Parker Hudson is pleased to announce that Shaila Manjiyani and Robert B. Thrasher have joined the firm as Associates in the Atlanta office.

Shaila Manjiyani joins the firm's Real Estate practice group. Her practice focuses on facilitating transactions relating to real property and its acquisition, disposition, development and finance. Shaila comes to Parker Hudson with experience representing purchasers, sellers, landlords, tenants and developers, as well as institutional and non-institutional lenders in connection with secured and unsecured lending. Shaila earned a Juris Doctorate from Emory University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science from Emory University.

Robert B. Thrasher joins the firm's Healthcare and Corporate Transactional practice groups. His practice focuses on healthcare and general corporate transactions. Robert comes to Parker Hudson with experience assisting private and publicly traded companies in U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and corporate governance matters in a wide range of industries. Robert earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia.