Veteran financial attorney Melissa Messina has returned to Miles & Stockbridge as a principal in the Baltimore, Maryland, office. She focuses on senior living and life planning communities.
Messina previously worked as a financial advisor and investment banker at HJ Sims, counseling nonprofit life plan communities, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. She advised senior community management teams and boards on capital and strategic planning issues.
“We are very pleased to have Melissa return to Miles & Stockbridge,” said Andrew Scopp, co-leader of the firm's real estate and transaction finance practice group.
“Melissa brings new experience in advanced issues that will benefit our clients in the areas of senior living, health care, real estate, tax increment financing, public finance and commercial finance,” he said in a statement. .
Messina also advises nonprofit organizations, health care organizations, and educational institutions on real estate and economic development matters.
In public finance, he engages in land-based infrastructure transactions such as tax increment financing, public-private partnerships, transit-oriented developments, and other tax-exempt bond financings.
Messina began as a summer associate at Miles & Stockbridge in 2004 and spent more than 12 years with the firm.
John Stalfort, head of the firm's public finance team, said: “We believe her tenure as a financial advisor and investment banker at HJ Sims will be greatly appreciated and valued by our clients. “He brings a unique perspective.”
Miles & Stockbridge is an AmLaw 200 law firm with approximately 200 attorneys and seven offices in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
“I learned how to be a lawyer at Miles & Stockbridge, and I'm excited to go back and continue practicing law,” Messina said. “I have been impressed with the growth the company has experienced while I have been away, including our medical team.”
