Faegre Drinker has appointed Gregory R Hall as a partner in the firm’s Corporate group based in Denver. Hall comes to the firm from DLA Piper’s Phoenix office.For more than 28 years, Hall has represented clients in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring transactions, and other corporate and business matters. He advises clients on domestic and cross-border deals; capital markets transactions, including public and private offerings of equity and debt securities; tender offers and exchange offers; domestic and international joint ventures; venture capital and private equity transactions; bank financings; and debt restructurings.
“We are pleased to welcome Greg to Faegre Drinker, particularly during this exciting first month of our new firm,” Co-Chairs Thomas C Froehle, Jr and Andrew C Kassner said in a joint statement. On 1 February, Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath combined to create Faegre Drinker, a top 50 firm with more than 1,300 attorneys, consultants and professionals across 22 locations.
Froehle and Kassner add: “Greg is a talented corporate lawyer who shares our firm’s unwavering commitment to collaboration and client service. We believe that our clients will appreciate having access to Greg and his strategic approach to transactions.”
Jared B Briant, the firm’s office leader in Denver, says: “Greg is an established dealmaker with significant experience serving as a trusted adviser to his clients. He expands our corporate law capabilities in Denver and continues our recent growth in the Rocky Mountain region.”
James M Fischer and Keith P Radtke, co-leaders of Faegre Drinker’s Corporate group, said in a joint statement: “Greg’s sophisticated transactional and corporate law capabilities are an ideal fit for our firm’s strong national and international platforms. His wide-ranging experience managing complex deals will provide immediate value to our public and private clients.”
Hall earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
