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Movers & Shakers

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
February 25, 2013

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP recently welcomed John Salza as a principal in charge of tax accounting methods. In this role, Salza lends his expertise to tax engagements across Baker Tilly's industry practices.

Salza is an attorney with more than 18 years of public accounting experience. For the last seven years, he was a tax partner with a national accounting firm leading its tax accounting methods practice.

Patton Boggs LLP has announced that Shawn Creedon, a corporate finance lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience in principal investing, bankruptcy and restructuring, has joined the firm's Corporate Finance practice group as a partner. Creedon is resident in the firm's New York City office.

Creedon brings a broad base of experience to Patton Boggs, encompassing legal practice; investment management and financial analysis; and tax planning, accounting
and auditing.

A core focus of Creedon's work is middle-market finance transactions, and he draws upon years of experience as manager of a nine-figure middle-market debt portfolio to guide his legal advice in this area. He has represented lenders and borrowers in negotiating and documenting senior secured and unsecured credit facilities, including unitranche and bifurcated collateral structures, and in restructuring transactions associated with those financings. Creedon has also represented global mezzanine lenders in numerous mezzanine financings, ranging from $20 million to $300 million, and has served on the boards of nearly a dozen firms in his role as a senior investment analyst.

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