Key Takeaways
- • Jones Day has expanded its Real Assets practice by more than 30 lawyers over the past 18 months, reinforcing its position in commercial real estate advisory across major global markets.
- • Tim Swearingen joined Jones Day as a partner in its Real Estate Practice, based in New York, bringing deep expertise in complex cross-border acquisitions, development projects, and joint ventures across office, warehouse, hospitality, and mixed-use properties.
- • Swearingen's practice encompasses transactions spanning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with experience advising both developers and institutional investors (debt and equity) on sophisticated real estate deals.
- • The hiring reflects Jones Day's strategic pivot to expand real assets capabilities, with recent additions across Dallas, New York, Chicago, Washington, and London offices, signaling increased focus on infrastructure and energy transition advisory.
Summary
Jones Day announced the arrival of commercial real estate transactions partner Tim Swearingen to its New York office, continuing the firm's aggressive expansion in the Real Assets space. Swearingen joins as a partner in the firm's Real Estate Practice, focusing on complex acquisitions, sales, development projects, financings, and joint ventures between commercial real estate developers and institutional debt and equity investors.
Swearingen brings a track record of handling sophisticated cross-border transactions across major property categories, including office, warehouse, hospitality, and mixed-use assets. His practice encompasses transactions with geographic exposure to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, positioning Jones Day to serve multinational real estate capital sources and developers. He has also advised clients on development, construction, and property management matters involving Class A commercial assets.
The Swearingen hire represents the latest addition to Jones Day's substantial Real Assets buildup, which has grown by more than 30 lawyers in the past 18 months. This expansion includes multiple partner and counsel hires across key markets: Rodney Moore and Sam Peca in Dallas; Melissa Billig, Larry Dany, Jarrod Murphy, and Jeff Philp in New York; Melissa Vanderwater in Chicago; Elizabeth Yaeger in Washington; and Nathan Curtis, Michelle Davies, Caroline Gregson, Rob McNabb, and Martin Stewart-Smith in London.
Brian Sedlak, Co-Leader of Jones Day's Real Estate and Energy Transition & Infrastructure practices, characterized Swearingen's addition as "timely," emphasizing his international transactional experience and ability to advise both developers and institutional capital sources on complex deals. The expansion reflects broader market dynamics favoring integrated real assets and infrastructure advisory capabilities, particularly as institutional investors evaluate portfolio rebalancing toward alternative asset classes and energy transition initiatives.
Swearingen brings a track record of handling sophisticated cross-border transactions across major property categories, including office, warehouse, hospitality, and mixed-use assets. His practice encompasses transactions with geographic exposure to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, positioning Jones Day to serve multinational real estate capital sources and developers. He has also advised clients on development, construction, and property management matters involving Class A commercial assets.
The Swearingen hire represents the latest addition to Jones Day's substantial Real Assets buildup, which has grown by more than 30 lawyers in the past 18 months. This expansion includes multiple partner and counsel hires across key markets: Rodney Moore and Sam Peca in Dallas; Melissa Billig, Larry Dany, Jarrod Murphy, and Jeff Philp in New York; Melissa Vanderwater in Chicago; Elizabeth Yaeger in Washington; and Nathan Curtis, Michelle Davies, Caroline Gregson, Rob McNabb, and Martin Stewart-Smith in London.
Brian Sedlak, Co-Leader of Jones Day's Real Estate and Energy Transition & Infrastructure practices, characterized Swearingen's addition as "timely," emphasizing his international transactional experience and ability to advise both developers and institutional capital sources on complex deals. The expansion reflects broader market dynamics favoring integrated real assets and infrastructure advisory capabilities, particularly as institutional investors evaluate portfolio rebalancing toward alternative asset classes and energy transition initiatives.
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