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Greenberg Traurigs Sean Bezark to Speak at 2015 NAREIM 20/20 Investor Summit

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

CHICAGO (PRWEB) June 01, 2015

Shareholder Sean Bezark from the Chicago office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP will speak at the 2015 National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM) 20/20 Investor Summit June 2, 2015 at the Langham Hotel in Chicago. Bezark is presenting on the panel How Can we Better Evaluate and Mitigate New Threats to our Investment Portfolio? and will discuss environmental risk.

NAREIM provides members the opportunity to refine strategy, improve operations, and provoke new thinking through meetings, surveys, and thought leadership activities. Topics for this years summit feature key dynamics within the real estate industry including: the state of the market; investment, environmental, operational, and governmental risk; optimizing platforms to meet market and regulatory demands; and new technology approaches and opportunities.

Bezark is a member of Greenberg Traurigs Real Estate and Environmental Practice Groups and focuses his practice primarily on environmental matters for public corporations, privately held companies, banks, lenders, REITs, and private equity investment funds. He advises clients on environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions, bankruptcy cases, environmental investigations, and remediation projects, brownfields development, insurance procurement, and risk and cost allocations.

About Greenberg Traurig’s Real Estate Practice

Greenberg Traurigs Real Estate Practice spans 40 years of delivering multidisciplinary legal services for property investment, development and management, as well as real estate finance. The group received the Award for Excellence in Real Estate from Chambers and Partners in 2013 and 2010, and was named Real Estate Practice Group of the Year by Law360 from 2010 to 2013.

About Greenberg Traurigs Environmental Practice

Greenberg Traurigs Environmental Practice assists clients with issues under the environmental and natural resource laws that affect their businesses. The firms attorneys assist in transactions, defend clients in enforcement actions, ensure the understanding and satisfaction of regulatory requirements, prepare for and respond to emergencies, craft approaches for legacy cleanup issues, and develop solutions for product regulation, market access, and environmental policy challenges.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 37 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the Power Elite in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms’ client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.







Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Jordan Grotzinger and Adam Siegler Present on Drone Law

Saturday, June 6th, 2015

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) May 01, 2015

International law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP Shareholder Jordan Grotzinger and Of Counsel Adam Siegler participated in the Beverly Hills Bar Associations Entertainment and IP, Internet & New Media sections Drone Law panel April 30, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California. The panel included Mike Rivard, CEO and founder of Radflight, a leading manufacturer and consultant in the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or drone, business.

The panel discussion focused on current federal statutes, the proposed rules issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and new state and federal legislative activity with regard to UAS, commonly known as drones. The speakers provided an analysis of the rules for: (a) operations by governmental agencies pursuant to a Certificate of Authorization; (b) commercial operations pursuant to exemptions from the existing regulations; and (c) the model aircraft exception for non-commercial use by hobbyists. In addition to discussing a variety of commercial uses for drones, including real estate and construction, advertising, and the future development of drone delivery services, the panel covered topics that are of particular interest to the Los Angeles market, such as aerial camera footage for film and television and the balancing of First Amendment and privacy rights.

Grotzinger is a business trial lawyer and co-chair of his offices litigation practice. He represents companies in the consumer products, real estate, entertainment, and other industries.

Siegler focuses his practice on civil litigation, with an emphasis on complex business cases and entertainment disputes. He has represented a wide variety of clients, from musicians, writers, and directors to major corporations in the real estate, telecommunications, and manufacturing fields. His litigation experience includes jury and bench trials in both state and federal courts, arbitrations, special proceedings, writs, and appeals.

About Greenberg Traurigs Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulatory and Compliance Practice

Greenberg Traurigs Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regulatory and Compliance Practice team is well positioned to provide focused civil and governmental representation to the drone industry nationwide. Greenberg Traurig has offices in four of the six states that are designated UAV testing sites (Nevada, New York, Texas and Virginia), as well as in states that have begun to create alliances with those test states. Greenberg Traurig is on the ground in states where UAVs take off.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 37 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the Power Elite in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms’ client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.







Greenberg Traurigs Chinh H. Pham to Present at Museum of Science Innovators Event, The Gamified World: Our New Normal

Friday, June 5th, 2015

Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 18, 2015

Chinh H. Pham, co-leader of Greenberg Traurigs Emerging Technology Group and co-chair of the firms Intellectual Property (IP) Group in Boston, will moderate a panel discussion on The Gamified World: Our New Normal, May 20, 2015, at the Museum of Science, Boston.

