Cadwalader Names Four Special Counsel in New York, Charlotte and Washington Offices.Business Editors/Legal Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , one of the world's leading international law firms, has named Kurt Bjorklund, George Chung, Erik Remmler and Charles Steele as Special Counsel to the firm. In Charlotte, Kurt Bjorklund has joined the Firm's Financial Restructuring Department. Mr. Bjorklund provides advice to parties involved with financially distressed entities, and has represented debtors and creditors in non-bankruptcy workouts, pre-bankruptcy planning and Chapter 11 reorganizations. Also in Charlotte, George Chung has joined the Firm's Real Estate Department. Mr. Chung's practice is concentrated in the origination, purchase, and sale of real estate mortgage loans intended for securitization Securitization The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors. Notes: Mortgage backed securities are a perfect example of securitization. May also be spelled as "securitisation. ; he has represented many institutional and conduit lenders in negotiating and closing real estate mortgage loans. In New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Erik Remmler has joined the Firm's Capital Markets Department. Mr. Remmler concentrates his practice on a variety of structured public and project finance matters, securitization transactions, and financing work outs. And in Washington, Charles Steele has joined the Firm's Business Fraud and Complex Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Group. Mr. Steele advises clients on a wide range of complex civil litigation, white collar criminal and regulatory matters. "We are pleased to welcome Kurt, George, Erik and Charles as Special Counsel to the firm. They represent a cross section of our core practice areas, each busy and growing across all of our offices," said Robert O. Link, Jr., Cadwalader's Chairman. "We look forward to the contributions they will make in their respective departments supervising cases and deals, maintaining and building client relationships and training junior attorneys," Link added. Before joining Cadwalader, Mr. Bjorklund, was a Counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP where he specialized in the financial restructuring of distressed businesses. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. , where he was an Articles Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from Macalester College and he was awarded a post-graduate political science fellowship at the University of Munich. Mr. Chung is a former Vice President and Counsel of First Nationwide Bank in New York, where he advised bankers in connection with all aspects of commercial and multi-family real estate loans. He received his law degree from Fordham University School of law Fordham University School of Law (commonly known as Fordham Law or Fordham Law School) is a part of Fordham University in the United States. The School is located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and is one of eight ABA-approved law schools in that city. and his undergraduate degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice John Jay College of Criminal Justice: see New York, City University of. . Prior to joining Cadwalader, Mr. Remmler was an associate in the New York office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP where he served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel, borrower's counsel and contracts counsel in a variety of structured public and project finance transactions and financing work outs. He received a J.D., cum laude, from the Pace University School of Law Pace University School of Law, known colloquially as "Pace Law School", is the law school of Pace University, a comprehensive, independent, and diversified university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County. , where he was a member of the Law Review, and a B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago. Mr. Steele was Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. in Washington. In that capacity, he provided legal, policy and ethical advice to senior FBI and Department of Justice officials on matters relating to law enforcement, national security investigation, and prosecutions. Mr. Steele received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center Also attended
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