NEW YORK – Troutman Pepper is pleased to announce its 26 newly elected partners and six counsel, listed below by office and practice area. Partner and counsel promotions were effective January 1, 2023, and span numerous practices and 12 U.S. offices, including Atlanta, Berwyn, Boston, Charlotte, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Richmond, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.
“Our new partners and counsel represent the very best of what Troutman Pepper has to offer – collaborative approaches, diverse experience, and a deep commitment to client service,” said Tom Cole, managing partner at Troutman Pepper. “We congratulate them on reaching this major career milestone and look forward to their significant contributions in years to come.”
Partners
Victoria Alvarez (Charlotte | Business Litigation)
Andrew Atkins (Charlotte | Business Litigation)
Patrick Bianchi (Philadelphia | Private Fund Services)
Adrian Boddie (Charlotte | Real Estate and Finance)
Tiffany Bracewell (Atlanta | White Collar + Government Investigations)
Natalie Burke (Richmond | Multifamily Housing Finance)
Devin Catlin (Charlotte | Real Estate)
Matthew Dials (Atlanta & New York | Construction)
Julie Hoffmeister (Richmond | Privacy + Cyber)
Michael Howes (Washington, D.C. | Finance)
Brett Hubler (Charlotte | Mergers + Acquisitions)
Morgan Klinzing (Philadelphia | Tax)
Griffin Mesmer (Boston | Intellectual Property)
Allison P. Nicklin (Berwyn | Health Sciences Transactions)
Alicia M. Palladino, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh | Health Sciences Intellectual Property)
Lydia Parker (Charlotte | Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation)
Thomas Phelan (Berwyn | Tax)
Justin Platt (New York | Health Sciences Transactions)
Allison Pryor (Atlanta | State Energy Regulation)
Valerie Sirota (New York | Business Litigation)
Casselle Smith (Washington, D.C. & Raleigh | White Collar + Government Investigations)
Adrienne Thompson (Portland | Energy)
Tate Tischner (Rochester | Health Sciences Intellectual Property)
Laura K. Umbrecht (Philadelphia | Health Sciences Transactions)
Matthew Vaughan (Richmond | Multifamily Housing Finance)
Karl Zielaznicki (New York | Health Sciences Intellectual Property)
Counsel
Hailey Barnett (Atlanta | Construction)
Kimberly Coghill (Washington, D.C. | Intellectual Property)
Lindsay Henner (Atlanta | Intellectual Property)
Brian Nichilo (Berwyn | White Collar + Government Investigations)
Joel Post (New York | Tax)
Zayne Tweed (Richmond | Financial Services)
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Troutman Pepper advised Xeeva, a portfolio company of PeakEquity Partners and a leader in AI-powered spend management and procurement technology solutions, in its sale to Simfoni, a next-generation digital solutions provider for procurement intelligence, eSourcing and tail spend management. Read Simfoni’s press release about the transaction.
Xeeva is a leader in indirect spend management solutions that optimize the entire procurement process. With Xeeva’s data-driven spend management solutions, clients can simplify, consolidate, manage, control, and conduct all spend-related activities in one place. The company’s end-to-end integrated cloud-based platform drives cost savings, visibility, and efficiency gains throughout the procurement process.
PeakEquity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in software companies. The principals of PeakEquity have extensive experience as investors and operating executives in multiple market sectors. The firm invests in businesses that have large addressable markets, market-tested technology, products, and offerings, and demonstrated traction with a meaningful base of reference-able customers. PeakEquity leverages and provides access to operating resources to help provide companies an edge in capturing market segment leadership and achieving growth objectives.
Troutman Pepper’s Scott R. Jones, Todd A. Feinsmith, Howard S. Goldberg, Deborah J. Enea, Bruce K. Fenton, Edward S. Hale, and Harry Nimoityn advised Xeeva in the sale transaction.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – Klöckner & Co has agreed to acquire National Material of Mexico (NMM), a leading independent service center and materials supplier serving automotive and industrial end markets in North America with 10 facilities throughout Mexico. The transaction is made through Klöckner & Co’s U.S. subsidiary and Troutman Pepper client, Kloeckner Metals Corporation (KMC). Read a company press release about the acquisition online here.
