Alexander Lugo

July 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Although it's a physical expansion for the firm into the Tampa, Orlando markets, it is not new territory for us," Berger Singerman managing partner Jordi Guso said. "Restructuring lawyers in our team have spent more time in the courtroom in the Middle District of Florida than they have in the Southern District of Florida."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

July 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Firms based in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana all increased their presence in the Sunshine State in 2022, as did those based in New York.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

June 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"There's a huge center of gravity here in the broadest possible sense," said Holland & Knight aviation finance partner William Coleman, who recently transferred to the region from Portland, Oregon.

By Alexander Lugo

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June 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"[Miami's] not immune to all the macro economic forces. They impact the economy and commercial real estate market, but it has the benefit of reacting to those things from a position of relative strength," said John Sullivan, chair of DLA Piper's U.S. real estate practice.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read

June 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

While salaries across the country rose by an average of about 4%, Florida's four respondents grew salaries by an average of 12%, according to the 2023 NLJ 500 report.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Overall, just 29 of the firms saw declines in headcount last year. That number was 44 in 2021.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The commercial real estate market in particular is getting choppier, and practitioners are increasingly taking advantage of receiverships and assignment for benefit of creditors.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

June 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The firm is building up its New York office with corporate lawyers after it recently suffered a loss of nine corporate litigators to Blank Rome.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Hamid Namazie, who previously managed McGuireWoods' downtown Los Angeles office, said the group's clients were looking for "continuity of representation across geographies."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 16, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Justice Ricky Polston stepped down from the high court at the end of March and immediately went to work as general counsel at Citizens Property Insurance, Florida's not-for-profit insurer of last resort.

By Alexander Lugo

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