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19 Jul 2005

Troy Zander joins DLA Piper Finance practice In San Diego

Press Release

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SAN DIEGO) July 19, 2005 – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP has announced that Troy Zander has rejoined the firm’s San Diego office as a partner in DLA Piper’s Finance practice. He was most recently a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in San Diego. Zander was previously a partner in Gray Cary’s San Diego office prior to the firm’s merger.

Zander focuses on representing lenders and companies in documenting high-tech and middle-market loans, as well as representing agents in syndicated facilities. He also represents companies, secured and unsecured creditors, committees, trustees and asset-purchasers in bankruptcy proceedings; and lenders and companies in federal, state and out-of-court proceedings restructuring debt.

“We are pleased to welcome back Troy as the latest addition to our finance practice,” said John T. Cusack, chair of DLA Piper’s Finance practice group. “Of course, due to the merger and the key additions we have made to our finance practice this year, he has returned to a firm that has greater capacity to meet the needs of the clients with whom he works, both in the U.S. and in global markets. Another factor that we know was important to his decision to rejoin us was our continued interest in representing companies focused on technology.”

With the addition of Zander, DLA Piper has added more than 50 partners and senior-level lawyers since January, including 15 partners in the firm’s California and Seattle offices. On Monday, the firm also announced that Arthur Beeman and Pamela Fulman have joined the firm’s San Francisco office as partners in the firm’s Patent Litigation practice.

In the U.S., DLA Piper's Finance practice group has more than 130 lawyers who represent banks, finance companies, insurance companies, private funds and other institutional lenders and investors. The Group counsels its clients in a wide array of finance transactions including syndicated loans, asset-based and cash flow loans, mezzanine and private equity investments, transportation finance and equipment leasing, and leveraged lender transactions.

Zander received a B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California San Diego, and a J.D. from the University of San Diego. He is a member of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, the San Diego and Federal Bar Associations, the Association for Corporate Growth, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum and the San Diego Receivers Forum.

About DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP is a business law firm of 1,400 lawyers in offices  throughout the U.S., whose core practices are real estate, corporate and securities, litigation, intellectual property and government affairs. Worldwide, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has 2,900 lawyers in 53 offices in 20 countries, including the U.K, mainland Europe and Asia, offering leading practices in commercial, corporate and finance, human resources, litigation, real estate, regulatory and legislative, and technology, media and communications.

 

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CONTACTS:

John T. Cusack, Chair, Finance Practice Group, DLA Piper, 312.368.4049

Troy Zander, Partner, DLA Piper, 858.677.1400

Dan Cahill, Media Contact, GreenTarget, 415.552.3999