2015 Legal Awards

http://www.acquisition-intl.com/2015-legal-awards M&A awards 78 LEGAL awards ~ Best for Business Practices - Florida Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is a Florida based law firm offering legal practice in more than 35 specialties, and a multitude of sub-specialties associated with each practice area. Michael Platner, chair of the firm’s National Corporate Practice Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s National Business Practice, spoke with us about how the firm’s diverse range of services has contributed to their success. Michael is a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and serves as Chair of the firm’s National Corporate Practice Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Business Practices. His varied commercial and business practice focuses on assisting companies and their owners build value and manage risk. His specific industry experience includes software, e-business, manufacturing, restaurant/ hotel management and operating agreements, computer systems acquisition and internet strategies, private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and Mergers & Acquisitions. This wide range of experience provides him with the ideal background for working among the diverse practice areas that Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP offers. Michael provides us with an overview of these fields, showcasing the wide range of services the firm provides. “Our national practice is sophisticated, multi-faceted and well-versed in current legal trends, while our individual state practices provide vast resources and knowledge of procedural and legal nuances. Our attorneys have broad knowledge, expertise, and sensitivity to their clients’ unique needs. Through interaction among its practice groups, Lewis Brisbois provides a wide range of legal services to each client with a continuity of representation over multiple disciplines. We have built longstanding relationships with corporate and institutional clients based on our ability to provide comprehensive service on a national scale. Our practice includes pre-suit counseling and problem solving based on a structured and accurate analysis of likely outcome. We know our clients’ objectives are often best served by a pre-suit resolution, and we are often judged by the advice and counsel we provide toward that end. However, when trial is the answer and in the client’s best interest, no law firm in this country understands and better executes a trial strategy than Lewis Brisbois. We are truly client driven and result oriented. The firm’s nationwide business practices include substantial groups addressing mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, venture capital and private equity, as well as intellectual property, litigation and governmental regulations and investigations for US and foreign clients doing business and owning real estate in the U.S., including a unique focus on middle market and emerging companies.” Company: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Name: Michael Platner Website: http://lewisbrisbois.com Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP