Michael E. McTiernan | Washington, D.C. | Hogan Lovells

Michael E. McTiernan

Partner Corporate & Finance

McTiernan Michael

Michael E. McTiernan
McTiernan Michael
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'Mike McTiernan is tactical, personable and extremely intelligent.' 'He has extensive experience in the securities arena and he is responsive, innovative and thinks outside the box when needed.'

Clients quoted in Chambers USA 2022

Michael McTiernan has spent two decades focused almost exclusively on corporate and securities matters related to real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate companies. With vast experience both as head of the SEC's REIT group and in private practice, Michael provides his clients superior insights into technical securities law matters.

Michael's practice focuses on advising traded and non-traded REITs and underwriters in a wide variety of corporate and securities matters, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, corporate governance, and broker-dealer due diligence reviews.

After serving as an assistant director at the SEC, where he played a leading role in developing all of the SEC's recent interpretive guidance for REITs, Michael joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in 2013. Michael is recognized by Chambers USA as one of the nation's leading REIT lawyers and regularly speaks on REIT-related matters at industry conferences. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the Investment Program Association (IPA), and the American Bar Association (ABA).

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'He brings unique capabilities in the SEC realm which are extremely valuable.' 'He is a great attorney; he has a keen business sense and he is able to cut through things.'

Clients quoted in Chambers USA 2021

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1997
  • B.A., History, The College of Wooster, 1993
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Recognition

REITs (Nationwide)

Chambers USA

2020-2024
Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Leading Lawyer

Legal 500 US

2020-2024
Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Legal 500 US

2018-2020
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings

Legal 500 US

2014, 2017-2019
Byron D. Woodside Award

SEC