Seyfarth Continues Growth of Real Estate Department, Welcomes Miles Borden in New York

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

Ivette Delgado, Senior Public Relations Associate
(212) 218-5273, idelgado@seyfarth.com

NEW YORK (November 12, 2012) — Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that Miles Borden has joined as a partner to the firm’s Real Estate Department in New York. Borden was previously a partner at Troutman Sanders.
 
Borden’s practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions and real estate-related matters in connection with corporate mergers and acquisitions. He represents institutional real estate owners and lenders in acquisitions development projects and dispositions, joint ventures, mortgage, mezzanine and construction loans, Individual Development Accounts (IDA) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financings, ground and space leases, sale lease backs, development, management and leasing agreements, construction contracts, and architect and construction management agreements.

“Miles brings a deep transactional background to our practice, which includes handling exceptionally large and sophisticated matters. In particular, his experience with both institutional owners and lenders is a great fit for us as we continue to expand our presence in New York and across the country,” commented Paul Mattingly, chair of Seyfarth’s Real Estate Department.

John Napoli, co-managing partner of Seyfarth’s New York office, said, “Miles is a welcome addition to the firm in New York with a transaction-driven practice that’s a strong complement to our existing group of real estate attorneys here.”

Borden received his B.A. and B.S. degrees from University at Buffalo, State University of New York  and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

With one of the largest real estate practices in the country, Seyfarth’s Real Estate Department continues to expand its national platform and has added more than 20 attorneys across the country in 2012. Seyfarth has also handled some of the highest-profile and largest real estate transactions of 2012, including the largest U.S. industrial real estate portfolio sale of the year.

Seyfarth Shaw has over 800 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout the United States, including: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as internationally in London. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate and real estate. The firm’s clients include over 300 of the Fortune 500 companies, and our practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the economy. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.