ATLANTA -- Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the promotion of four lawyers in its Atlanta office to partner. The newly elected lawyers are Rebecca Merrill, Kellee Padgett, Suneet Sidhu and Jeff Zachman.

These new partners join 42 lawyers promoted across Dentons in North America.

“This is an exceptionally proud and exciting time for Dentons in the US as we grow, not only through our latest combinations but from within our own outstanding talent,” said Mike McNamara, Chief Executive Officer of Dentons US. “We welcome Rebecca, Kellee, Suneet and Jeff as our newest partners, and reward their dedicated work in serving our clients and their commitment to the Atlanta legal community.”

“Our partners in Atlanta remain steadfast in our commitment to our clients’ future through these highly accomplished lawyers,” said Sharon Gay, managing partner of Dentons’ Atlanta office. “As we continue to grow our talent, Rebecca, Kellee, Suneet and Jeff reflect the best of our team in Atlanta and know they will become future leaders within Dentons and within the business community in Atlanta.”

Bios of the promoted lawyers:

Rebecca Merrill (Health Care, Atlanta) counsels a broad range of health care and life sciences organizations in the areas of business strategy and transactions, fraud and abuse protection, regulatory compliance, Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement, clinical research, and privacy, security and confidentiality matters. She routinely advises clients on corporate and operational matters such as contracting, employment and corporate governance issues, and her practice includes representing providers in directing and responding to internal and governmental investigations, subpoenas and False Claim Act actions.

Kellee Padgett (Real Estate, Atlanta) concentrates on real property acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development and finance. Her experience includes representing multi-family and single-family home builders in land acquisition and related matters; representing borrowers and lenders in commercial real estate lending transactions; representing shopping center developers and owners; leasing of shopping centers, office buildings, industrial buildings and mixed-use projects; ground lease transactions; complex real estate purchase and sale transactions; development agreements; and build-to-suit transactions.

Suneet Sidhu (Real Estate, Atlanta) focuses his practice on commercial real estate, joint venture and finance transactions. He advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investors and developers in connection with the acquisition, financing (through debt and equity), development, leasing and sale of commercial properties spanning a broad array of sectors, including health care, multi-family, retail, hospitality, office, industrial and data centers. Sidhu has considerable experience drafting and negotiating loan and security documents for a variety of complex revolving and term senior debt, conduit loans, mezzanine loans and other structurally subordinated debt, and syndicated financings. In addition, Sidhu routinely represents clients in connection with the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate projects located throughout the US, as well as in domestic and cross-border joint venture transactions.

Jeff Zachman (Commercial Litigation, Atlanta) focuses his practice on complex consumer and statutory class actions. He has represented financial technology companies, national banks and insurers in class actions in federal and state courts throughout the country. Zachman also has experience litigating commercial disputes relating to technology, real estate and general commercial litigation.  

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