Florida Corporate and Transactional Lawyers

Corporate and Transactional Law

5150 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 201, Naples, FL 34103-2818

Chad D. Cummings is an attorney and certified public accountant with Cummings & Cummings Law in Bonita Springs, Florida, where he serves as founding attorney and chief executive officer. His practice serves small and medium-sized businesses and their owners, from forming a venture through its operation, growth and eventual exit. Accounting came before law. Cummings began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas, working in tax compliance and consulting for private equity and financial services clients. His work there included technical solutions for clients with multistate corporate and pass-through investment structures. He also co-founded Food on the Fly, a startup that used mobile technology and logistics to deliver meals to travelers inside airport terminals. At American Airlines headquarters in Fort Worth, he later supported financial reporting and capital investment decisions for the airline’s commercial real estate and legal divisions. His degrees from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business are in accounting and taxation: a B.B.A. and an M.S., respectively. He earned his J.D., cum laude, at Ave Maria School of Law and completed an LL.M. in Real Property Development at the University of Miami. During law school, he sat on the Law Review Editorial Board; his paper, “Transhumanism: Morality and Law at the Frontier of the Human Condition,” was selected for publication in the school’s journal. Cummings also teaches undergraduate business law at Florida Gulf Coast University. The Florida Bar lists him as eligible to practice and a member in good standing.

Corporate and Transactional Law

Nine at Mary Brickell Village, 999 SW 1st Ave apt 1801, Miami, FL 33130, USA

Diego Price is a Senior Associate of our Corporate / M&A and Financing teams. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and financing transactions. He is experienced in designing, structuring, negotiating, and implementing M&A and financing transactions, particularly in private equity and cross-border deals. Diego earned his law degree (Juris Doctor equivalent) from the University of Lima, Peru, where he ranked in the top 10% of his class. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from New York University, graduating as a Dean’s Scholar. Additionally, he obtained an Advanced Professional Certificate in Law and Business from NYU Stern School of Business with a 4.0 GPA and has completed law and business courses at the University of Salamanca, Spain. He was recognized as one of the Top 10 “Rising Star Dealmakers” in Peru by the international publication Transactional Track Record (TTR) for three consecutive years (2019 – 2021). Before joining RC Law, Diego worked as an associate at Rebaza, Alcazar & De Las Casas and Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano in Lima. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Peru and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Corporate and Transactional Law

500 E Broward Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394, USA

Mr. Mansfield, an attorney and Founding Partner of Mansfield, Bronstein, & Stone, LLP has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1995. He has served as chief executive and president of several public and private companies for more than twenty years. In 2013, Gary was selected as one of the Most Effective Lawyers in the category of Distressed Real Estate for Mansfield Bronsteins victory on behalf of the Peninsula Condominium Association against U.S. Bank. Mr. Mansfield earned a bachelors degree, cum laude, from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania; a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law; a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Chicagos Graduate School of Business; a Master’s of Law in Elder Law from Stetson University; and, Mr. Mansfield has also completed all course work for a doctorate in Health Services from Nova Southeastern University.

Corporate and Transactional Law

6451 North Federal Highway, Suite 406, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Ian M. Berkowitz, a Boca Raton Business Lawyer, has spent his professional career assisting businessmen and women start, expand and grow their businesses to their full potential. He rolls up his sleeves and works directly with his clients to develop and implement short and long term goals to ensure their success. lan’s clients are small and medium size businesses seeking to establish themselves as well- managed, well-organized profitable businesses. Mr. Berkowitz is presently a business advisor to foreign businesses seeking to do business in the U.S. and U.S. businesses seeking to do business overseas. In addition, he assists financial institutions identify companies for investment and/or acquisition candidates. His focus has been working on business opportunities with and for clients in the United States, Israel, the Middle East, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the Latin Americas. He also advises domestic clients on matters relating to business financing, federal procurement, government contracting, small business assistance programs and minority business programs.

Corporate and Transactional Law

1031 LaSalle Street, Jacksonville, FL 32207

Banking and Finance Law

Corporate and Transactional Law

501 West Bay Street , Jacksonville , 32202, United States

www.mppkj.com

Corporate and Transactional Law

24790 Pennyroyal Drive, Bonita Springs, FL 34134

Corporate and Transactional Law

1680 Michigan Ave, 815, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Joshua Gross is an attorney in Miami Beach, listed as corporate counsel at Peregrine Legal in The Florida Bar directory. His full name in that record is Joshua Michael Gross. The Bar records his admission on June 4, 2019, and identifies him as a member in good standing who is eligible to practice law in Florida. His law school entry names the University of Miami School of Law and the year 2017.

