Akerman is excited to announce that Thomas Maira has joined the firm's Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in New York City, where he will serve as Chair, Real Estate Private Equity (New York).

"Akerman continues to expand its significant real estate and private equity platform in New York and nationally, and is excited to welcome Tom, a well-known practitioner in the New York markets," said Alan Cohen, Co-Office Managing Partner.

Akerman's Real Estate Practice Group Chair, Eric Rapkin, also noted that, "Tom's practice and institutional client base have great synergies with Akerman's overall New York practice."

Maira advises real estate private equity funds, institutional investors, developers, borrowers, and lenders in  all aspects of joint ventures and preferred equity investments, acquisitions, development, lending, workouts and dispositions, covering all asset classes.

Maira previously led, as general counsel, a large multinational investment company’s commercial real estate legal group, including involvement with legal and business strategy, as well as transaction origination, structuring, negotiation and execution. He was most recently served as a partner with an AmLaw top five law firm.

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