The acquisition will significantly expand KMC’s footprint in Mexico, enabling the company to increase its presence where the key automotive and industrial customers are located. The parties have agreed to a consideration of $340 million on a cash and debt free basis. Closing of the transaction requires antitrust approvals and is expected before summer 2023.
A Troutman Pepper team led by Partners Andrea Farley and Joseph Kadlec and including Thomas Gray, Barbara Sicalides, Morgan Klinzing, Víctor Noriega, and Michael Seymour, among many others, advised KMC in the complex, cross-border transaction.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
NEW YORK – Troutman Pepper counseled TELEO Capital Management, LLC, a private equity firm that targets opportunities in the technology, software, health care IT, business services, and industrial sectors, in its majority control investment in Sharpen Technologies. Read a company press release about the transaction.
Founded in 2011, Sharpen Technologies offers a cloud-native contact center platform with a focus on tailored solutions for multiple industries, including financial services, technology, retail, and health care. Sharpen Technologies enables customers to maximize the effectiveness of their contact center investments with its omnichannel agent interface and advanced analytics and reporting.
Troutman Pepper partners James Rosener and Todd Boylan advised TELEO Capital in the investment with assistance from associates Samantha Peruto and Karina Miranda.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Troutman Pepper client Societal CDMO, Inc., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) dedicated to solving complex formulation and manufacturing challenges primarily in small molecule therapeutic development, recently announced pricing for its concurrent underwritten public offerings. The gross proceeds of the offerings are expected to be approximately $35.6 million, prior to deducting the underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. Read a company press release about the offering.
With expertise in solving complex manufacturing problems, Societal CDMO is a leading CDMO providing therapeutic development, end-to-end regulatory support, clinical and commercial manufacturing, aseptic fill/finish, lyophilization, packaging, and logistics services to the global pharmaceutical market.
The Troutman Pepper team advising Societal CDMO included Rachael Bushey, Jennifer Porter, Alex Yarbrough, Oliver Newman, Immanuel Kim, and Monika Chawla.
Troutman Pepper’s leading life sciences and health care practice counsels clients at all stages of the health care continuum – from drug development to clinical care – from emerging biotech to global pharma. The firm takes an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to counsel clients’ complex, evolving needs, providing critical support including intellectual property prosecution and litigation, corporate finance and governance, privacy and cybersecurity, litigation, regulatory, and enforcement.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
Troutman Pepper strongly condemns acts of violence, hatred, and bigotry of any kind. As evidenced by recent media reports, there has been a disturbing rise in antisemitic incidents over the past several weeks, and they are at the highest level since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking them in 1979. These incidents of hate have no place in society, and we categorically denounce antisemitism in any form.
We remain dedicated to protecting our culture of inclusion and belonging within our firm and our communities. Today, and every day, we support our Jewish colleagues, clients, and friends.
Troutman Pepper is a proud partner of Shine A Light, a purpose-driven platform for organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals to unite in shining a light on antisemitism in all its modern forms. Learn more at shinealighton.com.
PHILADELPHIA – BW Health Group recently acquired PulseCX, a full-service health care marketing communications agency designed to drive brand engagement and authentic customer experiences. The acquisition strengthens the services offered by BW Health Group, and PulseCX will be integrated with the full-service healthcare agency and Troutman Pepper client, Benchworks. Read a company press release about the transaction.
“The BW Health Group has had a long-standing relationship with Troutman Pepper,” said Thad Bench, CEO and founder of BW Health Group. “We have relied on Bruce Fenton and many of his colleagues at the firm for top tier advice when selling and acquiring business units. From strategic transactions to day-to-day contract reviews, Troutman Pepper has proven to be a responsive and valued partner.”
With offices in Philadelphia and Chestertown, MD, Benchworks is an independent health care marketing and advertising agency for the life sciences. The addition of PulseCX presents an opportunity to accelerate growth and increase the size and capabilities of Benchworks, making it one of the largest independently owned agencies in the health care market.
