Gunster

Managing Shareholder: H. William "Bill" Perry

Firm Overview:

Gunster. Florida's Law Firm for Leaders.
As a full-service law firm, Gunster provides legal counsel to leading organizations and individuals from its 13 offices statewide. Gunster clients include startups and mid-market businesses, Fortune 100 companies, and international corporations, as well as prominent individuals and families—from healthcare and financial services to energy and hospitality. As a Florida powerhouse with a national brand, the firm serves clients across the state, the nation, and global markets.

Key Areas of Practice:

Appellate

Gunster’s state and federal court Appellate attorneys design strategy from the early stages of litigation through the appeals process, and are focused on defending victory or overturning error for clients.

Banking & Financial Services

Gunster assists with a broad range of matters in Florida and internationally, including formation of banking and financial service entities, mergers and acquisitions, lending, licensing, foreclosures, lender liability, bankruptcy, technology, employment, SEC compliance, and tax.

Business Litigation

Gunster attorneys litigate the full spectrum of commercial law disputes and also serve as arbitrators and mediators not only in the U.S., but also internationally. Some key areas of litigation include internal investigations for public and private corporations and audit committees, employment law, class action defense, and professional malpractice.

Construction

Gunster advises construction industry clients on issues such as contract drafting and analysis, commercial and residential design defects, liens and bonds, bid protests, Miller Act claims and class actions, as well as delay, inefficiency and scheduling matters.

Corporate

Gunster advises on the full array of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, business entity selection and structuring, joint ventures and strategic alliances, executive compensation, corporate finance, private equity investment, intellectual property, securities offerings, compliance, and corporate governance. Clients range from small businesses in early round financings to major corporations with national and cross‐border transactions.

eDiscovery

Composed of skilled litigators, data technicians, and project managers, Gunster’s Discovery Strategy team has earned a reputation as a leader in the field. Regarded as one of the largest, most experienced, and most innovative groups in the nation, our team manages some of the most complex, data-intensive cases across the U.S. and beyond. Using cutting-edge technologies and advanced analytics, we consistently deliver efficient, defensible, and cost-effective solutions.

Environmental & Land Use

Gunster attorneys are committed to designing solutions to substantive environmental, land use, development, and property rights challenges. Their experience includes water use, air quality, waste regulatory issues, government development approvals, developments of regional impact, comprehensive plan amendments, and property rights defense.

Family Office & Generational Wealth

Serving as the epicenter of legal affairs, Gunster assembles tailored teams of trusted advisors to guide high-net-worth individuals, their families, and enterprises in managing legal needs across operating businesses, investment vehicles, foundations, and philanthropic initiatives.

Healthcare

Gunster attorneys have direct experience working with state and federal health care regulators. They represent healthcare entities in matters such as practice acquisitions, managed care litigation, professional licensure defense, facility construction, peer review, and credentialing. They are focused on overcoming the often complicated obstacles associated with the healthcare industry.

Immigration

Gunster advises clients regarding employment-based visas (temporary and permanent). We represent foreign investors and counsel organizations on their immigration-related policies, procedures, and compliance issues. We have experience in European, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries, and work on both inbound and outbound business immigration matters.

Labor & Employment

The firm advises employers on preventive counseling and proactive human resources practices, traditional labor law matters, single-plaintiff and class-action employment litigation, trial and appellate matters, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Gunster litigators defend clients in state and federal courts and in administrative proceedings for claims ranging from wage-and-hour disputes to disability and discrimination claims to employment contracts and benefits matters.

Private Wealth Services

Gunster counsels individuals, families, owners of privately held companies, fiduciaries, and beneficiaries on preserving their wealth and safeguarding their personal and business assets. The team focuses on designing creative solutions to even the most complicated trust and estate planning initiatives, asset protection and business succession planning, and probate, trust, and guardianship litigation. In addition to planning and litigation, the Family Office team is committed to delivering a 360-degree approach to helping our clients establish, develop, and maintain family offices and their assets.

Real Estate

Gunster’s real estate lawyers advise on all types of real estate assets, including commercial, residential, industrial, multifamily, and mixed‐use. They counsel real estate industry clients in acquisitions and dispositions, construction, finance, debt restructuring and distressed assets, leasing and management, property rights and eminent domain, low-income housing, as well as all types of real estate-related litigation.

Tax

Gunster attorneys advise on structuring complex transactions that focus on tax efficiencies for businesses, exempt entities, and individuals. They advise on international, federal, and Florida tax law. The firm counsels clients on compliance and planning regarding the formation of business entities, special purpose entities, nonprofits, and joint ventures, and in structuring executive compensation and employee benefit plans.