawyers to DLA Piper with significant experience handling a variety of sophisticated and high-profile real estate projects throughout the Southeast and around the country,” says Jay Epstien, chair of DLA Piper's US Real Estate practice. “Their in-depth experience in mixed use/transit oriented developments and health care real estate projects broadens the spectrum of services that DLA Piper’s top-ranked Real Estate practice can provide to our clients internationally.”
Hicks was a member of the board of directors for Epstein Becker & Green, chair of its National Real Estate Practice and managing shareholder of the Atlanta office. Epstein Becker & Green could not immediately be reached for comment on the departure.
“The primary reason I moved was to take my practice to the next level and maximize opportunities,” Hicks tells GlobeSt.com. “The real estate industry has gone through some challenging times of late and it’s becoming more and more important that you have depth of talent geographically dispersed. The ability to be able to maximize and capitalize on limited opportunities was also a consideration.”
In addition to the management roles she held at her previous firm, Hicks holds several key positions with the Urban Land Institute, including vice chair of the Community Development Council and board member of the Atlanta District Council. She is also a certified public accountant and serves on the board of a number of other organizations, including the Buckhead Coalition, Central Atlanta Progress, Georgia Children’s Health Alliance and Safe Kids Georgia.
“With healthcare reform, how we deliver healthcare in the U.S. and the types of facilities that are used to provide those services is evolving,” Hicks says. “I think you’ll see much more interest in preventative care in the healthcare field. That offers opportunities for wellness centers and other facilities, whether it’s ambulatory service centers or even medical office buildings closer to where patients are. I’m looking to be able to maximize some of the trends that we are seeing there with DLA.”
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