Katten

Banking and Finance Law

I have worked extensively with John Krol and Neil Shelton of Katten, and both are extremely helpful, responsive and plugged into the market, which are all important items when dealing with current market conditions, timelines and competitiveness.

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

I have worked w katten for nearly 30 years, henry bregstein in particular. I have also been involved w many of the most recognizable brand name law firms in the country. I am unequivocal in my view that henry represents the most compelling combination of a well versed deep legal mind with a commercial orientation. Henry always picks up his own line, always on the first ring, and is 24/7 for his clients. He also brings to bear whatever katten resources are required in order to get the job done in the most timely, thoughtful, and cost-effective manner.

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

We have had a great experience with Katten's private funds work/group. In particular, Lance Zinman has been outstanding to work with in every aspect.

Commercial Litigation

Katten provides excellent client service. New York partner David Crichlow seamlessly coordinated internal subject matter experts and provided knowledgeable and pragmatic advice and counsel.

Litigation - Securities

Bruce and his securities litigation team are the always my top choice for securities litigation matters and I refer them to all our portfolio companies as well.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Katten has helped us achieve quick resolutions on copyright and trademark disputes.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Kristen Achterhoff's background as a TM litigator provides her with the unique ability to accurately assess risks when clearing marks. Her work for us has been outstanding.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

My experience with Katten's Chicago intellectual property litigators has been excellent. They have a very detailed knowledge of the area, are cost-effective, very responsive and collaborative.

Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television

Very few people are as knowledgeable as David in the area of intellectual property rights for the entertainment industry. We rely on him regularly for his expertise and practical guidance. He is excellent and I would not hesitate to recommend him.

Trademark Law

Katten's Trademark lawyers have been incredibly helpful in navigating the evolving trademark and trade identity aspects of business. Their counsel has been invaluable. I have dealt with trademark issues in the past, and this has been by far the only truly professional experience.

Real Estate Law

The Katten team is very diligent and responsive to questions. While I know they have other clients, I always feel like a priority.

Banking and Finance Law

The partner at Katten whom I have worked with most recently is Glen Lim. Glen is smart and professional, and he is focused on getting the deal done. Clients on both ends appreciate having legal counsel that is reasonable and goal-oriented and not discussing endless theoretical possibilities. I have always appreciated Glen's willingness to talk through points.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

I have found the Katten team to be incredibly responsive, available and focused on business oriented favorable solutions. The team is pragmatic while being tough when needed. They have solid depth throughout the firm so they can appropriately staff deals. I look forward to continuing to work with the Katten team.

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Katten are wonderful lawyers, results-oriented, strategic and thoughtful.

Litigation - Securities

Katten is one of the best securities litigation defense firms in the business. They are responsive, collegial and effective. Well done!

Litigation - Intellectual Property

We love work with this firm. Always efficient and excellent

Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television

Katten attorney David Halberstadter is a go-to expert for the most difficult, high-profile issues in the film and television industry. He is a highly trusted resource and a consummate professional.

Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television

David Halberstadter of Katten is our go-to attorney in any matters that require in-depth expertise concerning the intricacies of the Copyright Act.

Real Estate Law

Work with Ken Lore and his team at Katten. He is a good friend and great attorney.

Real Estate Law

Kenneth Lore provides a rare combination of subject matter expertise, responsiveness and unrelenting advocacy for his clients. A true gem.

Trusts & Estates Law

I am continually impressed by Katten, and Josh Rubenstein in particular, with whom I have been working for more than a decade. I am an English barrister and so do not instruct, but rather work with, the firm. I am able to say with conviction that Katten is excellent.

Derivatives and Futures Law

Katten is the ideal law firm in the futures space. They have decades of trusted experience, are quick to respond and are not afraid to give direct answers and guidance. They have close relationships with our regulators and can ask questions anonymously on our behalf and service the majority of banks in our industry, so they can provide guidance on industry-wide practices and offer a reasonable retainer. On top of that all, they are just pleasant colleagues to work with!

Health Care Law

Kenya Woodruff leads a great team at Katten and she is extremely knowledgeable and responsive!

Health Care Law

My experience was with Lisa Genecov who was very professional and timely with all of my questions and comments regarding my contract. She was extremely knowledgable and deep in her experience with my issues. She was never late or missed conference calls or zooms. She responded by when or before she said she would. I could not have been more pleased. Chuck Stokes

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

I have worked with Katten for over ten years. They are very knowledgeable and consistently provide high-quality service.

