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Miami Founded in 1967 by attorneys with an entrepreneurial, business-focused approach, Greenberg Traurig s Miami office excels in advising local, national and international companies in numerous industries and sectors, including aviation, entertainment, financial institutions, health care, international trade and customs, manufacturing, real estate, retail and technology. With more than 160 attorneys, our Miami legal team represents virtually all of the firm s core practices. Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Greenberg Traurig is the 2012-2013 U.S. News-Best Lawyers Law Firm of the Year in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy and has the most overall first-tier rankings. Members of this group have diverse experience in U.S. and cross-border financial restructuring (including throughout the Caribbean and Latin America), reorganization and bankruptcy. We regularly represent debtors, trustees, asset purchasers, secured and unsecured creditors, and official and ad hoc committees, both in and out of bankruptcy court. Our team has had significant roles in many of the largest bankruptcy cases throughout the United States and has handled mergers, acquisitions and asset purchases of financially distressed businesses involving billions of dollars in assets, workouts, securitization transactions, crossborder insolvency transactions, and municipal bankruptcies (Chapter 9). Recognized on a global scale for their wideranging experience, members of the Miamibased team are consistently ranked amongst the top attorneys in their field by Chambers USA Guide, The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers and The Legal 500 US.
GT s firm culture is built on a strong tradition of service. Our Miami attorneys are actively involved in the community, holding leadership positions in organizations including: > > Miami-Dade College > > University of Miami > > United Way of Miami-Dade > > Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce > > Greater Miami Jewish Federation > > Americans for Immigrant Justice (fka FIAC) > > The Miami Foundation > > John S. and James L. Knight Foundation > > Miami Children s Hospital > > Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami > > City Year > > Make-a-Wish Foundation
Corporate & Securities According to the Legal Industry Research Study, a Corporate Board Member magazine survey of more than 2,000 CEOs and directors of public companies, our Corporate & Securities Practice has ranked #1 in the Miami market for ten years. We offer a full range of services to clients of all sizes, with our lawyers advising companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital, underwritten and syndicated offerings, commercial finance and syndicated lending, cross-border transactions, corporate governance, and general corporate matters. Our department is a fully integrated team of domestic and international attorneys, and we work seamlessly with ancillary practices in tax, reorganization, real estate, litigation and other areas. We also offer a managed gateway to our offices throughout the U.S. and overseas. The Miamibased members of the firm s global Corporate & Securities Group have experience in cross-border corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, with practices ranging from privatizations to cross-border projects and structured finance transactions. Environmental & Land Development Our Environmental and Land Development practice groups represent developers and commercial and industrial businesses in obtaining development and use approvals, as well as in enforcement, legislative and lobbying matters. The Miami-based team of attorneys have experience with Miami-Dade County government and every municipal government in Miami-Dade County, as well as various regional, state and federal regulatory agencies. Our Environmental team represents public and private clients on an array of environmental regulatory, permitting and litigation matters, including transactional support and due diligence, environmental assessment and liability matters, energy and infrastructure projects, wetlands and coastal permitting, complex land use projects, air quality matters, hazardous materials contamination, and other compliance and enforcement cases. Members of the Land Development team focus on due diligence investigations, public and private financing, land use entitlement, and construction permitting. Previous significant representations include major high-rise residential and office buildings, large mixed-use developments, and private/public infrastructure projects with the scope of work covering everything required from initial due diligence on a property to its final permitting. Health Care The Miami Health Care Practice provides strategic legal counsel to a diverse group of providers and related organizations, helping them respond proactively to the rapidly changing marketplace. Our team provides transactional, compliance and regulatory counsel to heath care providers and businesses in the health care industry. Health care clients include physician groups, home health agencies, practice management franchise entities, ambulatory surgery centers, independent diagnostic testing facilities, pharmacies, medical billing companies, staffing companies, and individual health care providers, among others.
