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| Amy Bellman |
WASHINGTON, DC — Dec. 5, 2022
- Amy Bellman and Jeffrey
Spindler join BakerHostetler as partners in the firm’s Business
Practice Group.
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- Bellman rejoins the
firm in its Orlando office as part of the Real Estate and Hospitality
Industry teams. Previously, she was Vice President - Division
Counsel at Fidelity National Financial’s resort development and vacation
ownership division.
- Spindler is based in
New York and is a member of the Securities Offerings and Compliance team. He has
more than three decades of experience representing public companies,
investors and underwriters in a broad range of capital market and M&A
transactions.
- Their arrivals are the
latest addition to BakerHostetler’s rapidly expanding Business Practice
Group, which has added 12 partners in 2022, including three partners in
the New York office and two partners in Orlando in the past 12 months.
Why this matters
Bellman and Spindler are the most recent
strategic additions to BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group. Each partner
has a depth of knowledge that will be an immediate asset to the firm and its
clients.
Bellman has extensive experience in the
timeshare industry and has advised on all aspects of resort development and
management, including condominium formation and governance, timeshare
structures and use plans, state and federal regulatory requirements,
preparation of legal documentation, and sales and marketing compliance.
In addition to handling securities
offerings and M&A and capital market transactions, Spindler also counsels
clients on corporate governance matters.
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| Jeffrey Spindler |
About Bellman’s
practice
During her time as Vice President -
Division Counsel for Fidelity National Financial’s resort development and
vacation ownership division, Bellman served as operations and underwriting
counsel providing guidance and oversight on multi-jurisdictional escrow and
title processes and reviewing new product structures for compliance and
insurability.
While at BakerHostetler previously, she
served as timeshare counsel for several publicly traded companies, independent
developers, exchange providers, resort managers, rental managers, debt
collectors and resale service providers as well as a variety of other
third-party service providers to the timeshare industry.
Bellman also served as vice chair of the
American Bar Association Committee on Timeshare and Interval Use and as a
member of the American Resort Development Association’s Meetings Committee. She
is a registered resort professional and a trustee member of ARDA.
Bellman has a B.A. in political science
and policy studies and a J.D. from Syracuse University.
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| John Allotta |
Key quotes
“Amy Bellman has a deep understanding of
the timeshare and resort development industry and she is an excellent addition
to our corporate group and Real Estate and Hospitality Industry teams.
"We’ve known Amy very well for many
years and we are excited to welcome her back to the firm,” said John Allotta,
chair of BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group.
“Amy is the second addition to the Real
Estate and Hospitality Industry teams in Orlando since August. We continue to
strengthen our core groups in Orlando and welcome Amy to the firm,” said James Etscorn,
managing partner of BakerHostetler’s Orlando office. “She’ll be an immediate
asset to our clients both here and nationally.”
About Spindler’s practice
Spindler has more than 30 years of
experience as a corporate attorney and regularly advises clients on public
offerings and private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate
governance matters.
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James Etscorn
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"His experience includes representation of public and
rapidly growing companies as well as banks as trustee’s counsel in various
types of securities offerings.
Spindler also regularly advises issuers,
investors and underwriters on a broad range of financing matters.
Spindler received a B.S. from the State
University of New York at Albany and a J.D. from Fordham University School of
Law.
Key quotes
“Throughout his career, Jeff has
successfully guided businesses in securities offerings, M&A transactions
and other complex financings.
"A
testament to his experience and knowledge is the many clients that have relied
on him for multiple transactions,” said Allotta. “We welcome Jeff to
BakerHostetler and the Business Practice Group.”
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| George Stamboulidis |
“New York remains the financial capital
of the world, and we are always looking to bolster our corporate offerings with
top-notch lawyers.
"Jeff helps us do that, and we are
excited that he is joining our team,” said George
Stamboulidis, managing partner of BakerHostetler’s New York office.
About BakerHostetler
With hundreds of highly ranked attorneys
across multiple practice areas, BakerHostetler helps clients around the world
address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues,
delivering sophisticated counsel and outstanding client service.
The firm has six core practice groups –
Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and
Employment, Litigation, and Tax, composed of more than 1,000 lawyers located
coast to coast.
CONTACTS:
John Garger
917-572-4820 jgarger@rippmedia.com
Allan Ripp 646-285-1779 arippnyc@aol.com
Courtney B. Smith
202-861-1514 cbsmith@bakerlaw.com
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Business Practice Group, please visit www.bakerlaw.com/BusinessCorporate.
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