Overview
Rachel DeSimone assists clients with a wide array of corporate and real estate matters, including entity formation and establishment of corporate structures, partnerships and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and various commercial real estate acquisition, disposition and financing transactions. Rachel’s practice includes work both within and outside of the State of Colorado and spans a variety of industries.
While in law school, Rachel was the Equity Editor for the Denver Law Review, in which she implemented policies to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in all facets of the journal’s activity. Rachel’s studies in law school included Real Estate Transactions, Land Use, and Bankruptcy courses, exposure to which informed her current career.
Practice Areas
Industries Served
Awards & Involvement
- Best Lawyers of America: Ones to Watch – Real Estate Law (2027)
- Scholastic Excellence Award – Public Lands & International Law
- Sturm Law Scholar (Sturm College of Law, 2020-2023)
- School of Business Administration Excellence Award (Gonzaga University, 2020)
Jurisdiction
- State of Colorado
Education
- J.D., University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (2023); Equity Editor, Denver Law Review
- B.A., Gonzaga University (2020); Major in Business Administration with a Minor in Leadership studies; summa cum laude
Insights
- 19 Otten Johnson Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers®, 12 as Ones to Watch® in America
- CTA Enforcement Remains Paused Following Supreme Court Ruling Granting Stay of Injunction
- Nationwide Injunction of CTA Enforcement Reinstated
- Injunction Lifted – CTA Enforcement Back in Effect
- CTA Enforcement Halted by Nationwide Preliminary Injunction
- Updated FinCEN Guidance on the Corporate Transparency Act
- The FTC Bans Non-Compete Agreements – What You Need to Know
- A Guide to Ensuring Compliance with and Understanding of Colorado’s New Clean Energy Laws