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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
THE FIRM
Chief Executive Officer: Richard A Rosenbaum
Executive Chairman: Cesar L Alvarez
Number of partners: 840
Number of other lawyers: 1000
FIRM OVERVIEW: Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international business law firm with more
than 1800 attorneys and governmental professionals working in 32 offices across the United
States, Europe and Asia. Greenberg Traurig is the only major law firm in the United States
with a Latin Executive Chairman and a team of senior lawyers that includes the former Chief
Justice of the Appellate body of the World Trade Organization. As a full-service business law
firm, Greenberg Traurig is uniquely able to work with its clients towards integrated, multidisciplinary
cross-border solutions.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Corporate & Securities: Greenberg Traurig helps its clients with the legal and business
aspects of organizing, operating, financing and expanding their businesses. The firm
routinely handles complex mergers, acquisitions and business combinations, divestitures,
corporate restructurings and bankruptcy reorganizations, private equity and venture capital
financings, leveraged buyouts, IPOs and underwritten securities offerings, project financings,
securitizations, going-private transactions, credit enhancement transactions, broker-dealer
and investment company advisory matters, derivatives transactions and syndicated lending
transactions.
Litigation: Greenberg Traurig has been at the center of some of the most pivotal cases of
recent times. With more than 500 seasoned trial lawyers, the firm has extensive experience in
cases involving antitrust, appellate practice, business disputes, class actions, construction, eDiscovery
and eRetention, financial services, healthcare, intellectual property litigation, international
dispute resolution, labor and employment, media and entertainment, probate trusts
and estates, products liability, real estate litigation, securities and shareholder litigation, technology,
and white collar criminal defense.
Real Estate: Greenberg Traurig’s representation and counsel spans the entire range of local,
national and international real estate transactions affecting commercial, residential, retail and
industrial properties, including: acquisitions; traditional and securitized financing; planning
and development; hotels; condominium and co-operative offerings; leasing; sale/leaseback
transactions; tax free exchanges; and foreclosures, litigation and restructurings.
Tax, Trusts & Estates: Greenberg Traurig’s tax attorneys help clients develop and implement
tax strategies to maximize returns and minimize taxes anywhere in the world. The firm’s
wealth preservation attorneys help high net worth individuals, families and closely held businesses
grow family assets through planning. It has developed tax saving techniques and
designed innovative wealth preservation programs to facilitate the transfer of family wealth
to future generations at significant tax savings.
Intellectual Property: Multinational companies know that patents, trademarks, copyrights
and trade secrets are among their most valuable assets. The firm’s Intellectual Property Department
offers full-service protection for the intellectual property of clients in all technologies,
from biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and chemistry to mechanical, electronics
and computer software and e-commerce.
Government: Greenberg Traurig has a team of highly qualified and experienced strategists
who represent corporations and governmental entities before the legislative and executive
branches in federal, state and local governments. The firm’s team includes former elected officials,
top aides and policy officials for members of the US House and Senate and various state
legislatures and local government bodies.
Global Trade: The team is headed by the former Chief Justice of the Appellate body of the
World Trade Organization. The firm advises clients on international trade agreements, trade
legislation and lobbying, antitrust and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act counseling, US Foreign
Military Sales Program, US anti-boycott and embargo regulations, identification of complex
export control for hi-tech, defense and aerospace companies, defense of corporations in
export-related criminal investigations and unfair trade cases.
Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy: Greenberg Traurig’s practice is one of the largest
and most active in the nation. As part of an integrated national network of professionals who
focus their practice on all aspects of reorganizations, bankruptcies, restructurings, workouts
and buyouts, the firm’s attorneys are able to respond quickly to complex troubled situations
arising anywhere and in any industry.
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US OFFICES
The firm has offices in Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Dallas,
Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New
York, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Francisco,
Silicon Valley, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tysons Corner, Washington, DC, West Palm Beach,
White Plains, and Wilmington, Delaware.
INTERNATIONAL OFFICES
The firm also has offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Shanghai, China. In
London, the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. For further details of all
offices please see firm’s website: www.gtlaw.com
Employment: The firm is aware that companies today require labor and employment attorneys
who will provide advice and counseling on all aspects of the employment relationship;
handle matters involving union avoidance and organizational work; formulate strategies to
anticipate problems; keep them informed of new developments in the law; assist in drafting
policies and procedures; and defend the company against discrimination charges at the
agency level and in court. Greenberg Traurig delivers these services at all levels of the administrative
and litigation process.
Entertainment: With offices in the centers of the entertainment industry, Greenberg Traurig
has a pre-eminent, full-service Entertainment Practice. The team focuses on the music, motion
picture, television, live stage and cable industries, including the convergence of new technologies,
digital delivery systems and the role of advertising and sponsor-driven financing
models. The firm has access to key players in the entertainment industry and provides clients
with the pragmatic counsel needed in today’s multi-disciplined, multimedia entertainment
marketplace.
International Practice Group: Greenberg Traurig’s multi-disciplinary team includes senior
lawyers who have been the chief legal officers at major multinational companies and have been
involved in some of the largest transactions in recent times in markets as diverse as Latin America
and Israel, and in a wide range of industries incuding telecommunications, media, technology,
real estate, aviation, entertainment, life sciences and financial services. The firm’s
International Corporate and Securities Team is complemented by market leading International
Tax and Intellectual Property Practices and a multilingual International Dispute Resolution
Team that is accustomed to co-ordinating with counsel in multiple jurisdictions and addressing
novel issues posed by complex international transactions.
Business Immigration: Members of the US Immigration Law Department are experienced in
all aspects of corporate immigration law, particularly multinational non-immigrant visa and
permanent residency work. The attorneys understand the immigration process in all its
complexity. They represent clients in such industries as finance, tourism, insurance, electronics,
healthcare, shipping and pharmaceuticals with their immigration needs.
Public Finance: Members of Greenberg Traurig’s Public Finance Department have extensive
experience in serving the needs of state and local issuers and underwriters in all areas of public
finance. The firm has broad experience in all forms of tax-exempt financing. For the past
several years, the firm has been among the top bond counsel firms in the US, according to the
ranking criteria developed by Securities Data Co. and The Bond Buyer, a municipal finance
publication.
CLIENTS
The firm represents a diverse client base, including public/private companies, financial institutions,
governmental entities and entrepreneurs.
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