Alexander Lugo

September 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The deal, for over 128,000 square feet, marks the largest office lease in the Miami market in the past five years, according to broker Cushman & Wakefield.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

September 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Particularly in the U.S., we're seeing a little thawing of nervousness and people coming back into the market," said Miami-based Greenspoon Marder corporate practice partner Jon Lyman.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"The owners of all of those commercial office buildings are facing decreased demand for office leases right now," said Heather Jonczak, a construction-focused shareholder in Carlton Fields' Miami office. "We're in a little bit of a different situation than a lot of other major U.S. markets."

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Todd Blanche, Chris Kise and Stanley Woodward all left behind the world of Big Law to help Trump with his legal troubles.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"This law firm functions as a team," Bohrer said. "They're all supportive of each other. It's not like in a Big Law firm, where people are competing for that partnership spot."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"We need to be making sure that we don't have a mass foreclosure crisis in this state like we had back in the recession," said Donna DiMaggio Berger, a shareholder in Becker & Poliakoff's community association practice.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

August 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Incursions and subsequent class actions are on the rise, and courts are increasingly sympathetic to plaintiffs in these cases, prompting the bar to launch its standing committee, purportedly the first in the nation.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 23, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Firms based in the state continue to bring in business at an impressive clip, but their expenses in the first half of 2023 grew more than double the national rate.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"We've seen a number of efforts to renegotiate international transactions, particularly those that are well into the nine figures," Joe Mamounas, a Greenberg Traurig litigation shareholder, said.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

August 17, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"The only agents of influence in Cuba are two of our big adversaries, namely Russia and China. If you're going to—in any way, shape or form—try to have any kind of influence on Cuba, then you have to be there," said Pedro Freyre, chair of Akerman's international practice.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read