Alexander Lugo

February 16, 2024 | Daily Business Review

As South Florida's boom is generating issues with affordability and limited space for construction, some law firms are starting to invest in other regions within the state with abundant land as well as access to water.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read

February 09, 2024 | Daily Business Review

While others jumped on trends that tend to provide exuberant highs during good times but extreme lows during slower periods, the firm stuck to its guns in more traditional spaces, helping boost its corporate practice last year.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

February 07, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Two Holland & Knight attorneys and a Hialeah assistant city attorney highlight the relationships that have helped them thrive in a profession in which women continue to be underrepresented.

By Alexander Lugo

6 minute read

February 06, 2024 | Daily Business Review

The addition of five attorneys from ABL Law, who focus on litigation and outside general counsel services, brings Smith Gambrell's headcount in the city to 37.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

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