SAN DIEGO, CA, Mar 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) ?
Tony Toranto has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as
a partner in the firm?s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental
practice group, based in the firm?s San Diego office. Toranto will
also be in Sheppard Mullin?s Corporate and Energy groups. Toranto
joins from McKenna Long & Aldridge in San Diego.
Toranto specializes in real property, business, and energy
transactions. He brings a strong financial and business orientation
to each engagement and advises clients across a wide range of complex
transactional issues, having previously worked in private equity and
having been a corporate and real estate client. Toranto regularly
counsels clients on the acquisition, disposition, development,
financing and leasing of real property. His expertise includes
advising lenders, borrowers, and guarantors on loan documentation,
workout and loan enforcement issues across loans totaling billions of
dollars.
Toranto also advises clients on general business, corporate and
transactional matters, from entity formation to complex contractual
negotiations. He advises energy clients on real estate, financing,
and other transactional matters, including the negotiation of power
purchase agreements.
?Tony?s energy industry and clean tech expertise dovetails well with
our existing practices and expands our existing capabilities. He
brings a valuable educational and professional background, which
includes a mix of significant business and legal experience and
accomplishments,? said Guy Halgren, chairman of Sheppard Mullin.
?I am thrilled to join Sheppard Mullin and am impressed by the firm?s
considerable footprint firmwide, across a range of practice areas.
The firm has excellent real estate and corporate practices, and I
look forward to helping Sheppard Mullin strengthen and continue to
build its energy and clean tech practices,? Toranto commented.
?We are excited to have Tony join us in our premier real estate and
land use practice in California and we think many of his national
clients will be able to benefit from our growing and talented real
estate group on the East Coast,? said Domenic Drago, Sheppard
Mullin?s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group
leader.
Toranto received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, as well as his
MBA, M.A. and A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, from Stanford University.
Sheppard Mullin has 80 attorneys based in its San Diego offices. The
firm?s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group
includes 70 attorneys firmwide.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard Mullin is a
full service Global 100 firm with more than 580 attorneys in 14
offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927,
companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and
technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial
transactions. In the U.S., the firm?s clients include more than half
of the Fortune 100. For more information, please visit
www.sheppardmullin.com .
Contact:
Guy Halgren
(619) 338-6605
Tony Toranto
(619) 338-6505
Ralph Richardson
(213) 617-5542
SOURCE: Sheppard Mullin
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