This Museum of Science event will bring together experts from Rockstar New England, Green Door Labs, and MIT Game Lab to discuss the current state and future of gaming. Pham will moderate a discussion about the most significant changes and trends in gaming and how the evolution of video games and gaming impacts society as a whole. The panel discussion is an event for the Museums Innovators, supporters of the Museum made up of young professional leaders, philanthropists, and volunteers.

Pham is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Museum of Science, Boston. A registered patent attorney, Phams video game, interactive media and mobile tech experience includes representation of numerous companies locally and nationally in this space. He serves as a speaker and company mentor for a number of technology accelerator programs, including MassDiGI, MassChallenge, Harvard iLab, and Northeastern Idea.

About Greenberg Traurigs Boston Office

Established in 1999, Greenberg Traurigs Boston office is home to more than 60 attorneys practicing in the areas of corporate, emerging technology, governmental affairs, intellectual property, labor and employment, life sciences and medical technology, litigation, public finance, and real estate. An important contributor to the firm’s international platform, the Boston office includes a team of nationally recognized attorneys with both public and private sector experience. The team offers clients the value of decades of legal experience and hands-on knowledge of the local business community, supported by the firm’s vast network of global resources.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 37 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the Power Elite in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms’ client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.







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Greenberg Traurig Welcomes Dash McLean to Silicon Valley Office

Friday, May 8th, 2015

SILICON VALLEY, Calif. (PRWEB) May 04, 2015

Expands California Trademark Prosecution and Counseling Practice

International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues expanding in the Bay Area, most recently through the addition of Paul Anthony Dash McLean, who joined as shareholder in the Silicon Valley office. McLean focuses his practice on trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, and enforcement. He represents U.S. and international companies in various fields including in the technology, entertainment, media, and retail sectors.

Dashs experience counseling clients with respect to brand management and protection strategies meshes well with our corporate practice and local intellectual property capabilities, said Bill Goines, managing shareholder for Greenberg Traurigs Silicon Valley. He is an exceptional attorney whose knowledge and experience offers the level of quality to which our clients are accustomed.

We are thrilled to welcome Dash and his extensive experience with branding issues, including trademarks, copyrights, and Internet-related IP matters, said Susan Heller, chair of Greenberg Traurigs Global Trademarks and Brand Management Group.

McLean counsels clients on selection, proper use, registrability, and enforcement of foreign and domestic trademarks and has prosecuted over 3,000 trademark applications. He is experienced drafting and implementing trademark licenses, settlements, and consent agreements and has devised comprehensive branding strategies for multi-national corporations. In addition, he has significant experience in online trademark infringement and domain name disputes.

McLean is the third shareholder to join Greenberg Traurig in Northern California in the past two months following commercial litigators Howard Holderness and David Lisi.

McLean earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University and his B.A. from Stanford University.

About Greenberg Traurigs Intellectual Property & Technology Practice

With more than 180 intellectual property attorneys and agents, Greenberg Traurig provides a broad range of patent, trademark and copyright protection and strategic counseling. Greenberg Traurig was named a National Tier 1 Law Firm for IP Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark and Information Technology Law by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, 2013 Best Law Firms Rankings in November 2012. The firm was also named a National Tier 2 Law Firm for Copyright Law, Patent Litigation and Technology Law by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, 2013 Best Law Firms Rankings in November 2012.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP California

In California, Greenberg Traurig offers experienced corporate, entertainment, government law and policy, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and taxation attorneys located in Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 37 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the Power Elite in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms’ client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.







Greenberg Traurigs Real Estate Practice Adds Daniel Acosta in Chicago

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014

CHICAGO (PRWEB) August 26, 2014

Daniel Acosta has joined the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a counsel in its Real Estate practice in Chicago. He joined the firm from Boodell & Domaskis, LLC, where he was senior counsel.

Acosta focuses his practice on commercial real estate law. He represents various institutional investors, in the acquisition, disposition and financing of office, industrial, apartment, shopping center, parking garage and hotel properties throughout the country.

Acosta has several years of experience in acquiring properties with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans. In addition, he represents lenders with respect to construction loans, real estate loans, loan forbearances and loan modifications, and lines of credit, and landlords in the leasing of industrial warehouse and office properties.

He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, and his B.A., cum laude, from Princeton University.

About Greenberg Traurigs Real Estate Practice

Greenberg Traurigs Real Estate Practice spans 40 years of delivering multidisciplinary legal services for property investment, development and management, as well as real estate finance. The group received the Award for Excellence in Real Estate from Chambers and Partners in 2013 and 2010 and was named a Real Estate Practice Group of the Year by Law360, 2010 through 2013.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from 36 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the Power Elite in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms’ client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.