NEW YORK CITY—Real estate attorney Harry R. Silvera has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a partner. Formerly a partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Silvera has a broad transactional real estate practice.

“Harry is highly regarded by the real estate community and will be a terrific addition to the firm,” says Ken Doran, chairman and managing partner of Gibson Dunn. “Harry's practice will complement our real estate group and provide additional capacity.”

“Harry is an exceptionally talented real estate lawyer and has developed a formidable presence in the New York real estate world,” adds Eric Feuerstein, co-chair of the firm's real estate practice group. “We are tremendously excited to have Harry join our group.”

“I am pleased to be joining Gibson Dunn,” Silvera says. “The firm continues to invest in its nationally recognized real estate practice and is the best platform on which I can continue to build my practice.”

Silvera has substantial experience in acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing, development projects and commercial leasing. He has handled transactions for clients that include RXR Realty, NorthStar Realty Healthcare, IDB Group, Brickman Associates, Fremont Realty Capital, Centerbridge Partners and Tishman Speyer.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Silvera was a partner with Fried Frank, where he has practiced since 1995.

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.