BUPD Promotes Four to Partner

CHICAGO—The law firm of Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim Ltd. has just promoted four of its attorneys to partners of the firm. Rasha Elganzouri Gad, Bryan King, Gary Saipe, and Shelley Smith were formerly counsels with the Chicago-based firm and will continue their practices in the areas of real estate and commercial litigation. Prior to joining BUPD, each of the new partners spent years with some of the country's largest and most prestigious global law firms.

“BUPD Law is proud to welcome Rasha, Bryan, Gary and Shelley to the partnership ranks as these four talented lawyers exemplify the service delivery, hard-work and dedication that our clients expect from BUPD Law,” says managing partner Michael Delrahim.  “We believe that these moves in combination with recent infrastructure improvements further our ability and commitment to provide quality and responsive legal services to clients.”

Gad practices in the areas of general corporate and complex commercial real estate transactions. She also serves as chair of the firm's Middle East practice. Her work includes acquisitions and dispositions, financing, construction, joint venture formation, development, leasing, among other areas. Prior to joining BUPB, she worked at DLA Piper LLP and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering Hale & Dorr in Washington DC. She was also a senior associate at Patton Boggs in Dubai, and in addition has developed a great deal of expertise on the Egyptian legal market.

King is a trial lawyer who represents clients in a wide range of commercial and securities litigation and serves as the chair of the firm's litigation department. He began his career at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, CA. After moving to Chicago, he worked at Jenner & Block, where he became a partner in 2007.

Saipe has over thirty-five years of transactional real estate experience. He represents banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies and other lenders in loans for high-rise and single-family residential developments, shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, and many other sectors. Saipe also represents borrowers and institutional lenders in the work-outs of problem loans. He graduated from Northwestern University's law school, where he was also an instructor.

Smith has tried cases in state and federal courts across the country in a broad range of business and commercial matters. Her experience includes construction defect and other real estate litigation. After law school, she joined Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and later joined Jenner & Block in Chicago, where she became an equity partner in 1996.