Greenberg Traurig, LLP_41P_US_2010
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PA082174<br />
www.ChambersandPartners.com<br />
GREENBERG TRAURIG, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
NEW YORK<br />
ANTITR<strong>US</strong>T<br />
Antitrust<br />
Leading Individuals<br />
Band 5<br />
Martin Scott <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
Other Notable Practitioner<br />
Scott Martin recently joined the team at <strong>Greenberg</strong><br />
<strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong> from Weil Gotshal. He concentrates on<br />
antitrust and complex commercial litigation, working<br />
on civil and criminal cases, including international cartel<br />
matters. He recently represented Horizon Blue Cross<br />
Blue Shield of New Jersey in defending claims of<br />
monopolization of insurance products and health benefit<br />
plans, as well as emergency medical care in New<br />
Jersey.<br />
BANKRUPTCY/RESTRUCTURING<br />
Bankruptcy/Restructuring<br />
Leading Individuals<br />
Band 2<br />
Zirinsky Bruce R <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
Other Notable Practitioners<br />
Bruce Zirinsky recently joined <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
as cochair of the business reorganization and bankruptcy<br />
group, after his departure from Cadwalader. He is<br />
lauded as “a fantastic leader who can command a room.”<br />
He recently led the team in representing Barclays Bank,<br />
the agent and a steering committee of secured lenders<br />
under a first-lien credit agreement, in the Chapter 11<br />
case of LandSource Communities Development.<br />
CORPORATE/M&A<br />
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded<br />
Leading Firms<br />
Band 3<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
Corporate/M&A<br />
Leading Individuals<br />
Band 5<br />
Annex Alan I <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
Schwartzbaum David M <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
THE FIRM As part of an extensive nationwide network<br />
of offices, the New York team frequently advises on transactions<br />
across the country for a variety of upper<br />
mid-market private and public company clients. Entertainment,<br />
biotech, media and real estate are key areas of<br />
focus for the group, with mandates typically covering the<br />
securities, corporate governance, transactional and capital<br />
markets spheres. The firm received a boost at the<br />
beginning of <strong>2010</strong>, with the addition of renowned corporate<br />
finance specialist David Schwartzbaum from Latham<br />
& Watkins. Highlights include acting for Liberty Acquisition<br />
Holdings on the $6.7 billion purchase of Pearl Group<br />
Limited and Opal Reassurance, and advising Hines Real<br />
Estate Investment Trust on its second offering of common<br />
stock, which raised approximately $1.45 billion.<br />
Sources say: “They have a very good network of<br />
resources.”<br />
KEY INDIVIDUALS David Schwartzbaum represents<br />
a number of major investment bank clients including<br />
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Goldman<br />
Sachs. He is “very attentive to detail and personally sees to<br />
it that matters are taken care of,” report sources, adding:<br />
“He is good at dealing with novel situations, where he<br />
excels at identifying the issues and reducing the complexities<br />
into their component parts.” Alan Annex was the lead<br />
partner on the firm’s representation of ComVest Investment<br />
Partners III, L.P. in the senior and subordinated<br />
financing of its $81 million acquisition of Cynergy Data.<br />
He is respected by peers.<br />
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES<br />
Energy: State Regulatory & Wholesale<br />
Electric Market<br />
Leading Firms<br />
Band 2<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
Leading Individuals<br />
Band 2<br />
Saia Doreen <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
THE FIRM <strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>’s practice is concentrated<br />
entirely on the representation of merchant generators.<br />
The firm undertakes New York State regulatory work<br />
such as rate cases, wholesale markets work and capacity<br />
issues. The New York team benefits from the ability to<br />
draw upon the regulatory and wider energy expertise in<br />
the firm’s network of offices.<br />
KEY INDIVIDUALS Doreen Saia is the key partner in<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>’s Albany office and provides the full<br />
range of regulatory expertise for major clients such as<br />
Mirant, NRG, TransCanada and <strong>US</strong> Power Generation.<br />
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