Katten Appoints Seth Messner To Head DC Office

Messner, who represents borrowers, lenders, collateral managers, rating agencies, credit enhancers and other parties in a wide array of domestic and international financing transactions, has spent his entire career at Katten, joining the firm in 2004. Since then, he has held a number of firm leadership positions while handling a range of complex financing transactions, from asset-backed lending facilities to securitizations, and participating as a frequent panelist at various securitization industry conferences.

Messner currently serves on Katten's Executive Committee and Board of Directors. As managing partner of the Washington DC office, he oversees a team of more than 100 attorneys and business professionals. His responsibilities include managing office performance, fostering leadership and recruitment, strengthening community relations and handling various other key duties.

Widely recognized as a top practitioner in aviation finance, Lynes, retired from the firm after nearly 27 years, during which time he led Katten's Aviation Finance practice and represented manufacturers, airlines, lessors, financial institutions, equity investors and insurers in aircraft sales, leasing and financing.

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm's core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
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