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

I have been working with Katten for years. They are by far the best firm. I used to spread my work, but their expertise is so strong across the board and they collaborate so well that I keep it all with them. Wendy Cohen is the partner I work with on everything, and she cares as much about protecting our interests as we do!

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Known and worked with them for some 30 years. Their IP group is exceptional and I have referred them to many clients all of whom spoke highly of their work

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Floyd Mandel of Katten is a first-class trademark litigator and portfolio brand expert. His judgment is wise, his attention to detail is thorough, and his strategic insight is masterful. He brings experience, forward-thinking vision and true expertise to every matter. I refer cases to Floyd and consider him a critical go-to resource, especially for the issues that are difficult, tricky and/or of first impression. Even across our miles and firms, I consider him one of my "partners."

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Katten is highly experienced and responsive. We use them regularly.

Real Estate Law

Katten provides excellent service and competence with respect to borrower representation in real estate finance transactions, particularly those involving tax-exempt bond financing and Low Income Housing Tax Credits. In New York, they are in a league of their own with respect to dealing with the City and State bond issuing agencies.

Real Estate Law

Katten is absolutely one of the best firms we have ever engaged with respect to real estate transactions and affordable housing expertise. We recommend Katten highly.

Securities Regulation

Susan Light, Michael Lohnes, and others at Katten have been exceptional from their knowledge and expertise, responsiveness, and their professionalism.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

My experience with both offices of Katten was exemplary. Extremely knowledgeable, excellent at explaining complex legal/ Bankruptcy issues. Very helpful walking Special Committee members through complicated legal issues. Would be very pleased to work with them again on any complicated distress position. Very prompt in responses and available to discuss issues as they arose. Extremely pleased with their advice and representation.

Derivatives and Futures Law

Katten is an excellent law firm that is very responsive and has a deep bench of attorneys and excellent expertise. Gary DeWaal, Carl Kennedy and many others are excellent. Great business partnership with Katten. They find time and excellent solutions.

Derivatives and Futures Law

As you can tell from my responses above, I am extremely pleased with Katten. In particular, I would like to call out Gary Dewaal and Dan Davis. They have been excellent and can't say enough good about them.

Health Care Law

Joseph Willey of Katten, the lead attorney on my matters, is and leads a group of attorneys who are head and shoulders above their local competition. The breadth and depth of knowledge of the relevant law and regulations is unmatched.

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Excellent work on a complicated, three-company merger in the alcoholic beverage industry. Responsive and helpful. Critical partners to make things digestible for a small sell-side team that did not have a lot of extra staffing or bandwidth. They also got a buy-side team comfortable with a new deal structure they had not previously used, which delivered a lot of value. Partners Chris Atkinson and Josh Feiger were great, as was their deep bench of efficient, knowledgeable specialists and associates.

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

Lance Zinman of Katten is hands down the best hedge funds lawyer around. Lance is much, much more than a lawyer and is a true consigliere.

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

I would best describe their viewpoint and commitment to us as advocate and partner. They have an apex knowledge of private funds and hedge fund law combined with deep experience working across the full regulatory and commercial ecosystem with which they intersect. Together, these form pillars of trust and faith in their representing us.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

The team at Katten are A+ structured finance lawyers. I've never dealt with an issue that they couldn't help solve and they are always a pleasure to deal with along the way. Joe Topolski, in particular, is among the finest lawyers that I've ever worked with. Joe could be a rock star, serving in Congress, or running his own company; his charisma is unlimited and his enthusiasm for solving problems is electric. Whenever I have an important issue facing my company or our deals, I turn to Joe for advice and counsel.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Kristin Achterhof of Katten is always looking for the most cost-effective and practical solution to every problem. An in-house counsel's dream!

Patent Law

I've been working with Deepro Mukerjee and Lance Soderstrom at Katten since 2016 following a recommendation from a London firm. Excellent IP knowledge and what's important to my company. Unless they're in court, responsiveness in measured in minutes even allowing for a 5 hours time difference. My first port of call for all US legal issues, not just IP. Highly recommended.

Real Estate Law

Katten has represented me for over 18 years, and have handled my complicated transactions. This past year, we completed two large deals that were extremely difficult. I could not have thought of a better firm to have represented Fetner Properties.

Trusts & Estates Law

We have used Katten for our legal work for almost 30 years. Michael Hartz our lead attorney is one of the best we think in the country. We could not rate the firm and Michael any higher than we have. Thank you

Trusts & Estates Law

Josh Rubenstein of Katten is simply the best.

Securities Regulation

The team at Katten give us confidence and comfort in regulatory environment that is overly aggressive, impractical and heavy handed!

