McDermott Will & Emery has brought on Holland & Knight real estate and private wealth partner Elena Otero in Miami, as the firm continues building up practices that remain flexible with economic conditions.

Commercial and high-net-worth individual and family clients continue to make real estate investments, “despite increased interest rates and predicted headwinds,” said Harris Siskind, global head of McDermott’s transactions practice group, adding that Otero is joining in an area that is “the hub for high-end real estate transactions.”