March 29, 2012
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SAN DIEGO – San Diego attorney Tony Toranto has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s real estate, land use and environmental practice group, based in the firm’s San Diego office.
He also will be a part of the firm’s corporate and energy groups.
Toranto, who joins Sheppard Mullin from McKenna Long & Aldridge, specializes in real property, business and energy transactions. He brings a strong financial and business orientation to each engagement and advises clients across a wide range of complex transactional issues, having previously worked in private equity and having been a corporate and real estate client.
“Tony’s energy industry and clean-tech expertise dovetails well with our existing practices and expands our existing capabilities,” said Guy Halgren, Sheppard Mullin’s chairman. “He brings a valuable educational and professional background, which includes a mix of significant business and legal experience and accomplishments.”
Legal recruiters Larry Watanabe and Ken Schwartz of Watanabe Nason & Schwartz brokered the acquisition.