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Additions

Kevin W. Rethore joined the Philadelphia office of Greenberg Traurig.

He joins the firm's private wealth services and litigation practices as a shareholder and will spearhead trust and estates litigation efforts for the Philadelphia office.

Rethore's career includes steering complex litigation and appeals on a range of high-exposure matters across the country, as well as working with clients to develop practices and procedures to avoid litigation in the first place.

Rethore also has a history of mentorship and pro bono work, ranging from teaching law students at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education in Lusaka, Zambia, to presenting at Saint Joseph's University's Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans.

Elected and Appointed

Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg announced changes to its practice group leadership. The changes are part of the firm's management transition that is set to become effective Jan. 1, 2019.

Bradley Krouse, the firm's incoming managing partner, along with Keith Kaplan and Michael Coran, the other two members of the firm's new ­executive committee, will relinquish their practice group leadership positions and their roles will be filled by new practice group leaders.

The real estate department will be led by Denise Day and Stephan Cutler, replacing Krouse. Day focuses her practice in sophisticated real estate finance, and Cutler handles property acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and development.

Paul Nofer, who previously served as co-chair of the litigation department with Coran, will take on sole leadership of the department.

Nofer concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on labor and employment disputes.

The bankruptcy/corporate restructuring department will be headed by Francis Correll Jr. and Domenic Pacitti, replacing Morton Branzburg, one of the firm's founding partners.

Pacitti focuses his practice on traditional bankruptcy work. Correll practices mainly in the areas of collection, foreclosure and loan workout.

The new chair of the corporate department will be William Matthews III, replacing Kaplan. Matthews concentrates his practice on securities, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate counseling for a wide range of clients.

Speakers

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Zachary P. Alexander served as a panelist at the Investment Company Institute's 2018 Tax and Accounting Conference on Oct. 2 in San Diego. The panel, “Domestic Tax Update for Funds and Management Companies,” focused on legislative and regulatory developments and state tax issues, and Alexander's portion was on the implications for management companies of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair.

Alexander focuses his practice on tax issues related to corporate mergers and acquisitions, partnerships (including private investment partnerships and limited liability companies), and state and local taxation.

He also lends tax advice to the firm's investment management/mutual fund and banking practices and handles tax controversies.

Alexander regularly advises clients on tax planning with respect to entity formation and operation, multistate taxes, and corporate acquisitions and dispositions.

Announcements

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