Andrews Kurth Partner Patrick C. Sargent Named President of CMSA, 2009-2010


New York (Vocus) June 10, 2009

Commercial Mortgage Securities Association is pleased to announce the succession of Patrick C. Sargent as President of CMSA for June 2009-June 2010. He follows Christopher Hoeffel, who served as President this past year and whose term concludes during CMSA’s 15th Annual Convention, now being held in New York.

Pat Sargent is a partner with Andrews Kurth LLP and a member of the Real Estate and Structured Finance and Securitization practice groups in the firm’s Dallas office.

“I’m honored to serve as President of CMSA for the upcoming year, a time I see as our market’s ‘recovery year,'” Mr. Sargent said. “While challenges remain, it’s clear that CMSA is the effective voice for the industry in outlining its views to advance the needs of the members it serves. I see CMSA and its membership as pivotal in bringing strength, reliability and stability back to our industry,” he said.

“Alongside Pat, I wish to sincerely thank Chris Hoeffel for his thoughtful and remarkable leadership during our market’s many challenges this year,” said Dottie Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer, CMSA. “Chris’ stewardship of CMSA through last fall’s acute turmoil in the U.S. financial markets through his work in guiding our members through the many facets of these relief efforts remains instrumental to our mission, and all of us owe Chris a large debt of gratitude.” she said.

“I also join Chris in welcoming Pat as our President,” Ms. Cunningham continued. “Pat is one of the industry’s most experienced, committed and respected leaders in commercial mortgage finance. On behalf of CMSA’s members, all of us look forward to working with him as we begin this year filled with opportunity, recovery and success,” she said.

Pat Sargent has represented participants in every facet of U.S. and international securitization and structured finance transactions, including commercial mortgage loan originators and loan sellers, issuers, investment banks, servicers, borrowers, investors, and rating agencies. Pat is a member of the Board of Governors of CMSA and also serves on the Board of Governors for the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Board of the Chartered Realty Investor Society. He is also a frequent speaker and writer on commercial real estate finance issues.

Pat received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Kansas State University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he served as editor of the Southwestern Law Journal.

Commercial Mortgage Securities Association, the international trade association dedicated to promoting the ongoing strength, liquidity and viability of commercial real estate capital market finance, acts as a legislative and regulatory advocate, playing a vital role in setting industry standards for the global commercial mortgage markets.

Unlike many trade organizations, CMSA is a collective voice, representing the full range of the industry’s market participants: large money-center and investment banks, rating agencies, insurance companies, traders, B-piece buyers and investors.

With more than 270 member companies globally, and with a presence in Europe, Japan and North America, CMSA is dedicated to insightful, forward-thinking research and industry initiatives that encourage vision, innovation and continuous professional growth for market participants. CMSA is committed to being responsive to its members, providing them with a culture of collaboration, collegiality, open and inclusive dialogue, consensus building and respect for diverse views.

Media Relations:

For CMSA: Kenneth Reed, kreed (at) cmsaglobal.org, 212-589-0961

For Andrews Kurth: Ashley Nelly, ashleynelly (at) andrewskurth.com, 713.220.4410

About Andrews Kurth LLP

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth has built its practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm’s relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit http://www.andrewskurth.com.

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Andrews Kurth Provides Company Spouse Roger Griesmeyer in New York


New York, NY (PRWEB) August fifteen, 2012

The worldwide law organization of Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of company and transactional attorney Roger Griesmeyer as a Partner in the corporations New York business office.

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The addition of Roger to our group assists us deepen and strengthen our corporate abilities in New York in reaction to shopper desire, says Bob Jewell, Managing Associate for Andrews Kurth. His arrival is also a reflection of the progress of our corporations international and domestic corporate techniques. We expect Roger to have an instant impact on the amount of experience and personalized support we offer our clientele.

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Mr. Griesmeyer signifies firms, investment resources, private fairness funds and other institutions, as well as person and institutional investors, in a assortment of corporate advisory and transactional matters. He specializes in refined, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, securities and joint ventures throughout a quantity of industries, including production, retail, genuine estate, computer software and technological innovation. He adeptly guides boards of directors, unique committees and other traders on growth method, restructurings, financial efficiency, and other corporate governance problems. His current expertise includes advising a number of global entities on their investments in strategic U.S. assets. He has also recommended on some of the most higher-profile transactions in current memory, such as the redevelopment of the Planet Trade Heart in New York Metropolis.

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Couple of corporations can match the entrepreneurial spirit at Andrews Kurth, claims Mr. Griesmeyer. “In addition to their dedication to straight discuss, shopper service and accomplishment, the firm gives a innovative global system that clients want and want. I seem ahead to developing the company exercise with my colleagues about the globe.

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Mr. Griesmeyer was the founding and taking care of member of LaSasso Griesmeyer Regulation Team in New York since 2008. Prior to that, he was an associate with Sullivan &amp Cromwell LLP in New York and Hong Kong, and with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp Katz in New York. He at the moment serves as an adjunct corporate drafting professor at Brooklyn Law College. Mr. Griesmeyer acquired his legislation diploma, summa cum laude, from Brooklyn Law Faculty, soon after acquiring his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth University. He serves on the Asian Affairs Committee of the New York Metropolis Bar Association the Alumni Admissions Board for Brooklyn Legislation School and on specified alumni committees for Dartmouth College.

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About the Andrews Kurth Company Apply Group

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Andrews Kurth attorneys recommend the business people, organizations, investors and enterprise executives who determine worldwide dealmaking and cash marketplaces. Our Corporate apply group is made up of much more than one hundred attorneys and routinely earns best-tier league scorecard rankings. We are recognized and acknowledged as guide counsel on the most advanced transactions, which includes learn minimal partnerships, preliminary public choices, mergers and acquisitions, asset securitizations, true estate investment trusts and royalty trusts.

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Our attorneys aid clientele continue being in compliance with an at any time-modifying regulatory and corporate governance landscape and complete transactions even though obtaining their company objectives. Our clientele incorporate organizations (ranging from begin-ups to huge multinationals and Fortune 500 organizations), underwriters, obtaining, concentrate on and promoting companies, boards of directors and unique committees, investment banking institutions, monetary advisors, expense cash, non-public fairness money and their portfolio companies, individual and institutional traders, sponsors, originators, trustees, commercial banks, financial companies establishments and other dealmakers.

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Our corporate expertise includes the total assortment of domestic and worldwide transactions throughout many industries, which includes aviation, banking/financial services, biotechnology and existence sciences, development, strength (equally classic and substitute), finance, food and beverage, franchise, health treatment, hospitality and resorts, information methods, infrastructure, insurance policy, world wide web/e-commerce, investment cash, manufacturing and income, mining, oil and gasoline, non-public fairness, true estate, cafe, retail, computer software, athletics/leisure, engineering, telecommunications, transportation, utilities, venture funds and waste management. In distinct, we are marketplace leaders in the power and technology industries. A substantial area of our expertise involves aiding our consumers with the structuring, funding and advancement of energy projects, each conventional and substitute, in the United States and internationally.

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About Andrews Kurth LLP

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For a lot more than a century, Andrews Kurth has built its follow on the perception that straight discuss is great enterprise. Real solutions, very clear vision and mutual regard outline the corporations interactions with customers, colleagues, communities and workers. With 400 attorneys and workplaces in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, New York, Analysis Triangle Park, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a vast array of clients in several industries. For much more details about Andrews Kurth, you should pay a visit to andrewskurth.com.

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