OKLAHOMA CITY – Crowe & Dunlevy is pleased to announce that Drew A. Cunningham and Nancy Allred Collins have joined the firm in the Oklahoma City and Dallas offices.
Cunningham is a director in the firm’s Oklahoma City office. A member of the Real Estate Practice Group, Cunningham’s commercial real estate practice involves multiple fields, including commercial acquisitions and dispositions, ground-up development, build-to-suit leasing, landlord and tenant representation and finance.
Cunningham has extensive experience drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, complex commercial leases, financing agreements, and construction contracts for large commercial developments. With a background in finance, Cunningham represents developers and investors in structuring partnership agreements and debt and equity fundraising.
A graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Cunningham completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Arkansas, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate. He also serves as a volunteer attorney for the Trinity Legal Clinic and on the board of the Oklahoma City Redbud Classic Foundation.
A director in the firm’s Dallas office and member of the Taxation Practice Group, Collins focuses her practice on international, federal, state, and local income taxation as well as gift and estate tax planning. Collins advises public and private clients on tax issues regarding a wide range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital market transactions, cross-border arrangements, and financial products and derivatives. As a member of the firm’s Private Wealth and Closely-Held Business Practice Group, she counsels family offices, as well as domestic and foreign ultra-high-net-worth individuals, on asset protection and estate planning strategies.
Collins received her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and received her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas, graduating with Highest Honors. She has been ranked by Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers for Tax Law.*
“The addition of Nancy and Drew strengthens our ability to serve our clients. Nancy’s experience in estate planning and tax and Drew’s general business experience can only help out clients,” said Roger A. Stong, Crowe & Dunlevy president. “We are pleased to welcome them to the firm.”
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by Best Lawyers or Super Lawyers.