Managing Associate
OFFICE
Biography
Katrin M. Russel is a managing associate in the corporate practice group of the New York office.
She focuses her practice on general corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, investment management, joint ventures and REITs. Katrin also advises clients on various tax matters related to transactions involving REITs, corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.
She also has experience representing clients in the acquisition and disposition of traditional residential mortgage loans and business purpose loans.
Katrin serves as local counsel to a Fortune 100 company, defending product liability cases. She has extensive experience in employment litigation and investigation matters, including wrongful termination, ADA violations and sexual harassment claims.
Katrin has handled multiple civil jury trials through to defense verdicts, and has also represented clients in settlement negotiations, arbitrations and mediations.
Katrin also has experience drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts such as distribution agreements, master service agreements, sponsorship agreements and non-disclosure agreements, as well as franchise disclosure documents, franchise agreements and area development agreements for US and international franchisors.
Legal Experience
- PNC Bank: Advising on structuring and executing a US$150 million trade receivable securitization financing for Volt Information Services, a workforce consulting, technology management consulting and database services provider, which involved a multi-jurisdictional two-tier securitization structure in Canada, the UK, and the US.
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- California State Bar (Litigation)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA)
"Katrin Russel has provided our company with invaluable guidance on product liability matters and worked with our Daisy Doll team for a number of years now. She continues to have our full confidence."
