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Anna A. Dwyer

Jones Day

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Anna Dwyer, a Partner at Jones Day, has already led more than $5 billion in high-profile transactions for major global lenders, developers, and institutional investors. Her expertise spans complex joint ventures, acquisitions, and financings across diverse asset classes, including data centers, multifamily, and retail. Recently, Dwyer led a team representing a top real estate investment manager in the acquisition of a $500+ million industrial portfolio totaling 3 million square feet across 5 states. She also co-led a team in a $1 billion retail asset transaction involving a sovereign wealth fund. Beyond her deal fluency, Dwyer is a committed community leader who mentors students through Chicago’s "Working in the Schools" program and provides pro bono counsel to an international environmental nonprofit. Her resilience as an immigrant who mastered a new language early on informs her role as a persuasive and stabilizing negotiator in the legal field.