NEW YORK, October 9, 2024―Criston E. Cicala has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its New York office.
“Our growth momentum in New York City has been terrific as talented attorneys continue to select Duane Morris as a destination to advance their careers,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor. “We are excited about what is ahead for Duane Morris in the New York metropolitan region.”
“Our powerful private equity and acquisition finance teams efficiently and effectively support clients,” said Brian P. Kerwin, chair of Duane Morris’ 200-lawyer Corporate Practice Group. “With broad experience as an attorney and private equity investor, Cris’ domestic and international experience is well-suited toward enhancing our work on corporate and real estate ventures.”
“With his versatile background, Cris is a great addition to our New York office,” said James J. Regan, co-managing partner of the firm’s New York office. “We are focused on harnessing cross-platform resources to quickly and efficiently solve client problems, and Cris will enable us to do more on behalf of our clients here,” added Justin J. D'Elia, co-managing partner of the firm’s New York office.
Cicala is a corporate, finance and banking attorney with more than two decades of both domestic and international experience. He focuses his multifaceted practice on providing financial institutions, corporations, private equity and credit funds, real estate developers, media companies and entrepreneurs with practical and strategic legal advice. Cicala regularly represents clients in complex matters involving structured finance, trade finance, banking, capital markets, securities law, private equity and credit, commercial lending, real estate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He is a former principal investor and advisor in both private equity and real estate matters, providing him the unique perspective of having played a lead role in both the acquisitions and dispositions of assets, as well as having been involved in the day-to-day management of both real estate and corporate ventures. Before joining Duane Morris, Cicala was a partner at Stinson LLP.
“The Duane Morris platform offers me new opportunities to support my practice and I’m excited to be part of the firm’s exciting New York office,” said Cicala.
Cicala is a graduate of Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2000) and Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1996).
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