Laing Akers

Partner @Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Columbus, OH, US

Legal practice focusing on commercial real estate and corporate transactional matters including private placement of equity, affordable housing and community development transactions (low-income housing tax credits, new markets tax credits and historic rehabilitation tax credits), leasing, commercial financing (syndicated facilities, senior debt facilities, mezzanine financing and real estate-backed financing), general corporate counseling and related business matters. Representation includes companies in all stages of development and evolution including formation, capitalization planning, capital and debt financing, and corporate governance and includes transactions across the country involving various investors, financial institutions, developers and state and federal agencies.In January 2019, I joined the firm\'s Pro Bono Committee and Diversity & Inclusion Committee.