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Gibbs Giden announces Christopher R. Barry has joined the firm as an associate.  He will work closely with partners Jonathan Wolf and Jeff Love in the business law group. He focuses his practice on real estate transactions, including purchase, sale, financing and commercial lease transactions. Mr. Barry also has experience in a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and entity formation. 

Prior to joining Gibbs Giden, Mr. Barry was an associate with a large regional law firm where he represented lenders and borrowers in sophisticated debt financing matters, including syndicated and bilateral arrangements, real estate secured, asset-based, cash flow, senior-secured, first-lien/second-lien, split collateral and unsecured facilities. Before pursuing law, Mr. Barry worked in the financial services industry, most recently for a global investment bank.