Walter S. Holzer

Walt Holzer is a true partner -- combining legal expertise with a business orientation. He looks for ways to get a deal done, not barriers and is creative in bringing solutions to the deal team. He is flexible in working with different teams and different styles across the stable -- truly my first choice as a legal team leader.

Anne F. Hayes (The Riverside Company)

New York, NY

Walt Holzer is a "businessman's lawyer", and if the term is a throwback, that's because Walt is one, in all the positive uses of the expression. I enjoy working with Walt because he has an uncanny (and uncommon) knack for first truly understating i) the nature of the underlying business deal and ii) the personalities involved, before endeavoring to "lawyer up" a transaction. He avoids complicating matters and lengthening the legal exercise, instead boiling the legal negotiations down to the critical path items. While I know Walt can be a fierce and ferocious advocate of our interests when necessary, he is always remarkably agreeable to work with in transactions and the other side almost always appreciates this and acknowledges his legal acumen and professionalism. Lastly, Walt is a true advisor, and he can speak straight to us about when we are "in the wrong" and he also (refreshingly) understands that the business risks can't simply be papered away, and he inevitably endeavors to get close to the specifics of issues to ensure that our interests are protected ... even beyond the four corners of the documents.

Brett R. Keith (Rockwood Equity Partners LLC)

New York, NY

I have used Walt for over four years covering five deals and have found him and his team to be very practical and professional in their performance and approach as well as very innovative where necessary. I find his approach to be very team-oriented, which fits in very well with the way we like to do business.

Jeffrey Forbes (Cardno Limited)