Seyfarth Construction Practice Wins Top Honors from Legal 500 US Awards

CHICAGO (June 11, 2015) — Seyfarth’s Construction practice was recently named the “2015 Team of the Year” for Real Estate - Construction by The Legal 500.

The top honor bestowed to firms, the award reflects feedback from in-house lawyers combined with research conducted by Legal 500 throughout the year. Legal 500 noted:

[Seyfarth’s] group is spread across multiple offices and is co-chaired by Bennett Greenberg and C. Walker Ingraham from Washington, DC and Atlanta respectively. The firm is ‘excellent on all levels’ and ‘provides a prompt, thorough, and resourceful service’. The firm has demonstrable ability to see projects through from beginning to end, within both the public and private sectors. It ‘covers a lot of ground, not only in construction and construction litigation, but contracts in general, including issues of insurance coverage and other matters’.

“We are thrilled to receive this national distinction for our construction practice. Bennett and Chip lead a talented team of lawyers handling a variety of technical, regulatory and litigation matters for some of the largest construction projects around the globe,” said Kate Perrelli, chair of Seyfarth’s Litigation department.

“This is a well-deserved honor. Our construction team plays a key role in our innovative real estate platform, leading clients through the most complex development projects,” said Paul Mattingly, chair of Seyfarth’s Real Estate department.

Seyfarth’s Construction practice is one of the largest and most experienced in the United States, representing clients—developers, contractors, owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors and lenders—in all phases of construction projects, from inception to completion, domestically and abroad.

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Brian Kiefer, Director of Public Relations
(312) 460-6401, bkiefer@seyfarth.com

Martin Grego, Public Relations Manager
(312) 460-6659, mgrego@seyfarth.com