Banking and Finance Law

In my experience, the Chicago attorneys at Katten are the top lender-side, middle-market attorneys in our industry. Specifically, attorneys such as Jen Wolfe and Neil Shelton have a deep understanding of the market and current documentation standards. They are incredibly responsive, fair and balanced with their lender clients and when dealing with opposing counsel, and they represent strong partners for our firm. I have nothing but the highest praise for the consistently outstanding work that they produce.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Katten is the best special committee legal advisor in the restructuring vertical.

Corporate Law

Excellent work on a complicated, three-company merger in the alcoholic beverage industry. Responsive and helpful. Critical partners to make things digestible for a small sell-side team that did not have a lot of extra staffing or bandwidth. They also got a buy-side team comfortable with a new deal structure they had not previously used, which delivered a lot of value. Partners Chris Atkinson and Josh Feiger were great, as was their deep bench of efficient, knowledgeable specialists and associates.

Health Care Law

The healthcare and white collar team at Katten are some of the most knowledgeable and experienced lawyers in their space - especially in the Dallas office. Their ability to think outside the box on complex matters is above any other legal team I have come across in my twenty plus years - as a former lawyer and a healthcare compliance expert. I find them highly professional and take each client with high regard and the most professional manner possible. I have not only recommended them to majority of my clients in the various practice areas related to healthcare (white collar, litigation and transactional) but will continue to do so as they are an exceptional team of individuals. Individuals that are exceptional and have gone above and beyond the norm are Barrett Howell, Brandon McCarthy and Ryan Meyer and Kenya Woodruff.

Health Care Law

Brandon McCarthy is the best lawyer in the DFW area. Great attorney and human being. Thanks for everything

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

Lance Zinman of Katten is a great funds lawyer and very practical. He provides actionable advice versus some other firms that merely reiterate the law without putting the advice in factual context.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Katten's Securitization and Structured Finance Law team has a deep bench and is excellent from top to bottom. Katten's lawyers invest the time to understand our business and our goals and tailor analysis and results to achieve those ends. They excel at thinking outside the box while also serving as cool, practical advisors.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

With Katten representing us on both securitized and structured transactions, it gives us a comfort level with the subject matter expertise contribution from our legal counsel which takes some of the burden off our team. We also know they are going to be able to support or refute what is often explained as "market" when changes to language or practice are presented. Katten adds value to our brand when involved with our finance transactions.

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Outstanding performance from Katten in terms of board of director representation in complex bankruptcy litigation matters, both in terms of expertise and service-orientation. Would use Katten again in a heartbeat and would strongly recommend the team.

Trademark Law

Karen Ash of Katten is excellent. Her advice is always practical, thoughtful and smart. She has tremendous know-how and experience. Coupled with her other attributes, it is a winning combination.

Real Estate Law

Katten has outstanding team depth and did not miss a beat during COVID.

Trusts & Estates Law

Katten is knowledgeable, creative and thorough.

Securities Regulation

Gary De Waal is a remarkable one-of-a kind attorney, and his team has been great. His colleague Susan Light was also extremely helpful in a complex area with little case law.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Katten is consistently excellent.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Katten has a market leading bankruptcy practice led by Steve Reisman. Steve and his team provide expert advice in a practical and deal-oriented approach. They are wonderful with clients and know the best way to get to a deal is by working together.

Derivatives and Futures Law

The team at Katten is one of the most knowledgeable in the industry. We trust them to give us considered, commercial advice and rely on their collective experience to come to the best decisions on our legal matters.

Health Care Law

The Katten team has remarkable depth and expertise on Medicaid and Medicare financing and many other matters. The quality of the work they provide is excellent. They have high integrity and a responsive team.

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Excellent work on a complicated, three-company merger in the alcoholic beverage industry. Responsive and helpful. Critical partners to make things digestible for a small sell-side team that did not have a lot of extra staffing or bandwidth. They also got a buy-side team comfortable with a new deal structure they had not previously used, which delivered a lot of value. Partners Chris Atkinson and Josh Feiger were great, as was their deep bench of efficient, knowledgeable specialists and associates.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Katten provides outstanding legal work in Securitization and Structured Finance Law. They provide thought leadership and are willing to challenge the boundaries where appropriate, which makes a real difference to our company. They really understand our business model and how to make it work in the structured products industry. Katten provides outstanding and innovative program development support with partner and expert involvement on new matters. Katten provides well-balanced and excellent support and staffing on routine transactions.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Floyd Mandell and his team at Katten are very knowledgeable and responsive, and they do a nice job of pushing the work down to the most cost-effective resource.

