Thacher Proffitt & Wood announced that Salvatore Franco and Marlo Young were named as partners in its structured finance department, Stephen Cerniglia and Peter Mignone were named as partners in the real estate practice group and Stephanie Nygard was named partner in the corporate and financial institutions practice group. All will report to Paul Tvetenstrand, Thacher Proffitt's managing partner. With these admissions, Thacher Proffitt will have 64 partners.