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Corporate Law - Baltimore, Maryland
About this Practice AreaJason E. Balog is a member of the Corporate and Securities Practice with over 20 years of experience. Jason has built a diverse practice focusing on the representation of clients in general business matters, mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions. His clients range from start-ups, to closely-held businesses, to private equity groups, to Fortune 500 companies.
Stephen Carroll represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of corporate and real estate matters. As a member of the Miles & Stockbridge Real Estate practice group, Steve represents purchasers and sellers of all types of commercial real estate and commercial landlords and tenants in the drafting and negotiation of office, warehouse and retail leases. Steve is also a member of the Miles & Stockbridge Corporate and Securities Practice Group, and as part of that practice Steve ...
Elliott Cowan is Chairman of the Firm's Business Law Practice Group. He has developed a broad-based business law practice, including complex commercial transactions; corporate, limited liability company and partnership law; the purchase and sale of businesses and commercial real estate; mergers and acquisitions; contract negotiation and drafting; secured lending transactions; new business ventures; entity formation; business “divorces" and restructurings; stockholder and other owner agr...
William M. Davidow is a business lawyer representing government contractors, technology businesses, health care organizations, construction companies and businesses from numerous other industries at all stages of the business lifecycle. This includes the raising of capital, structuring and formation of new business ventures, tax planning, employment issues, deferred compensation, stock appreciation rights plans, corporate governance, financial restructuring, and complex corporate and partners...
James C. Doub represents European companies in their U.S. and foreign investments and activities. His practice includes generally the areas of international finance, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, commercial and intellectual property law. For many of the U.S. subsidiaries of these clients, he serves as general counsel and is involved not only in their legal matters, but also in their general business issues and strategies. In the past, he has served as a director for several of the comp...
Molly E. G. Ferraioli is a principal in our Health Care Practice Group. She represents a variety of health care providers, including non-profit hospitals and health systems (including academic medical centers); physicians and physician group practices; and long-term care, assisted living, and ambulatory care facilities. Her practice focuses on healthcare regulatory compliance at both the federal and state levels, including regarding fraud and abuse laws (e.g., the Anti-Kickback Statute and th...
Mr. Fletcher, who serves as the Managing Partner of the firm, is an experienced business advisor, representing companies from the boardroom to the courtroom. Having previously served as In-House Counsel at Maryland National Bank/NationsBank, he brings a wealth of practical experience to complex legal issues. A sampling of his wide-ranging experience follows. Business and Corporate Law Mr. Fletcher advises a wide array of enterprises on their business and corporate law needs Mergers & Acqu...
Herbert Goldman is a member in the Business Law Group. In his more than forty years of practice, he has acquired experience in many areas of commercial law, particularly corporate and partnership law, acquisition of healthcare practices, financing and business practices. He has developed a principal focus in financing transactions and has negotiated and closed numerous bank loans and arrangements, including financings in many leveraged buy-outs, complex institutional financings, industrial de...
Michael C. Hardy is a partner in Duane Morris’ Corporate Practice Group, Co-Chair of its Private Equity Division and team lead of the firmwide Private Equity Industry Group, splitting his time between the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Baltimore offices. He also is a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Mr. Hardy represents clients in connection with complex financings, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions domestically and internationally. He has extens...
Tim Hodge provides outside general counsel for businesses in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond — from the most promising newcomers arriving in the market today to serial entrepreneurs and established industry leaders. Mr. Hodge focuses much of his time on complex transactional matters that often prove crucial to a company's growth, evolution, or exit strategy. His legal experience includes handling general corporate matters, domestic and international M&A deals, intellectual proper...
Christopher R. Johnson is a Principal in the firm's Business department of the Baltimore office. Chris's practice focuses on corporate matters, in such industries as manufacturing, technology, and biotechnology. Chris's representation of companies includes public and private offering of securities, venture financing, mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies, securities law compliance, and general corporate counseling and representation.
Frank Jones chairs the firm's Business Department, which includes the corporate, technology, IP, securities, tax, employee benefits, employment and other non-litigation practices. In over 25 years of practice, he has earned the reputation of being a true business advisor, with both the substantive depth and practical experience needed to respond effectively to the business issues faced by both emerging and established businesses. His practice covers all aspects of business planning and advice...
Colleen Pleasant Kline serves as outside general corporate counsel and advisor to clients ranging from business owners to entrepreneurs, including their officers, directors, and shareholders, for entities of all sizes covering a broad range of legal and business issues.Ms. Pleasant Kline’s corporate experience includes mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and private placements and encompasses the more complex issues surrounding angel investment, venture capital financings, and levera...
