Jones Day Adds Real Estate Partner

Robert Grados has joined Jones Day as a partner in the real estate practice.

NEW YORK CITY— Jones Day has brought on Robert Grados as a partner in the law firm’s real estate practice. He previously was with Allen & Overy here as a partner in the real estate group. Grados’ practice focuses on real estate structured finance, including loan origination, complex credit facilities, and mezzanine financings. His experience includes working with a variety of national and regional financial institutions, real estate investment funds, insurance companies and institutional investors in structured finance transactions, including syndicated, securitized, and single lender mezzanine and mortgage loans. He also has handled numerous matters involving construction and permanent loans; corporate, warehouse, and subscription credit facilities; “repo” transactions; and other complex structured financings. “Bob is an outstanding lawyer with experience advising both domestic and international clients in a variety of real estate finance transactions,” says Michael Haas, co-leader of Jones Day’s real estate practice. “Our practice has achieved a top ranking among global law firms in Bloomberg’s real estate M&A league tables for number of deals every year since 2003. Our practice collaboratively provides comprehensive solutions for clients related to environmental, tax, finance, corporate, and dispute resolution matters. And our full service capabilities are even stronger with Bob’s arrival.” Adds Wesley R. Johnson, Jr ., partner-in-charge of Jones Day’s local office. “New York is a significant part of our global Real Estate Practice; our five partners in New York are closely integrated with Jones Day lawyers all over the world to serve our clients in a variety of real estate transactions and disputes. Bob’s arrival deepens our bench in complex real estate finance transactions and our clients will benefit greatly from his contributions.” Grados earned his JD from the University of Pittsburgh and his BA from the University of Michigan.