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Dallas Real Estate Finance Lawyer Kevin Wakefield Joins Jones Day 

Kevin Wakefield, a real estate finance lawyer, has joined Jones Day from Hunton Andrews Kurth as of counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. He will focus his practice on commercial real estate finance and transactions, representing institutional lenders in commercial mortgage and mezzanine loan originations, while also advising clients on commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development and leasing, according to a news release. 

Before joining Jones Day, Wakefield spent almost 13 years at Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he was promoted to counsel in 2024. He represented banks, insurance companies and other institutional lenders in commercial real estate finance matters, with a practice focused on commercial mortgage and mezzanine lending. Wakefield has represented lenders in several large real estate finance transactions, including a $376 million mortgage loan secured by 20 industrial properties across multiple states and a $395 million mortgage and mezzanine financing for an office complex in Silicon Valley. 

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