Two Real Estate Attorneys Return to Holland & Knight
August 16, 2006
Janet Wagner Jelen - Chicago
Francis Keldermans - Chicago
Francis L. Keldermans and
Janet Wagner Jelen Rejoin the Chicago Office to Better Service Clients
CHICAGO
– Holland & Knight LLP announced today that a former partner and associate
are rejoining the firm’s Chicago office. Francis “Frank” L. Keldermans and
Janet Wagner Jelen are both returning to Holland & Knight from the Chicago
office of Sinar, Keldermans, Miller & Friedman, LLC. Keldermans rejoins Holland
& Knight as a partner and Jelen rejoins as an associate.
“I am happy to be back with attorneys I have practiced with since the
beginning of my career,” said Frank Keldermans. “The resources at Holland &
Knight will greatly benefit the clients I am bringing with me back to the firm.”
Steven M. Elrod, Executive Partner of Holland & Knight’s Chicago office said,
“Welcoming Frank and Janet back to the firm is both an honor and a pleasure.
Frank’s long-standing relationships with colleagues at Holland & Knight and his
established real estate and lending practice make him a natural fit.”
Frank Keldermans will continue his practice in the areas of commercial
real estate with a heavy emphasis on representing lenders in real estate loan
transactions. He represents commercial real estate lenders with respect to
acquisition, construction, and long-term lending. Keldermans also acts as
Illinois Counsel with respect to multi-state loan transactions and acts as
issuer’s counsel in certain bond financings.
Keldermans represents commercial developers in connection with all aspects of
commercial real estate acquisitions, development, leasing and construction. In
addition he represents banks, savings and loans and mortgage bankers in
commercial foreclosures and workout proceedings.
Keldermans was the head of the Financial Services Group at Sinar, Keldermans,
Miller & Friedman, LLC. He was a partner at McBride Baker & Coles from 1983
through 2002 when the firm merged with Holland & Knight LLP. He is a Fellow of
the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He earned a B.A. (1976) and a J.D.
(1980) from Loyola University.
Janet Wagner Jelen will continue her practice in the areas of
commercial real estate transactions, real estate lending and bond financing and
asset-based lending. Jelen represents commercial banks, institutional lenders,
insurance companies and other lenders in their financing transactions. She also
represents municipalities, entities and individuals in various matters,
including real estate acquisition, dispositions, construction, conversion
projects, commercial and home builder loans and commercial real estate leasing
and financing matters. Beginning in 2000, Jelen was an associate with McBride
Baker & Coles which merged with Holland & Knight in 2002.
Jelen earned a J.D. (2000) from Loyola University and a B.A. in Philosophy,
cum laude, from Mundelein College (now Loyola University, Chicago).
Contact: Susan Zidlicky, (312) 715-5885