Holme Roberts & Owen's New Partners A New Breed of Attorney
01/05/2010
Denver, Colorado, January 5, 2010 – Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO) is pleased to announce that associates Dawn MacKinnon and Alison Wadle and Senior Counsel Elizabeth Meier have been elected to the partnership effective January 1, 2010. All three women bring significant business savvy, as well as tremendous legal expertise, to their new roles as partner. The fact that the newly elected partner class consists exclusively of women is as unique as the women themselves. Each of the new partners has a distinct and interesting background, affording them with a fresh and uncommon perspective.
Dawn MacKinnon is in HRO’s Real Estate, Development, Land Use and Financing Practice Group, where she represents landlord and tenant clients in office and industrial leasing. She has handled over $500 million in commercial/industrial property acquisitions and dispositions nationally and manages borrower and lender lending transactions, hotel acquisitions and retail. Before joining HRO, Ms. MacKinnon gained experience in a veritable panoply of industries. She brings years of practical entrepreneurial and executive experience in commercial sales and leasing, land development and sales, and ski property sales to her legal practice. Ms. MacKinnon also owned a successful company and established a start-up business. Ms. MacKinnon brings not only legal expertise to her clients, but also sound business acumen.
Alison Wadle is also a member of the Real Estate, Development, Land Use and Financing Practice Group, her practice concentrating on general commercial real estate, retail leasing and secured lending. Ms. Wadle's legal background spans a wide and diverse range. She began her legal career at a small, boutique firm which afforded her intensive, hands on legal work as well as strong mentoring from seasoned legal veterans. She was also exposed to examples of top notch community involvement, which ingrained in her the importance of civic engagement. She also spent time at a large national firm with over 700 attorneys, where she gained national real estate experience on much broader projects. At HRO, Alison unites the strength and experience of both her previous firms, and continues to emphasize her business counselor role. She has also furthered her passion for community involvement by being active in economic and business development initiatives with the Downtown Denver Partnership and specifically the Welton Corridor and Curtis Park redevelopments.
Elizabeth Meier practices in the Commercial Law and Securities Group, advising public and private companies and private equity groups in industries including technology, healthcare, and entertainment. She also handles corporate law and securities matters with emphasis on representing strategic buyers and sellers in domestic and cross-border M&A; corporate structuring and formation of joint ventures; drafting commercial contracts; and providing advice regarding corporate governance and general corporate law matters. Before joining HRO, Ms. Meier was an associate at an international law firm in their Washington D.C. office. A fluent German speaker, in 2002, Meier was a visiting attorney in the Düsseldorf office of the German law firm Hengeler Mueller, as a participant in the German Academic Exchange Service's (DAAD's) International Lawyers Program. At HRO, Ms. Meier co-founded the highly successful Women in M&A Forum, which brings corporate women together to discuss challenges and strategies in the M&A arena. The forum draws influential speakers for six to seven events annually, hosting an average of 60-70 participants each.
“We congratulate all three new partners and are proud to celebrate their accomplishments." HRO managing partner Ken Lund said. "Their elevation to the partnership speaks to our client-directed growth strategy, which is a sound and deliberate HRO business practice. We identify specific needs—nationally and internationally—and work to fill them with the right mix of knowledge, experience, and talent.”
HRO welcomes the three new partners, touting their achievements as attorneys and as business women.
About HRO - Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is an international law firm that was established in 1898 and has approximately 230 lawyers practicing in ten strategically positioned offices in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. The firm's lawyers provide a broad spectrum of legal services in virtually every area of the law, including corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, commercial litigation, real estate, health, employment, tax, environmental and intellectual property, technology and media.