Mr Jason W. Parsont > Clifford Chance > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mayer Brown’s broad investment-grade debt expertise spans offerings of SEC-registered, fixed-to-floating rate, convertible, and 144A notes, among other kinds. The group is an established leader when it comes to covered bonds and is also noted for its strength in the financial services, consumer products, real estate, energy, and pharma/healthcare sectors. Anna Pinedo regularly represents financial institutions acting as both underwriters’ and issuer’s counsel; she stands out for her experience handling novel transactions in the tech, telecoms, healthcare, financial services, and REITs spaces. David Bakst focuses on securities offerings involving non-US issuers. Regularly advising issuers, investment banks, and sponsors on public and private offerings, Ryan Castillo is a prominent figure in the team. Phyllis Korff’s extensive experience spans the asset management, insurance, biotech, healthcare, tech, and manufacturing spaces. Jerry Marlatt and Jason Parsont are also key contacts in the group, with Parsont having joined the firm from Clifford Chance in September 2024.

Mayer Brown‘s REIT offering blends together capital markets, M&A and corporate governance expertise. The team is frequently engaged as underwriters’ counsel for various public REITs. Drawing on the firm’s wider expertise in residential mortgage securitization, the practice is a go-to for mortgage REITs.  Practice head and capital markets lawyer Anna Pinedo concentrates on financing matters and securities. David Freed is intimately familiar with equity and mortgage REITs, assisting with private placements, IPOs, and follow-on offerings. REIT issuers, sponsors and investment banks rely upon Brian Hirshberg for his expertise in public equity and debt offerings. All three lawyers operate out of New York and are supported by Chicago-based Haukur Gudmundsson, who is well-versed in securitizations and structured finance transactions, and Susannah Schmid who handles mortgage loan transactions. Capital markets expert Jason Parsont joined the firm from Clifford Chance in September 2024.

Anna Pinedo leads the team at Mayer Brown,  which is active in the financial services, biotechnology, and banking sectors, advising on a wide range of matters which range from drafting proxy statements to ensuring clients remain Sarbanes Oxley and Dodd-Frank compliant. It leverages an international network of lawyers and the regulatory background of much of the practice to ensure public companies abide by the relevant exchange rules whilst also continuing to work with private corporations pre-IPO on best governance practices. Pinedo works out of New York, advising financial institutions, REITS, and life sciences companies on the full range of governance matters. The practice is bolstered by the recent addition of SEC alumni  Jennifer Zepralka and Kimberly Hamm, strengthening the team’s capabilities when advising on regulatory issues and securities law. Jason Parsont recently arrived from Clifford Chance in September 2024 and has extensive equity and debt markets experience, introducing an interdisciplinary approach to his work. Together alongside Brian Hershberg, Camilla Panama, and Paul Theiss in New York, the team ‘come up with pragmatic advice which also shows a deep understanding’ of the client’s business and the governance landscape.