Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advises both domestic and international clients in various transactions, including mergers, asset and strategic acquisitions, and joint ventures. The team operates across a wide array of industries, with proficiency advising HNWI’s, financial institutions, and clients in the energy sector. Experienced attorney, Ernest Wechsler heads the team from the New York office, leading the team on its prominent and highest-valued deals. Also active from the New York office, Howard Spilko is a contact in the group for deals with multi-jurisdictional aspects and Christian Witzke offers experience handling deals in the finance and tech space, as well as the IP aspects of acquisitions.
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- PBF Energy
- Invesco
- Hiscox Ltd.
- General Atomics
- Focus Financial Partners
- CRC Group
Key clients
- Alliant Insurance Services
- AmTrust Financial Services
- ATRI Insurance Services
- Bardin Hill
- BlackRock
- Richard Caring
- CRC Group
- Focus Financial Partners
- General Atomics
- Hiscox Ltd.
- Invesco
- PBF Energy
Lawyers
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Practice head
Ernest S. Wechsler
Other key lawyers
Howard Spilko; Christian Witzke