Alexander Lugo

February 05, 2024 | Daily Business Review

The Am Law 200 firm is absorbing construction-focused Ferencik Libanoff Brandt Bustamante & Goldstein.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"It has taken some education or orientation by the bankruptcy legal community to see the value of it, but it caught on fast," said Soneet Kapila, president of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

February 01, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"It was a more average type performance for the Florida-based firms this past year. They came off a really strong 2022, where they outperformed quite dramatically," Owen Burman, a Wells Fargo senior consultant, said.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"A lot of fintechs are either starting themselves in Florida or moving from San Francisco to go to Florida, so it was definitely an intentional move," incoming Greenberg Traurig shareholder Lisa Lanham said of her jump to the Miami-born firm.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

January 26, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"Incidents of marine and yacht and cargo issues have continued to rise," said managing partner Kristen Perkins, who is relocating from Miami with two associates and one special counsel.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"Miami is not really oversupplied," JLL's senior manager of Florida research Zander El-Hindi said, comparing the city to markets like Nashville, Atlanta and Charlotte with recent development booms. "We're really undersupplied."

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

January 24, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"Some people put a high premium on growth for the optics. Long term, it can be a problem, so that's why I say our growth model has tended to be incremental," said the new leader of the Palm Beach County institution.

By Alexander Lugo

7 minute read

January 22, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"It's great to be part of a larger public finance department so that we can share ideas, kick around issues and give each other input on things that apply to our practice area," incoming Holland & Knight counsel Denise Ganz said.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

January 19, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"One way to get closer with international firms and to expand the referral network between the firms and the connections between the firms is to bring in someone from that firm," co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's Latin America practice Antonio Peña said.

By Alexander Lugo

7 minute read

January 17, 2024 | The Recorder

Thomas O'Brien's departure from Ellis George was announced just a day after a team including former White House counsel Pat Cipollone left for the firm founded by former U.S. attorney general William Barr.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read