Corporate and Transactional Law

660 NE Ocean Blvd,, Suite 4SE, Stuart, FL 34996-1623

Mario A. Iglesias is an attorney with MAI Law Firm in Stuart, Florida. His office address in the Florida Bar directory is 660 NE Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4SE. The Bar lists him as eligible to practice in Florida and a member in good standing, with his firm position recorded as private law practice. Real estate and commercial work figured prominently in an April 2017 account of his career. Published by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide, that announcement described Iglesias as the owner of MAI Law Firm, then in Miami. Businesses and investors made up the main clientele described in the announcement. Some clients were in the United States; others were overseas. Their matters involved domestic and international legal issues, and the firm’s services included transactions abroad. Iglesias earned his law degree at Suffolk University Law School in Boston in 1984. The 2017 account reports that he graduated cum laude and participated in the school’s law review. It also describes his writing and speaking: articles on legal and business subjects, along with lectures at legal seminars covering real estate and financial information. His Florida Bar profile lists Business Law and Real Property, Probate & Trust among its sections. The profile places MAI Law Firm in Stuart, rather than the Miami location given in the earlier biographical announcement.

Corporate and Transactional Law

11555 Heron Bay Blvd, Suite 200, Coral Springs, FL 33076

Matthew Fornaro provides practical, strategic legal guidance for businesses across South Florida. With over 20 years of experience, he helps entrepreneurs, startups, and established companies manage contracts, disputes, and risk—clearly and efficiently.

Corporate and Transactional Law

110 SE 6th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, USA

Michael Platner is the managing partner of the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois. Mr. Platner is the chair of the Corporate Practice and co-chair of the Securities & Corporate Finance Practice. Michael works with clients to develop and execute business savvy legal strategies for businesses from early stage through maturity and sale or merger, with a view towards maximizing benefit to their owners and investors. As an experienced corporate and finance “deals” lawyer and strategist, often Michael acts as primary outside counsel to middle market companies owned by private individuals, investment and private equity firms and public companies. He manages litigation matters strategically with the client’s ultimate business goals in mind to achieve the best financial impacts and business solutions. His practice is focused on helping companies and their owners build value and manage risk. Michael has personally founded or been an early stage investor in several businesses, particularly in software, internet infrastructure, new media and cloud computing, providing significant additional understanding important to entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. Michael speaks nationally and abroad on applying merger and acquisition and partnering strategies to create value and liquidity and reduce or eliminate conflict. Michael’s specific industry experience includes software, e-business, manufacturing, restaurant and hotel management and operating agreements, computer systems acquisition, internet strategies, including deals involving collocation, hosting, API licensing, trademark, copyright and URL disputes, terms of service and abuse, new ventures and emerging companies and other strategic business consulting, insurance, funeral homes and cemeteries, litigation and risk mitigation strategies, mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He has negotiated and closed several hundred transactions including partnerships, business sales and acquisitions, and corporate finance in technology, distribution, manufacturing, and real estate development.

Corporate and Transactional Law

1615 Woodward St, Orlando, FL 32803

I take a holistic approach to the practice of business law, helping owners start, grow, protect, and sell their enterprises. My experience handling hundreds of state and federal court business litigation disputes also gives me insight on asset protection techniques and ways to minimize exposure to legal risks and litigation.

Corporate and Transactional Law

255 magnolia ave, winter haven, FL 33880

Richard Straughn, began his practice after graduating from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1983. He has a strong commitment to community and has served as president on the boards of numerous local non-profits, including the Greater Winter Haven Area Chamber of Commerce, Winter Haven Hospital, Mid-Florida Medical Services Foundation and Polk Community College Foundation. Mr. Straughn was honored to receive the Winter Haven Banker’s Cup “Man of the Year” award in recognition of his service to the community. Mr. Straughn's practice has been varied and evolving over the years, giving him experience in a variety of areas, including business, real estate, and general litigation. Currently, his practice is focused on real estate transactions and business law. Mr. Straughn has received honorers in the area of title insurance.

Corporate and Transactional Law

6501 Congress Ave, Suite 240, Boca Raton, FL 33487

Business Law Rich Sierra is the founder and CEO of Florida Small Business Legal Center and has represented over one thousand business owners since 2004 and the firm continues to grow at a rapid pace with his main office in Boca Raton, Florida and satellite offices in Miami, Weston, Coconut Creek, and Orlando. The key to the success of his practice is an innovative marketing system and a high level of efficiency in the delivery of legal services. The firm focuses exclusively in providing legal services to the business community and individuals with business related issues. The cases that the firm has handled include: Breach of Contract Litigation, Franchise Disputes, Shareholder Disputes, Partnership Disputes, representing buyers or sellers in the purchase or sale of a business, serving as in-house counsel for businesses, real estate litigation, review of commercial leases, and many other legal matters that affect the business owner.