Co-Chair, Business and Corporate Law Section Ed is a trusted advisor to middle market companies on complex commercial, financial and transactional matters, regularly advising clients on transactions ranging in value from several million to hundreds of millions. A seasoned counselor to privately held companies and their owners, he is familiar with the business issues they face in growing, managing, and at times restructuring their businesses to succeed in hypercompetitive markets. In addition ...
Jeff Markowitz is a member of the Corporate and Securities Practice and engages in a wide range of sophisticated tax areas. He has represented companies ranging from multi-national corporations engaged in mergers and acquisitions to start-up entrepreneurial clients. Jeff has provided tax and business advice on strategic joint ventures, creative employee equity compensation and cross border tax planning. His practice also includes sophisticated tax planning to minimize state and local taxes in...
Abba David Poliakoff is Chairman of the Firm's Securities Practice Group and Israel Practice Group, and a member of the Firm's Business Law and Electronic Discovery Practice Groups. After law school, Abba joined the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., where he became a senior attorney in the Division of Corporation Finance. From 1980 to 1983, when he joined the Firm, Abba was associated with the Wall Street law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel in New ...
Peter Rosenwald leads our representation of financial institutions in commercial lending transactions, including inventory and receivables financing, equipment financing, bank participations, federal and state government lending and guarantee programs, and equity financing. His extensive lending experience allows us to address our clients' complex lending issues as well as routine lending matters. His well-developed system of delivering services enhances our clients' abilities to make loans e...
Bob Snyder is the chair of the tax practice group for Thomas & Libowitz. This practice area involves federal and state tax research, advice, and planning for the firm’s clients in a variety of areas ranging from joint ventures and business transactions to real estate and personal tax matters for individuals. It also includes the representation of clients at all administrative levels of the Internal Revenue Service and before the United States Tax Court. He has represented some of th...
Paul Trinkoff brings a multi-disciplinary approach to his practice of representing business entrepreneurs and non-publicly held business entities. His clients include real estate developers and property managers, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, service professionals, technology-based businesses, motor vehicle dealers and retailers. Paul has extensive experience in forming and structuring new businesses, business reorganizations, asset and stock transactions and business combinations...
Joseph P. Ward represents businesses and equity investors in a variety of corporate and securities matters. His corporate practice includes domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, leveraged buy-outs, spin-offs, joint ventures, and the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements. Joe also represents both companies and investors in connection with private capital markets transactions, such as venture capital and other private debt and equity investments, priva...
Topper Webb represents a variety of business entities, financial institutions and individuals in a general business and transactional practice. Topper represents numerous publicly held real estate investment trusts and Maryland corporations with respect to Maryland's corporate laws. He and a team of lawyers in Miles & Stockbridge's corporate group have assisted those clients, as well as Maryland corporations that are registered investment companies, accomplish complex corporate and financ...
Scott Wilson is a principal in the firm’s Baltimore office and the Co-Leader of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Scott represents businesses and individuals in a wide array of corporate and securities matters. His practice includes advice to private and public companies regarding corporate governance, middle market mergers and acquisitions, the sale of securities, private fund formation, the preparation of partnership and operating agreements and the drafting and negotiation...
Chapman R. Gould is an Associate in our corporate & securities practice in our Baltimore office focusing on mergers and acquisitions, the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements, joint ventures, start-ups, and general corporate law. Chapman has experience in real estate, entity formation, commercial agreements, international transactions, manufacturing, executive compensation, bankruptcy, joint ventures, medical devices, tax, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, as w...
Zachary Schultz’s diverse general corporate practice is built on delivering “client first” results. He champions a team-based collaborative approach, helping clients articulate and define their goals from the outset of every engagement and then working in concert to achieve their business and legal objectives. He commits fully to the success of his clients, providing unique access and availability as well as tireless energy every step of the way. A former litigator, Zach lev...
Nicole K. Whitecar is an associate in our Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety Practice Group. Niki assists our lawyers on various employment matters such as employment discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour, and wrongful discharge. She also works with our labor lawyers on collective bargaining and unfair labor practice charges. Before joining Miles & Stockbridge, Niki was Director of Professional Services of Agile Mind, an organization which offers innovative pr...
Corporate Law Definition
Depending on the size of the market in which the lawyer practices and the size of the lawyer’s firm, he or she may be required to handle nearly all of a corporation’s legal matters. In larger firms, the Corporate lawyer with the principal client relationship will be expected to be familiar with all the issues the corporation is likely to confront, but may engage lawyers from other practice areas to assist in matters requiring special expertise, such as securities offerings, tax issues, and litigation.
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