Husch Blackwell welcomes associates Marshall A. Custer and Courtney Lee Tawresey to its Denver office. Custer joins the firm’s Securities & Corporate Governance group, and Tawresey joins the Financial Services industry team, where she will focus on banking and finance and tax credit matters.
Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Custer was an associate with Messner Reeves. His experience includes counseling high-tech startups on formation, financing, intellectual property and governance matters. He previously served as in-house counsel for a venture backed digital music startup, where he was lead advisor for the company’s legal and regulatory matters. Custer received his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School (2010), and his M.B.A. from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business (2010). He received his B.S.E. from Purdue University (2002).
Tawresey most recently served as an associate in the Seattle office of the law firm Garvey Schubert Barer. Prior to that, she was a senior tax associate in the Denver office of Grant Thornton. Tawresey brings experience in international tax, transactional tax, compliance and corporate law matters, and has assisted national and international companies with merger and acquisition planning and execution. Tawresey received her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2011). She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School (2006), where she was development editor for Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy. She received her B.A., cum laude and with distinction, from Cornell University (2003).
Husch Blackwell’s Securities & Corporate Governance group assists large and small companies, public and private alike, with the dynamics of capital planning and the execution of corporate growth strategies to move toward long-term goals. Clients rely on the team’s understanding of the ever-evolving best practices in corporate governance to meet their needs and to structure, negotiate and document a wide range of capital market transactions.
Husch Blackwell’s Financial Services team has more than 100 attorneys dedicated to serving the needs of clients in the industry. The group provides counsel in the areas of banking and finance, financial litigation, franchise and distribution, insolvency, insurance, investment management and private wealth.