Elizabeth Dominguez Yaeger has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Real Estate Practice. In addition to joining the Real Estate Practice, she will also be part of the Firm's Energy Transition & Infrastructure initiative, focusing on digital infrastructure, including telecommunications, data center development, and financing. She is based in the Washington Office.
Ms. Yaeger represents private equity firms, lenders, real estate funds, and data infrastructure owners and operators across a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions. Her work is primarily focused in the real estate, digital infrastructure, and telecommunications sectors, including real estate asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing, data center leases, collocation agreements, and telecommunication master service agreements.
"Liz has a tremendous depth of experience leading complex real estate transactions in the multifamily, digital infrastructure, and financing areas. She has also advised leading developers on affordable housing transactions, including the tax credit syndications of low-income housing tax credits and financings involving tax-exempt and taxable bond financings," said Brian Sedlak, co-leader of Jones Day's Real Estate Practice. "Her track record of success and robust experience across a variety of commercial real estate transactions is a tremendous addition to our practice and a valuable asset to our clients worldwide."
At Jones Day, Ms. Yaeger joins a global team of 125 lawyers in the Firm's Real Estate Practice, who provide clients with comprehensive legal solutions to business opportunities by drawing on their experience in the real estate industry worldwide and collaborating with their colleagues in environmental law, tax law, financial services, corporate law, and dispute resolution. The Firm's Real Estate clients include investment banks, real estate funds, institutional investors, lenders, major corporations, real estate developers, property management companies, retailers, and hospitality companies. Jones Day has achieved a top ranking among global law firms in Bloomberg's real estate M&A league tables, ranked by number of completed deals, every year since 2003.
"Liz brings a wealth of elite experience in leading complex real estate transactions across multifamily, commercial, and data center projects, and along with her deep understanding of digital infrastructure and telecommunications sectors, she will be a valuable addition as we continue to develop exceptional results for the Firm's clients," said Noel Francisco, Partner-in-Charge of the Washington Office. "In addition to her legal skills, she is active in a number of non-profit organizations here in the D.C. area, and is well-respected in the local legal community. We are delighted to welcome her to our team at Jones Day."
Ms. Yaeger earned her law degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami. She was recently recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in Washington, DC for the third consecutive year.
"Jones Day's renowned culture of functioning as one truly global law firm, in which partners are committed to serving their clients with the best available legal talent, regardless of location, was very attractive to me," said Ms. Yaeger. "I am excited to be part of the global Real Estate practice and work with my new colleagues around the world."
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