Dreier LLP announced today that Linda
Grant Williams has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate &
Securities Department. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Grant was of counsel
to Greenberg Traurig LLP in New York, and was previously a partner at
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
"We are delighted and very fortunate to have Linda Grant Williams join
Dreier LLP," stated Marc S. Dreier, founder and managing partner of Dreier
LLP. "Her expertise in advising public-private partnerships complements our
current capabilities representing capital providers in the construction and
financing of major real estate holdings."
Ms. Grant Williams will continue her practice in representing banks,
pension funds and other capital providers in the construction and permanent
financing of hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial
complexes, multifamily projects, cogeneration and other energy projects.
Some of her notable real estate and construction projects include the
financing of The Forum at Caesar's Palace, Two Rodeo Drive and One Colorado
Shopping Centers in Southern California and the Greenwich Office Park in
Greenwich, Connecticut.
"Joining Dreier LLP enables me to provide clients with the litigation
expertise, relationships and wide-ranging capabilities of a full service
law firm," Ms. Grant Williams stated. "I also share Marc Dreier's vision of
a cutting edge, entrepreneurial firm that applies creative thinking to
client issues."
Ms. Grant Williams was instrumental in structuring financings for the
Oakland Raiders, Golden State Warriors, and in the renovation of the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena, California. She was recognized by Sports Business Journal
as one of the country's leading sports executives and credited with the
creation of sports securitization, utilized at both the Pepsi Center in
Denver, Colorado and The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Most
recently, Ms. Grant Williams created a groundbreaking method for a more
cost effective method of financing U.S. airports, resulting in greater
bankruptcy protection for bondholders and dramatically lowering financing
costs for airlines. This patent-pending business method innovation has been
generally approved for use at the tri-state area airports by The Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Ms. Grant Williams received a B.S. in Political Science with high
distinction from the University of Arizona in 1974 and a J.D., cum laude,
from Loyola Law School in 1979, where she was a member of the Loyola Law
Review and received the American Jurisprudence Constitutional Law Award.
Ms. Grant Williams is a member of the Bar of the States of New York and
California and was recently appointed to the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York Structured Finance Committee.
Background on Dreier LLP
Dreier LLP was founded in 1996 by Marc Dreier as a more responsive and
innovative alternative to traditional "large-firm" lawyering. Dreier LLP
represents a wide range of institutional, entrepreneurial and individual
clients in diverse sectors of financial, industrial and service-oriented
markets. The firm's principal practices are commercial litigation, real
estate, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employment, corporate and
securities, entertainment, intellectual property, matrimonial and tax.
Dreier LLP's Los Angeles affiliate, Dreier Stein & Kahan LLP, has its
principal practice in entertainment and commercial litigation and corporate
transactions. The firm's affiliate Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP has an
extensive practice in the area of trusts and estates law. Pitta & Dreier
LLP is an affiliate which specializes in labor law, and Pitta, Bishop, Del
Giorno & Dreier LLP specializes in government relations. In the 10 years
since its founding, Dreier LLP, with its affiliate members, has grown to
more than 200 attorneys, with its principal office at 499 Park Avenue in
Manhattan, and additional offices in Los Angeles; Santa Monica, California;
Albany, New York; and Stamford, Connecticut. |