Ziance Selected for Admission to American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Vorys is pleased to announce that Scott Ziance, a partner in the firm’s Columbus office, has been selected for admission to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).  Admission to ACREL occurs after a formal invitation, in-depth screening process and recommendation and approval by the organization’s board of governors.

According to ACREL, the organization is “the select national association of preeminent commercial real estate lawyers … elected to fellowship for their outstanding legal ability, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of real estate law.”

Ziance leads the firm’s national economic development incentives practice, which is one of the largest law firm-based incentives practices in the country.  He focuses on the use of economic development incentives, economic development financing mechanisms, public-private partnerships and special economic development entities to help clients develop and redevelop properties across the United States, stimulating economic growth and creating jobs in regions that host projects.  He has significant experience representing developers and end users of data centers, manufacturing facilities, corporate headquarters, distribution centers and other major projects.

Ziance serves as board chair for Vista Site Selection, LLC, an ancillary business of the Vorys law firm, which aids companies in identifying optimal locations for development.

About Vorys: Vorys was established in 1909 and currently has nearly 375 attorneys in 10 offices in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Texas, Pennsylvania, California, London and Berlin.  Vorys currently ranks as one of the 200 largest law firms in the United States according to American Lawyer magazine.