USA Law and Practice Contributed by: Olesya Bakar, William “Bill” Jackson, Daniel E. Levisohn and Steven D. Lear, Holland & Knight LLP
Holland & Knight LLP was founded in 1889 and is now a global law firm with more than 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 35 offices throughout the world. The firm’s lawyers provide representation in litigation, business, real estate and governmental law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with efficient access to attor - neys throughout the firm. To address clients’ needs as effectively and efficiently as possible, the lawyers work collaboratively, drawing upon their depth and breadth of legal experience and industry knowledge.
The “one firm” structure positions Holland & Knight to support the most complex matters at all levels, with comprehensive and value-added service. Through in - tegrated practice groups and industry-based teams, the firm can provide efficient and responsive legal representation anywhere in the world. The lawyers serve clients based on their needs, not merely loca - tion. Their interdisciplinary approach ensures that clients have access to the lawyers with the most ap - propriate experience.
Authors
Olesya Bakar is a corporate attorney leading Holland & Knight’s real estate fund formation practice, with 25 years of experience advising emerging and mature private and public companies in an array of complex corporate
Daniel E. Levisohn is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight’s Washing - ton, DC, office who focuses his prac - tice on complex commercial transac - tions, with an emphasis on companies in the real estate industry. Mr Levisohn
matters within a variety of industries across the globe. She provides advice to position clients for success, whether in a high-profile, multibillion-dollar transaction or the initial capital-raising stage. Olesya’s clients operate in many industries: real estate, defence, satellite, healthcare, biotech, fintech, sports and automotive. Her primary focus is the representation of clients in private investment activities and fund formation, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity transactions.
has extensive experience advising fund sponsors on the formation, negotiation and operation of private real estate investment funds. He has represented leading sponsors in establishing closed-end funds, program - matic joint ventures and other investment vehicles, and has also represented institutional investors on their private fund investments. Mr Levisohn has also represented numerous public and private companies on their mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other transactional matters.
William “Bill” Jackson is a real estate private equity attorney in Holland & Knight’s Century City office with over 30 years of transactional real estate experience. Mr Jackson’s practice focuses on the representation of
Steven D. Lear has more than 35 years of legal, tax and business experience representing top national companies in joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. Steven leads Holland & Knight’s joint ventures
family offices, institutional investors, real estate private equity fund sponsors and real estate developers in complex real estate investment, joint venture, development, acquisition, disposition and financing transactions. He has expertise with respect to structuring real estate joint ventures, including co-GP, club, platform and programmatic joint ventures. Mr Jackson represents the firm’s clients in real estate and real estate private equity transactions throughout the USA.
practice group. He assists businesses, including publicly held and private home builders, in successfully navigating complex legal, tax and business matters. With a CPA background and a master’s degree in taxation, Steven adds significant value to his representation of clients. Previously, Steven served as chief in-house counsel for two major multifaceted companies. He often draws on this experience when structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing sophisticated transactions.
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