Troutman Sanders Opens Charlotte Office
The announcement of Troutman Sanders opening a Charlotte, North Carolina office received a significant amount of news coverage. Its opening with five new partners was covered in several May 16 publications: American Lawyer, Daily Report, Charlotte Business Journal, Law360 and ABA Journal; as well as on May 19 on Bloomberg.
The new partners from K&L Gates are Walter Fisher Jr., who will be the office’s managing partner, G. Lee Cory Jr., David Jones, Patrick Ridinger and Paul Steffens. Paul will be in the firm’s corporate practice while the other four will be in the firm’s commercial real estate practice.
According to the Daily Report article, firm chairman Bob Webb said that the firm has wanted to be in Charlotte for many years but was waiting for the right opportunity. “These five partners are very highly regarded in Charlotte and North Carolina and they have national practices,” he said. Bob also commented that Charlotte would become a full-service office that would be grown quickly.
The firm’s news release on the Charlotte office opening – sent through BusinessWire – appeared on numerous websites, including Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch, Reuters, citybizlist and 4-traders, attracting more than 1,300 views.