Kansas City—Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces that Scott H. Thompson joined its Real Estate practice as a partner in the Kansas City office. Thompson focuses his practice in the areas of banking and finance, real estate and corporate law and represents banks, institutional lenders, private equity funds and large publicly traded companies in debt financing and other credit vehicles.

Thompson conducts credit financing reviews and represents clients in all varieties of debt financing, including asset-based, commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate lending, new market tax credit financing, letter of credit facilities, mezzanine and second-lien loans, syndicated loan facilities, and loan workouts. He also represents lessors and lessees in large equipment leases involving rail cars, barges, trucks, trailers and medical equipment. Thompson has substantial experience in the energy and the food and agribusiness industries. He recently represented an agricultural cooperative in a US$550 million secured loan and a commercial bank in the US$150 million loan with multiple tranches and collateral types.

“Scott’s lending and financing practice is multifaceted and includes the representation of clients in loans across multiple industries, which will align well with the depth of our real estate, tax-advantaged investing and banking and finance teams,” said US CEO Mike McNamara. “Scott’s prominence in the Kansas City market and his focus on extending his practice well beyond this important region will be a great benefit to our clients.”

Thompson holds a JD, cum laude, from Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law, and his BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University.

Dentons’ real estate team, with 95 lawyers throughout the US and more than 1,300 worldwide, is consistently recognized as a leading national real estate practice. Dentons’ comprehensive real estate service offering focuses on acquisition and disposition, construction, development, finance, investment, joint ventures, leasing, property litigation, property management and tax-advantaged investing. Its clients are active in a variety of sectors including real estate development and construction; financial services; private equity; transportation; energy; forest products and agribusiness; and technology, among others.

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