Rosemarie Thurston is a partner and leads the firm's REITs and Real Estate Funds Team. Ms. Thurston represents numerous REITs, real estate funds, business development companies and interval funds in their structuring and formation, public securities offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, roll-ups, and ongoing securities law compliance. Ms. Thurston regularly advises executive officers, boards of directors and board committees on corporate governance matters, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, New York Stock Exchange rules and general “best practices” for reporting companies. Ms. Thurston also counsels broker-dealers on compliance with applicable regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in connection with the distribution of securities.

Ms. Thurston is a frequent speaker at national conferences on legal issues relevant to the REIT and investment fund industry. She has been featured in 2013 and 2014 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and 2013 and 2014 Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, in each case in the category of Capital Markets: REITs. She was recently named one of Georgia’s top-rated lawyers, in the 2013 edition of “Georgia’s Top Rated Lawyers."