Robinson & Cole
Robinson+Cole has employed 11 public finance staff as a part of its mid-Atlantic growth efforts.
The Connecticut-based agency has been attempting to strengthen its operations within the area. All 4 new companions concentrate on multifamily inexpensive housing.
The brand new hires embrace companions Ryan George, Ethan Ostrow, Catherine Woltering and Tina Bhanshali; associates Cassandra Pereda, Victor Carlo and Matthew Hood; paralegals Isabelle Yourick, Rosaura Fox and Grace Burt; and authorized administrative assistant Nancy Parada.
“We now have been collaborating with members of the staff for over 25 years,” Andrew L. Kramer, co-chair of Robinson+Cole’s inexpensive housing and finance staff, stated in a press launch. “This transition formalizes that longstanding partnership with the added enhancements that all the staff will present to each our observe and to the core public finance observe.”
George and Ostrow will work within the agency’s Washington, D.C., workplace and Woltering will work within the agency’s New York workplace. Bhanshali joins its Los Angeles workplace.
George has almost 25 years of expertise as a lender’s and underwriter’s counsel. His work has centered on private-activity bonds for inexpensive multifamily rental housing, scholar housing and healthcare services, in response to the press launch.
“George has performed a pivotal function in structuring transactions and packages for banking shoppers,” the discharge stated, “together with the nation’s largest bank-sponsored tax-exempt bond and mortgage conduit personal placement program for inexpensive multifamily rental tasks.”
Ostrow has labored with credit score suppliers together with the Federal Housing Administration, Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He helped develop the construction and documentation for Fannie Mae’s MBS as Tax-Exempt Bond Collateral program.
Woltering has greater than 15 years of expertise and a background in litigation, securities and chapter. She was a part of the authorized staff representing the SIPA trustee within the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Funding Securities, in response to the press launch.
Bhanshali “primarily represents mortgage servicers in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac standard and inexpensive, securitized and non-securitized, multifamily housing mortgage transactions,” the discharge stated.
That is Robinson+Cole’s first huge addition of workers since 2023, when the agency added six legal professionals and 6 skilled workers
Three of these legal professionals at the moment are on Robinson+Cole’s inexpensive housing staff; this growth “builds on the momentum we established” in 2023, Kramer stated.
“This staff brings an distinctive depth of expertise in public finance that not solely enhances and strengthens our present capabilities, but additionally aligns with our strategic objectives,” Keisha S. Palmer, chair of the agency’s public finance group, stated within the press launch. “Their collaborative method and nationwide perspective make them a strong addition to our already strong public finance group.”
