Real Estate Partner Ian Taylor Joins Seyfarth’s Growing Team in Seattle

SEATTLE -- (July 8, 2021) -- Seyfarth announced today the arrival of partner Ian S. Taylor to its Real Estate department and Leasing practice group in Seattle. Taylor was most recently a partner in the Real Estate and Municipal Law practice groups at Seattle-based Pacifica Law Group.

Taylor represents both private and public landlords and tenants in all components of real estate leasing, including drafting and negotiating agreements for office, retail, and other commercial spaces. In addition, he regularly counsels clients on land development issues, complex purchase and sale agreements, environmental contamination cleanup and remediation projects, condominium conversions, eminent domain cases, and legislative and regulatory matters.

“Ian is a skilled real estate lawyer with incredible transactional experience,” said Paul Mattingly, chair of Seyfarth’s Real Estate department. “With the extraordinary growth of our national portfolio leasing practice and other leasing demands, Ian is an important addition to our team.”

Prior to joining private practice, Taylor was a senior deputy prosecuting attorney in the Civil Division of the King County Prosecutor’s Office where he represented the office of the King County Executive, Department of Transportation, Facilities Management, Metro Transit, and the King County International Airport. Earlier in his career, Taylor was a King County criminal prosecutor where he tried nearly 40 jury trials.

“We are strategically growing our Seattle roster with talented attorneys in impactful practice areas. Our team serves many clients from the retail and industrial sectors and Ian’s leasing practice expands our capabilities and bandwidth in this space,” said Denice Tokunaga, co-managing partner of Seyfarth’s Seattle office.

Taylor is the latest partner to join Seyfarth’s new Seattle office following the recent additions of Labor & Employment partner Lauren Parris Watts and Litigation partner Andrew Escobar. In July 2020, Seyfarth announced the formal launch of the office, the firm’s first in the Pacific Northwest and fifth on the West Coast. Seyfarth’s Seattle office is currently comprised of 17 lawyers, including 11 partners, from a cross-section of the firm’s nationally ranked departments.

The office’s other co-managing partner, Thomas Wybenga, added that, “Ian is an entrepreneurial lawyer with an excellent network and deep connections in the Puget Sound business community. We’re excited to have him aboard as we continue to build Seyfarth in Seattle.”

Notably, Taylor served in the United States Marine Corps where he earned many awards and commendations. He received a J.D. and B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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