Jonathan Altman is the Chair of the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, and an active member of the Firm’s Corporate and Banking Practice Groups. He specializes in counseling companies, private equity funds, family offices, banks, and individuals with respect to a broad range of transactional matters. Jon has particular expertise in mergers, acquisitions, commercial real estate transactions, and financing transactions. Jon is recognized[...]
Kelly is an Associate in the Corporate Group who focuses her practice on corporate governance. Prior to joining the firm, Kelly worked at a Pittsburgh-based boutique law firm which focused on corporate governance, estates and trusts, and commercial litigation. While earning her degree from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University during the evening, Kelly worked as a writer and[...]
Matthew Borges is a Patent Attorney in the firm's Intellectual Property and Corporate groups. Matthew focuses his practice in the areas of general intellectual property law and related corporate matters. He has experience prosecuting patent applications regarding mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, life sciences, and medical devices. Matthew gained practical experience with molecular biology research during college, focusing on heme transport mechanisms in[...]
Christopher Brodman is a founding member of Metz Lewis. He is the President of the Firm, a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and a member of the Corporate Group. His diverse client base values him as a dedicated, practical, and experienced business advisor and general counsel. He has a wealth of business experience which allows him to help clients identify and achieve[...]
Leilani has been a lawyer in our Corporate Group for over 20 years and serves as the Transaction Director of our mergers and acquisition practice. She manages the transaction process from inception of the deal through closing by coordinating workstreams, overseeing diligence, interfacing with specialists and driving the deal to closing. Leilani is one of the original founders of Metz Lewis. She also[...]
Matthew D’Ascenzo is a Member of the firm's Corporate Transactions and Securities Practice. He draws from his extensive practical legal experience and knowledge to structure transactions that facilitate clients’ business goals. Matt has assisted clients in numerous mergers, acquisitions and private equity and venture capital securities offerings and has extensive experience in recapitalizations and reorganizations, domestic and international joint ventures, and commercial transactions.[...]
Tom Freyvogel is an experienced corporate and securities transactional attorney, specializing in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and general corporate matters. Tom advises clients on sophisticated private equity-sponsored and strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. He represents private equity and venture capital funds, corporate venture capital groups, family offices and angel investors, as well as founders and emerging growth companies,[...]
Brian Golias counsels lenders and banking clients with respect to structuring and closing asset-based and leverage-based loans, workouts, and restructuring of non-performing loans, including advising clients of Uniform Commercial Code and secured transaction issues. Brian has extensive experience representing clients in complex operational and joint venture projects in both the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. He represented a trading company in connection[...]
Mike Herzog is a Member in the firm’s Corporate Group. He concentrates his practice on a variety of tax matters and employee benefits counseling. His tax practice is informed by his experience as a CPA. Prior to practicing law, he served as a tax consultant for a Big Five accounting firm. He assists clients with the tax implications of business restructurings, international transactions,[...]
Nicholas Holland is Practice Group Leader of the Tax, Trusts, and Estates Group at Metz Lewis. His primary practice focus is individual tax planning, estate planning and estate administration for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals. Nick concentrates his practice on providing practical advice with the goal of implementing strategies to transfer family wealth in tax-efficient ways while also balancing each[...]
Michael Hutter is an Associate Attorney in the firm's Corporate group. Michael focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, private placements, and related corporate matters. He has experience in the healthcare and financial services industries. Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked for a Pittsburgh-based firm which served as general counsel to several corporate entities, handling private placements, advising boards, and[...]
David Jaffe is a business transactions lawyer whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, growth capital investments, corporate finance, corporate governance, private placements and distressed company transactions. For more than 20 years, he has counseled middle market businesses, emerging growth companies, public corporations and boards of directors in these transactions and has served as an advisor on general corporate and commercial matters. His[...]
Diana Leech is a member of the firm's Corporate Group. Diana focuses her practice in the areas of business transactions, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and business and succession planning. She also has a wide range of experience in drafting and negotiating transactions and agreements and advising clients on general corporate matters.
Worth magazine recently named John Lewis one of the Top 100 Attorneys in the United States. John has a diverse business practice, and his primary role is interfacing with clients, knowing their businesses, and keeping them out of legal jams. When he's not handling the purchase or sale of a company, or counseling clients on corporate legal issues, John is battling uphill on[...]
Charles Lipp is an Associate Attorney in the firm's Corporate group. Charles focuses his practice in the areas of general corporate law and related corporate matters. He has experience in the financial services, commercial telecommunications, and healthcare industries. Prior to joining the firm, Charles worked in the financial services industry handling various banking and non-banking compliance related matters. While earning his law degree,[...]
Christian Stoffan advises clients on a wide variety of real estate transactional matters. Chris routinely represents purchasers and sellers of commercial real estate assets and a significant part of his practice includes the representation of landlords and tenants in commercial leasing matters (including office, industrial/flex and retail spaces). Chris also represents borrowers and lenders in finance transactions which are secured by real estate[...]
Neva is a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group focusing on labor, employment and benefits as those matters impact our corporate clients in the their day to day operations and during the acquisition process. She has decades of experience assisting public and private sector employers navigate the challenges that come with having people work for you. Regardless of the number of employees[...]
George Riley Thomas concentrates his practice in negotiating and structuring mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, representing private equity and strategic buyers and sellers across a wide range of industries and business types. George also represents companies and investors on pre-IPO corporate finance, including equity and debt offerings. In addition to his transactional-based practice, George regularly counsels business clients in connection with a wide array[...]
Eli Wynkoop is a business transactions lawyer who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, and regularly advises clients in connection with a variety of commercial matters. Eli previously served as Senior Counsel, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Finance for NOVA Chemicals where he led all legal support for all mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other related activity,[...]
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