Deron Green, partner in the New Jersey office, has been named co-chair of the firm's Real Estate practice group. In collaboration with partner Dean Loventhal, Deron leads a Kelley Drye team with a long history of representing clients on a broad spectrum of real estate projects. The group serves as a trusted partner to some of the largest lenders, investors, real estate owners, developers, and other participants in the industry.

Deron focuses his practice in the areas of commercial real estate finance and commercial mortgage securitization. He has extensive experience representing commercial banks, insurance companies, investment banks, institutional lenders, private equity investors and loan servicers in a variety of real estate finance transactions. Deron succeeds Paul Keenan, who served as co-chair for nine years.