Real estate deal lawyer Conrad Steele has rejoined Jones Day, the firm he began in Big Law with nearly a decade ago.
Steele, who returns as a partner, was most recently at Winstead. He advises clients on commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, construction and stabilized asset financings, and the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets.
“So happy to be returning to the place where my career in private practice began,” Steele said on LinkedIn. “I could not be more pleased about the direction of [Jones Day], the Dallas office and Real Estate practice globally.”
Steele’s deal résumé includes large acquisitions of distressed hospitality loan portfolios, single-family housing portfolios, self-storage portfolios, and life sciences properties. He has handled financings in excess of $2 billion in the office, multi-family, industrial, and self-storage sectors.
“Conrad has deep roots here in the Texas legal community and is a highly accomplished lawyer who has worked on high-stakes transactions for some of the largest and most well-known commercial real estate investors in the world,” Matthew Kairis, partner-in-charge of Jones Day’s Dallas office and Texas region, said in a statement. “His industry experience and regional knowledge will be a great asset to our clients.
After graduating from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2013, Steele had clerkships with the Hon. Harlin D. Hale of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas and Judge Carl E. Stewart of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, who at the time was chief judge of the Fifth Circuit. In addition to Jones Day and Winstead, Steele has also worked at Kirkland & Ellis.