The Miami-based team handles health care mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other business combinations within the health care regulatory paradigm, business planning, development of long and short-term strategies, and provides comprehensive regulatory advise in connection with compliance programs, HIPAA and HI TECH regulations, federal and state physician self-referral prohibitions, including Stark, anti-kickback regulations, provider conditions of participation, and state licensure requirements for all provider types. Immigration Greenberg Traurig s Miami-based Business Immigration and Compliance Group represents businesses, organizations and individuals from around the world on a wide range of immigration matters and visa needs. Our team advises multinational corporations on a variety of employment-related immigration issues, focusing on strategic immigration planning for U.S. and international companies for the international relocation of personnel both from and into the United States. Our Miami-based attorneys work with clients to address the visa and work authorization needs of U.S. and global personnel, including professionals, managers and executives, treaty investors/traders, essential workers, persons of extraordinary ability, corporate trainees, and students. Litigation The Miami Litigation Department is an integral part of the firm s global practice, which boasts more than 600 trial and appellate attorneys across an international platform. Our team in Miami comprises more than 45 litigators, and has represented clients in scores of commercial cases in jury and non-jury trials and on appeal involving cutting edge issues and disputes. Our attorneys are frequently retained by local, South Florida companies, as well as by many prominent national and international companies, to represent them in their most complex and important disputes. Multiple Miami attorneys and practices have been recognized in publications such as The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Florida Trend s Legal Elite, Super Lawyers, The Legal 500 US and The National Law Journal, and by U.S. News Media Group. The scope of the Miami-based practice spans the full gamut of business litigation work, including real estate disputes, securities fraud cases, consumer class actions, complex business disputes, mass torts and employment litigation matters. The Miami-based litigation team is recognized as one of the best in Florida by Chambers USA Guide, The Best Lawyers in America and Florida Super Lawyers. They feature a deep bench of litigators with strong reputations in their specialty areas which is reflected by their work in major litigation in Florida and around the country. Additionally, in March 2013, they were named Litigation Department of the Year by the Daily Business Review.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Attorneys at Law www.gtlaw.com Public Finance Established in Miami in the early 1980s, Greenberg Traurig s Public Finance Practice serves the complex needs of state and local issuers and underwriters with a broadly based municipal finance practice that is national in scope. The Miami-based team has broad experience in all areas of municipal finance, including financing of public infrastructure, transportation, industrial development, resource recovery, airport, single family housing, multi-family housing, utilities, sports facilities, universities and other 501(c)(3) conduit transactions, special districts, education, health care, as well as, the municipal finance aspects of tax-exempt money market funds, credit enhancement and derivatives. Our attorneys also have diverse bond transactional experience, including serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter s counsel and trustee s counsel for general obligation bond, revenue bond and certificate of participation financings by counties, school boards, community development districts, and state and local government agencies. Recognized both regionally and nationally for their breadth and depth of experience, the attorneys who make up the Miami Public Finance Practice are consistently recognized by Chambers USA Guide, The Best Lawyers in America, and Florida Super Lawyers. Real Estate The Miami Real Estate Practice has earned its reputation through responsiveness, business acumen and leadership in an international platform that works with clients in nearly every area of the industry, including the finance and development of condominiums and multi-family housing, hotels, resorts, and mixed-use projects not only in South Florida, but throughout the United States, South America, the Caribbean and around the world. Founded in Miami, the firm s real estate practice has helped structure many of Florida s most important real estate and infrastructure projects. They have helped South Florida and Miami grow from an international travel and recreation destination into the gateway to Latin America and a top destination for U.S. and foreign investment. Greenberg Traurig has one of the longest-standing real estate teams serving clients in Miami, Miami Beach and the region. With more than 70 real estate and land use attorneys throughout Florida, we provide a strong entrepreneurial, clientfocused style of practice and valuable advice on a variety of matters, including commercial, recreational and residential real estate. In particular, the Miami-based team is consistently ranked as one of the #1 real estate teams in the South Florida region by Chambers USA Guide, representing a wide range of clients from property developers and lenders to investment managers, REITs, and private owners. Positioned to represent a full range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurs, GT Miami has one of the most in-demand groups of real estate attorneys in South Florida.
Tax Our Miami Tax Practice offers a broad array of experience to clients located throughout the United States and around the world. Our attorneys can assist with all aspects of domestic and international taxation, including private client tax planning, structuring for outbound and inbound U.S. and non-u.s. investors, corporate tax, partnership tax, employee benefits and executive compensation, real estate tax issues, state and local tax, and tax controversy. The Miami Tax team works closely with the firm s other practice groups to advise clients on general corporate, real estate and bankruptcy matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs, real estate development projects, corporate and real estate joint ventures, holding company structures, redemptions, liquidations, and stock distributions. Trusts & Estates/Wealth Management The attorneys in the Miami Trusts & Estates/ Wealth Management Practice routinely counsel high-net-worth individuals and families in connection with estate planning, wealth transfer and pre-immigration planning, as well as non-tax family matters. The team represents both U.S. and non-u.s. citizens and residents, many of whom are business owners, in achieving intragenerational wealth preservation and business succession planning. Our Miami-based team regularly assists clients in litigated probate and trust matters, and represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service in matters involving complex estate, gift and generation-skipping tax issues, and income tax planning and tax controversies. Our attorneys also represent corporate and individual fiduciaries in connection with the administration of estates and personal and charitable trusts. The Greenberg Traurig office is LEED Silver-Certified due to its design, construction and operation. Operating in compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992, our office space has demonstrated exemplary performance in water use reduction. In addition, our energy-related systems were installed and calibrated by LEED accredited professionals to ensure they perform as intended. We operate at a minimum energy output and comply with American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standards and local energy codes. Our office, which features wireless mobility, moveable walls and a state-of-the-art conference center, is located in the Wells Fargo Center, a LEED Gold-Certified building in Downtown Miami.
Rick Giusto, Co-Managing Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 S.E. 2nd Avenue Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 T 305.579.0500 F 305.579.0717 Jaret Davis, Co-Managing Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 S.E. 2nd Avenue Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 T 305.579.0500 F 305.579.0717 Greenberg Traurig, LLP Attorneys at Law www.gtlaw.com For more information about Greenberg Traurig s Miami office, scan this code using a reader application on your smart phone or visit http://www.gtlaw.com/locations/miami Greenberg Traurig is a service mark and trade name of Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Attorneys at Law. All rights reserved. Images in this brochure do not depict Greenberg Traurig attorneys, clients, staff or facilities. Any case outcomes reported in this brochure are unique to the particular clients and all facts involved in those individual matters. Prior results cannot and do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future matter. Numbers relating to the number of lawyers and governmental affairs professionals as well as locations are subject to periodic change. 14828-0313