REBEC 2014 speakers - McGuireWoods London LLP
McGuireWoods LLP is a major U.S. law firm with more than 900 attorneys in 19 offices in the United States and Europe.
This year, among others, REBEC speakers are Simon J. Cox and Petar Orlic. We had a chance to meet them at MIPIM 2014.
In McGuireWoods Simon is a corporate lawyer based in London. He advises on UK and international M&A, securities, private equity, privatization and joint venture projects, across a wide range of sectors (including energy & utilities, financial institutions, automotive, real estate, brewing & distilling, shipping, hotels and natural resources). In his 25 year legal career, Mr. Cox has worked on transactions in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe (principally in Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Russia), as well as in Turkey, where he headed Norton Rose's Turkey Desk, and in the Far East.
Petar's practice in McGuireWoods focuses on all aspects of corporate real estate work with primary emphasis on commercial acquisitions, real estate finance and real estate management both in the UK and mainland Europe. He has represented institutional investors, foreign and domestic banks and a wide variety of other commercial real estate investors. He has also represented offshore investors on residential acquisitions predominantly in London. In the UK, recent transactions have focused on real estate and development finance deals for both lender and borrower. In mainland Europe, Petar has worked closely with Merrill Lynch with recent transactions focusing on central and south eastern Europe and Russia.
While earning his LLB degree, Petar received an Erasmus Award during his placement at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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