Duncan Hubbard, a leader in advising financial institutions, funds and alternative lenders on European and U.S. real estate investments and structured finance transactions, joined the Cadwalader partnership. Mr. Hubbard has regularly acted as lead counsel on several of the biggest loan portfolio trades between the UK clearing banks and insurance companies.

Mr. Hubbard joins a Cadwalader team in London that includes partners Jeremy Cross, a leading lawyer in the funds finance and real estate finance space and Samantha Hutchinson, a preeminent fund finance attorney. In addition, Mr. Hubbard will work closely with Cadwalader's top-rated U.S. CMBS team, which has been the market leader among issuer's counsel for nearly 20 straight years.

Pat Quinn, the managing partner at Cadwalader, said:

"Duncan is a market leader in the real estate finance space in London and Europe. He is an important addition for us at a time when the real estate markets in the UK and Continental Europe continue to expand. We look forward to having him as part of our transatlantic finance team."

Mr. Hubbard was previously the Head of the London Real Estate Finance Group at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.

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