Michael Wasenius
Attorney at Law
Connecticut
CT, NY
About
Primarily serving as an outside general counsel coordinating legal support for companies that have not yet reached the scale to justify an in-house legal capability.
Business oriented with focus on providing high quality legal support while controlling costs. This includes management of outside counsel.
Work History
Brookfield RPS
Chief Legal Officer
Dec 2011 - Feb 2013
Senior lawyer responsible for transition of legal support following sale of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services to Brookfield Asset Management.
Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services
Chief Legal Officer
Apr 1997 - Dec 2011
Senior lawyer responsible for legal support and management of the law department of Prudential's real estate brokerage franchising and corporate and government employee relocation company.
Prudential Relocation
General Counsel
Sep 1989 - Apr 1997
Senior lawyer responsible for legal support and management of the law department for one of the largest global corporate and government employee relocation companies.
Fine Homes International L.P.
Deputy General Counsel
Feb 1989 - Sep 1989
Senior lawyer reporting to General Counsel of publicly traded master limited partnership that held Merrill Lynch's residential real estate brokerage and corporate employee relocation companies. Responsible for legal support of Merrill Lynch Realty.
Paul Hastings
Corporate Attorney
Feb 1981 - Feb 1989
Corporate attorney specializing in real estate and financing transactions. Focus on commercial real estate transactions including commercial mortgage backed securities financings, commercial aircraft leasing and general corporate work.
Lewis & Clarkson
Corporate Attorney
Sep 1979 - Feb 1981
Corporate attorney specializing in private equity financing including government backed small business loans.