Troutman Pepper’s Bruce K. Fenton, Laura Kleinberg, Raffaele Cicala, Morgan Klinzing (tax), Michael Crumbock (employee benefits), and Delia Donahue (finance) advised Benchworks in the matter.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
SAN FRANCISCO – Troutman Pepper served as pro bono counsel to the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) in an amicus brief filed in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon, Inc., and Ethicon US, LLC, v. State of California, No. 22-447. The amicus brief, which supports a petition filed by Johnson & Johnson and associated entities, urges the Court to review and reverse a California appeals court’s decision imposing over $300 million in civil penalties on a medical-device manufacturer for marketing its pelvic mesh product within the state.
The issue in this case is whether California’s Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law satisfy the fair notice requirements of the Due Process Clause by informing the public of what conduct constitutes a violation. As applied today, California’s arbitrary enforcement of broad consumer protection laws harms both businesses and consumers. Read WLF’s press release on the filing here. “It’s been an honor to work with the team at WLF on these important issues affecting California and the nation,” said Counsel Elizabeth Holt Andrews, who served as lead writer of the brief.
Andrews, who specializes in appellate work with a focus on complex commercial matters and financial services litigation, led a team of more than a dozen Troutman Pepper attorneys spanning five practice groups. The pro bono team included Barry Boise, Sean Fahey, Michael Lowe, Eric Rumanek, and Abbey Hazlett (health sciences litigation); Stephen Piepgrass, (regulatory investigations, strategy, and enforcement issues); Ben Wagner (business litigation); Jennifer Mathis, Louise McCabe, and Sheila Chen (insurance); Kaitlin O’Donnell, Moses Tincher, Dane Brody Chanove, Anais Jaccard, and Schuyler Davis (appellate).
Troutman Pepper filed the brief in support of the petition filed by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on behalf of Johnson & Johnson and several other petitioners. Celebrating its 45th year, WLF is a nonprofit, public-interest law firm and policy center with supporters nationwide.
Each year, Troutman Pepper attorneys dedicate thousands of pro bono hours in support of nonprofits, immigrants, military veterans, children, the wrongfully convicted, civil rights and social justice initiatives, and so many more. Learn more at troutman.com/pro-bono.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Troutman Pepper Senior Counsel Nina M. Gussack has been recognized among The 2022 Impact 50, a list by City & State Pennsylvania of Pennsylvanians who have dedicated their careers and lives to making the commonwealth a better, safer place to live. The recognized leaders “exemplify the optimism and idealism that are so desperately needed to help the state and its citizens persevere through challenges like the pandemic, community crises, and political factionalism.”
A nationally recognized leader of the pharmaceutical and medical device defense bar, Gussack is sought after for her ability to find effective strategies to resolve the hardest and most complex of cases. Her trial practice is concentrated in civil litigation, with a primary emphasis in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device companies regarding marketed products, investigational new drugs, medical devices, and over-the-counter drug products.
Gussack leads Troutman Pepper’s Client Development and Executive Leadership Program, which brings together a diverse group of partners and counsel for in-depth training on strengthening client relationships, growing new business, developing effective teams and attorneys, and developing leadership skills.
Gussack also serves as a fellow of The Pepper Center for Public Service, which draws on the talents of the firm’s retired partners and senior attorneys to wrestle with tough problems facing firm communities.
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About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
RICHMOND – Brooks Smith, a veteran environmental and natural resources attorney, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Membership is limited to just 1% of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Members are nominated by their peers and selected by the ABF Board.
The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities.
Smith manages the firm’s Richmond office and is involved in cutting-edge environmental and natural resources proceedings in Virginia and around the country, including litigation, enforcement defense, project development and compliance counseling. For more than 25 years, he has helped clients develop and implement compliance assurance programs designed to prevent, detect and deter violations of environmental, health, and safety laws.
Founded in 1952, the ABF is a nonprofit, independent research institute that conducts cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research that addresses critical questions at the intersection of law and society. The nonprofit is focused on advancing justice and the understanding of law. Learn more at americanbarfoundation.org.
Troutman Pepper’s Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group helps clients navigate critical environmental issues in the context of complex litigation, compliance, enforcement, and transactional matters. The group includes 40+ attorneys with valuable government, industry, and technical experience, who provide a unique perspective to address the rapidly evolving federal, state, and local environmental issues that clients face on a day-to-day basis.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at https://www.troutman.comtroutman.com.