Cushman & Wakefield – Nelson Mullins RFP Response

THE CORE TEAM

JOHN CHRISTENBURY ACCOUNT CO-LEAD & SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT John Christenbury is a

SHERRY CUSHMAN ACCOUNT CO-LEAD, CHIEF STRATEGIST & LAW FIRM EXPERT Sherry Cushman is an Executive Managing Director and Leader of C&W’s Legal Sector Advisory

Managing Director in the Charlotte, NC office. His

Group. She brings over 33 years of real estate experience to the team and is a recognized national and global law firm expert, delivering extensive thought leadership, consensus-building, and legal sector portfolio experience to NMRS. She has personally represented law firms in more than 12 million square feet of real estate transactions, including build-to-suits, prime leases, lease restructures, and base building renovations. Some of her clients over her career include Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Baker & Hostetler, Greenberg Traurig, Bracewell, Clifford Chance, Dechert, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Morrison Foerster, and Vinson & Elkins, to name a few. Sherry’s portfolio experience as the co-lead or member of the national/global team worldwide include: Ballard Spahr, Kilpatrick & Stockton, Saul Ewing, Pepper Hamilton, King & Spalding, Alston & Bird, Kelley Drye, and Bracewell. She also leads transactions for DLA Piper as a preferred vendor of the firm. Throughout her career, Sherry has also worked with law firms in the evaluation of firm-wide services as it relates to keeping this firm-wide space within a firm’s headquarter location or relocating such to an alternative location. Some of the firms Sherry has assisted in this evaluation include Baker & Hostetler, Day Pitney, Marshall Dennehey, King & Spalding, Vinson & Elkins, and she is currently working with Skadden Arps on their firm-wide services location in White Plains, NY comprised of 60,000 square feet. Over the past six (6) years Sherry developed C&W’s annual National Legal Sector Benchmark Survey and National Associate Survey and will use these statistics to assist NMRS in consensus-building and overall transaction strategy development. Sherry will serve as the Account Co-Lead, Chief Strategist, and Law Firm expert for NMRS. Upon being hired by the Firm, Sherry will lead a customized Vision Session for the Firm. Through this Vision Session, Sherry will work closely with the C&W Core Team, in partnership with NMRS’ leadership, to identify the Firm’s key goals and objectives and develop a strategic real estate plan to ensure the real estate solutions support the Firm’s business and financial goals, thereby placing NMRS in the most competitive position in the long-term.

expertise is in tenant representation and he is an active member of C&W’s Legal Sector Advisory Group. During his career, John has represented tenants in over 400 real estate transactions. John’s real estate experience primarily revolves around portfolio led accounts based out of North and South Carolina. His approach is defined as “creative, yet methodical,” along with his commitment to provide the best resources to ensure client satisfaction and successful outcomes. His clients range from law firms such as Katten Muchin Rosenman and Tippens & Zurosky - to large technology-based companies such as WeWork that require unique and complex real estate transactions. John’s extensive network within C&W provides a wealth of knowledge of the C&W Platform that enables his clients to maximize C&Ws numerous resources. He will be NMRS’ Account Co-Lead and Primary Point of Contact and will captain all of C&W’s platform of services as well as the overall team and Market Champions. John will partner with Sherry in co-leading all specialized services to organize and build a strategic real estate plan for NMRS’ portfolio.

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