Search
![George T. Magnatta](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Magnatta_George_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f8ed7cbc&itok=zkY-KBcB)
George Magnatta is chair of the firm's Public Finance Practice. His practice focuses on serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, and tax counsel for states, cities, economic development authorities, housing authorities, and non-profit entities in the implementation and...
![David R. Berk](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Berk_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=nWI0e_Qn)
David Berk counsels families and their businesses, entrepreneurs and start-up companies in taxation, structuring transactions, contract negotiations and governance issues. David also advises clients on corporate succession planning, trust and estate planning, insurance and retirement planning and...
![Jeffrey W. Letwin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Letwin_Jeffrey_LinkedIn.jpg?h=72da4a73&itok=YuaGzNwR)
Jeffrey Letwin counsels businesses in complex matters including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, real estate finance and development. He also advises enterprises in the interface between governmental and economic development agencies and devises financing strategies...
![Eric G. Orlinsky Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Orlinsky_Eric_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=dje76Rlz)
Eric Orlinsky co-chairs the firm's Corporate Practice and its Private Equity/Venture Capital subgroup and concentrates his practice in general business and securities law and counsels clients in private equity and venture capital investments, public and private offerings of debt and equity...
![Mark D. Simpson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-11/Simpson_Mark_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=NxlEdZE-)
Mark Simpson counsels technology and intellectual property innovators to assist them in developing, protecting, and monetizing the results of their creative endeavors, with a focus on IP strategy and branding. He protects their IP assets via patent preparation and prosecution, IP counseling and...
![Profile placeholder image - dark gray graphic silhouette over light gray background](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/profile_placeholder_small.jpg?h=a7b36234&itok=cJK1OEOo)
Michael Petrizzo brings nearly 30 years of experience to his work guiding clients through mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and corporate formations, reorganizations and restructurings. Public and private companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and high-net-worth...
![Julia Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-06/Taylor_Julia_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=It6v0y_P)
Julia Taylor advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance, and general corporate and commercial matters. Public and private companies, both international and based in the United States, rely on Julia to assist them from pre-deal structuring and planning and due...
![Joshua S. Pasker](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Pasker_Joshua_LinkedIn.jpg?h=ab401cf2&itok=4qm1IiI2)
Josh Pasker focuses his practice on municipal and corporate finance matters, serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel and borrower's counsel in a broad variety of financings. Josh's experience includes general obligation notes and bonds, revenue obligations, variable rate...
Covering Your Campus's Legal Issues The legal issues facing colleges and universities are more challenging than ever, reaching every corner of campus life with increasing complexity. From discipline to drones, Title IX to taxes, FERPA to financing, Saul Ewing has a deep bench of lawyers who wrestle...
![Michael A. Gold](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gold_Michael_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=zHUuQROw)
For more than 25 years, Michael Gold has assisted clients in a wide variety of industries in corporate and transactional matters. He is a trusted advisor to general counsel, senior management and boards of directors across the country. Michael is a "closer" with a record of negotiating complex...
![Sherry Flax](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Flax_Sherry_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=nLLNncEu)
Sherry Flax concentrates her practice on matters dealing with intellectual property law, with an emphasis on trademarks and copyrights. She assists clients in securing and protecting their rights in commercially valuable property through U.S. and international trademarks and copyrights, domain names...
![Thomas E. Doyle Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-05/Doyle_Thomas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=xovnMfko)
Thomas Doyle advises companies on legal issues in connection with their daily operations and long-term business strategies. His experience includes representing clients in a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture financing and debt financing. Companies frequently rely...
![Kermit J. Nash](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-09/Nash_Kermit_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=WuwzF_c8)
Kermit Nash counsels domestic and international clients on legal issues connected with their business operations, governance, strategy and investments. Privately held domestic and international corporations rely on Kermit to advise them on transactions ranging from mergers and acquisitions and sales...
![Maria Carnicella](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-04/Carnicella_Maria_LinkedIn.jpg?h=77788d13&itok=yE7gdE9C)
Maria Carnicella advises clients on mergers and acquisitions and other major corporate transactions. In addition to M&A deals, she represents private and public entities and individual investors in stock and asset sales and acquisitions, private placements, reorganizations, IPOs, redemptions, and...
![David G. Shapiro](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shapiro_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=RYwjh6Rm)
David Shapiro advises clients on international and domestic business tax planning, including domestic and cross border expansion, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. David's practice includes entity formation and structure planning, securities offerings and hybrid...
![Steven Ziven](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Ziven_Steven_LinkedIn.jpg?h=77788d13&itok=hGune3mq)
Steven Ziven, who is the firm's Los Angeles Office Managing Partner and an Executive Committee member, advises clients primarily on corporate law and legal issues associated with business transactions, real estate transactions and financings. He has extensive experience in buying and selling...
![Nikhil A. Mehta](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Mehta_Nikhil_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e90e346b&itok=nnWVCCsY)
Nikhil Mehta works closely with clients and their management teams to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including contracts for purchase and sale of goods, distribution and supply agreements, services agreements, manufacturing agreements, licenses and leases. Nikhil also represents...
![Sean P. Ritchie](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Ritchie_Sean_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=buZa_ZmW)
Sean Ritchie advises clients on how to protect their intellectual property and assists them in doing so by drafting, filing, prosecuting and enforcing patents and trademarks. He also counsels on the patentability of their IP and on patent infringement issues, and litigates these issues when needed...
![Robert A. Mascioli Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Mascioli_Robert_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=7E8aOtrZ)
Robert Mascioli counsels entrepreneurs, family businesses and middle-market companies on a wide variety of business matters. Acting as their outside general counsel, Bob strives to learn the background, operations and strategies of clients and seeks to align his legal advice with their goals to...
![John J. Heurich Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Heurich_John_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=rxnDknxu)
John Heurich advises companies on a wide range of deals and corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, business formation and restructuring, and corporate governance. He also has experience with private equity and securities offerings, IP licensing, commercial...