KATTEN - Key Persons
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- Chief Innovation Officer
- Chief Innovation Officer / Chicago
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Andrew Sprogis is Katten's Chief Innovation Officer. Previously, Andy was the firm's Executive Director. Now he uses his operational expertise and knowledge base to turn future-facing ideas into practical reality. Andy and his team enable the firm's attorneys, business professionals and clients to make the most of an innovative approach to law and business just as the industry is undergoing an accelerated transformation.
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- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner ( London ) London
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- Partner and Co - Chair, Financial Markets and Regulation / Financial
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From derivatives products to cryptocurrencies, Dan Davis helps clients navigate ever-changing regulatory requirements. Drawing on his years of experience as General Counsel at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dan understands how financial services agencies operate. As an experienced complex civil litigation attorney, Dan can defend clients in any forum.
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- Chief Administrative Officer
- Chief Administrative Officer / Washington, DC
- Member in Both Capital and National Chapters of the Association of Legal Administrators
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Daphne Pendleton is Katten's Chief Administrative Officer. She works directly with the COO, Executive Committee and Board of Directors to implement the firm's strategic plan globally. She also leads office administrators across the firm, aligning all operational department goals and input. In addition, she oversees administrative functions in all branches, including administrative and paralegal services, facilities and operations.
Over the past two decades Daphne has managed the office administration of four major law firms. In previous roles, she was responsible for space, event and budget management, contract negotiations, litigation support, recruitment and staff development. Her efforts contributed significantly to the successful growth of these organizations through numerous mergers and acquisitions. Today she continues to provide innovative solutions to business challenges. Daphne's innate ability to motivate staff through a process of communication and collaboration allows members of the Business Professional Team to contribute to and share in our firm's success.
Daphne is an active member in both Capital and National Chapters of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA).
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Operating Officer / Chicago
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David Furey oversees the firm's business operations with a passion for providing internal teams and clients with the highest levels of service and support. An experience law firm leader, Dave is attuned to addressing the firm's immediate needs and implementing its strategic vision.
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- Managing Partner
- Partner
- Head of Katten 's China Practice and Managing Partner
- Partner / Chicago
- Partner / China
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Feng Xue is head of Katten's China practice and managing partner of the firm's Shanghai office. A seasoned practitioner of corporate law in both US and China, he advises US clients doing business in China and Chinese clients doing business in the US or Europe. He works with companies and businesses of all sizes, facilitating deals and offering creative ways of achieving their business goals.
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- Chairman
- Managing Partner
- Chairman - Elect and Managing Partner ( Chicago )
- Media Abuzz over New Katten Chair - Elect
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Gil Soffer, firm chair-elect and managing partner of Katten's Chicago office, has made his mark on both sides of white-collar actions. As a former federal prosecutor and senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official, he thoroughly understands the government's enforcement strategies and tactics. As an experienced white-collar defense lawyer and national co-chair of the firm's litigation practice, he devotes his practice to keeping clients out of trouble and navigating them safely through government investigations and enforcement actions.
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- Director of Communications and Public Relations
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- Partner, Chief Professional Standards Officer / Chicago
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- Partner
- Adjunct Professor at Chicago - Kent College of Law
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Jeffrey Patt represents entrepreneurs, high-growth companies and the investors who invest in these companies. Jeff regularly handles complex and strategic financial M&A transactions and recapitalizations, serves as board and special committee counsel in going-private and related-party transactions, and represents management teams and executives in change in control transactions.
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- Board Member, 2006 - 2016 / National Bar Association
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- Managing Partner, Charlotte / Real Estate
- Professionals
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- Managing Partner of Katten 's Charlotte
With an emphasis on the origination and restructuring of debt secured by real estate assets, Karen Nelson, managing partner of Katten's Charlotte office, advises on a range of commercial real estate finance matters. Recognized as a leading lawyer by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and the Charlotte Business Journal, Karen represents commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies and REITS. She handles matters related to real assets of all types, including office, retail, hotel, apartment, homebuilder, condominium and industrial properties. Karen is also a LEED Accredited Professional.
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- Law.Com on How She Made Office Managing Partner
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- Communications and Public Relations Senior Manager
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- Partner and Global Chair, Corporate Department / Chicago
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- Partner
- Chief Practice Officer
- Chief Practice Officer / Chicago
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Kristin Nichols is a partner and Katten's Chief Practice Officer. She oversees the strategic planning, operation and management of the firm's practice groups to support the firm's long- and short-term strategic goals.
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- Professionals
- Senior Counsel / Capital Markets
Co-head of Katten's National Capital Markets practice, Lawrence Levin is a highly skilled and client-focused practitioner with extensive experience representing public and private companies and their boards, as well as investment banks, in a wide variety of transactional and corporate governance matters.
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- Communications and Public Relations Manager
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- Partner
- Chief Diversity Partner and Founder of Its Diversity Committee
- Partner, Chief Diversity Partner / Chicago
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Leslie Minier, Katten's chief diversity partner, helps clients in a variety of industries with mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate matters. She advises both public and private companies on structuring, negotiating and documenting mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of private and public corporations. She also advises private equity funds investing in, engaging in leveraged buyouts of, and selling portfolio companies.
As Katten's chief diversity partner and founder of its diversity committee, Leslie has led the firm to wide recognition throughout the legal industry for its diversity and inclusion efforts. At the local, state and national level, Leslie has also been recognized as leader in the legal industry by publications such as Crain's Chicago Business and Savoy Professional. Prior to attending law school, Leslie worked as a manager in the Data Communication/Technical Planning & Development Group for BellSouth Enterprises.
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- Partner
- Partner and General Counsel / Insurance and Risk Management
- Partner and General Counsel / New York
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Michael Verde litigates and advises on matters related to insurance, risk management and fraud, with particular experience in the financial and hotel industries. He has investigated and litigated matters arising in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East, as well as throughout the United States. Michael has tried and appealed cases in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is also Katten's General Counsel.
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- Leading International Arbitration Attorney
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Executive Officer / New York
- First Chief Executive Officer
- Professionals
Noah Heller is Katten's first chief executive officer. In that role he steers the strategic and operational direction of our firm of more than 650 lawyers across 10 offices in the United States, London and Shanghai. Noah takes a straightforward approach to management, providing clear direction for the firm and creating a culture of transparency that binds our professionals together.
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- Chief Financial Officer / New York
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- Chairman / Washington, DC
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- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner ( Washington, DC ) and Chair, Aviation Finance / Aviation
- Managing Partner of Katten 's Washington, DC
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Leading the firm's Aviation practice, Timothy Lynes, managing partner of Katten's Washington, DC office, has spent over 30 years representing manufacturers, airlines, lessors, financial institutions, equity investors and insurers in aircraft sales, leasing and financing. Clients rely on Tim's deep industry knowledge and proven leadership in the field.
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- Co - Chair of the Investment Management
- Managing Partner of Katten 's New York
Wendy Cohen, managing partner of Katten's New York office and co-chair of the Investment Management and Funds group, understands the business realities and challenges of the competitive world of asset management. For three decades, asset managers have turned to her to navigate the minefield of regulation that governs the structuring and operation of private investment funds. From the largest and most established hedge funds to innovative players with alternative strategies, clients rely on Wendy to handle all legal issues that touch their businesses.
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- Law.Com 's 'How I Made Office Managing Partner
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- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner ( New York ) and Co - Chair, Investment Management and Funds / Financial
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