Trademark Law

Katten is our Go To firm for many legal issues, but they are particularly important to us in the area of international intellectual property. They respond very quickly with practical and cost effective advise whenever we have an issue and have been very successful in pursuing our objectives.

Real Estate Law

I prefer to use Katten for our largest and most complicated transactions since I know they will have the resources and expertise to handle them.

Real Estate Law

Outstanding service and deep industry knowledge and experience by our partner in charge. He operates like a true partner in our business with his depth of understanding of our business and culture over many years of service to us. We will continue to work closely together for many years ahead. From Chairman and Managing Partner of client firm

Real Estate Law

I worked extensively for several years with Ken Lore while I was Executive Chairman of Edison Properties. Ken is a terrific lawyer who is a real pleasure to work with. He is based in Washington DC but much of his practice in the New York area.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Katten's Bankruptcy Group is led by a dynamic and committed leader in Steven Reisman. The team works well together and is very responsive, thorough and smart.

Health Care Law

Katten did excellent work in representing us in an investigation on a topic that was new to medicine in the middle of the pandemic. They did so in a very timely manner since we were under a very tight timeline. Their research into the situation was excellent. I would highly recommend Katten to anyone having issues with health care law.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Katten's Securitization group is one of the best out there. Chris DiAngelo is an endless resource and a true pleasure to work with. Shan Haider brings expertise to the MSR space, and John Sun always impresses as a senior associate. Katten knows the industry and knows its clients.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

The Structured Finance team at Katten is one of the best and most innovative legal teams for both public and private securitizations as well as esoteric specialty finance transactions. Over the past several years, I have had the pleasure of working with the Structured Finance team at Katten on multiple closings in both commercial and consumer asset classes; and I must say that we could not have been happier and more confident in the teams' ability to find prudent solutions to complicated legal challenges and getting deals to the finish line.

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Katten has a premier white collar team. They are not only knowledgeable and skilled but also have excellent judgment.

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Alan Brudner and Peter Wilson both provide quality representation in global investigations and enforcement actions. They handle extremely large jobs with great diligence. They are both very responsive and communicate well. We trust their judgement.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

My interactions with Katten are always positive. The legal advice is effective and business focused.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

The trademark and copyright litigation practice that Katten has in Chicago is superb. Their lawyers are experienced, cost-efficient, and a pleasure to work with.

Litigation - Real Estate

Katten are go to litigators for complex construction matters. Highly intelligent, committed, and driven to succeed on their client's behalf.

Litigation - Bankruptcy

We worked on very large and complex bankruptcy and Katten set a strong standard for organized and thorough briefings on developments from the start. Iwould relish the opportunity to have them represent me or any entity I was representing in the future in any complicated distress situation.

Trademark Law

Karen Artz Ash at Katten has been our go-to trademark counsel for over 14 years. I continue to be impressed with her responsiveness and ability to fully understand business and address our issues in an efficient manner.

Securities Regulation

Mark Goldstein of Katten is one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. He is smart, thoughtful, responsive and practical.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

I have worked with Katten on several matters where they represented me in my capacity as an independent director. They have first-class expertise and provide top-notch service all around.

Derivatives and Futures Law

Dan Davis with Katten has been a valuable partner for our company. Katten's network of other practice areas, such as their robust intellectual property practice, has also been really valuable.

Derivatives and Futures Law

The entire firm is top notch, extremely knowledgeable and courteous. A special shoutout to Gary Dewaal who is a cut above all!

Health Care Law

The healthcare/life sciences group at Katten is excellent. They are knowledgeable and responsive, and for a larger firm, they are surprisingly cost-effective. Joseph Willey, the attorney with whom I work most often, is one of the best attorneys with whom I have ever worked! He assists my organization with healthcare and ethics related matters and does so in the most professional way possible. I highly recommend Katten for healthcare/life sciences related matters and Mr. Willey in particular.

Health Care Law

Katten is very knowledgeable in health care business associations. They are well connected and do excellent research in order to effectively lead projects. They are also very mindful of gender and race inclusion, which is appreciated.

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Our company has worked with the Katten team for many years, and the firm is our exclusive structured finance law firm in the United States. The Katten team is very professional and extremely knowledgeable about all of our platforms as well as the overall structured finance market. Attorneys on the team are truly experts in the field. The Katten team is highly responsive to inquiries and proactive with providing guidance on new trends or regulatory requirements.

Commercial Litigation

David Crichlow of Katten is one of the finest lawyers and people I know. He always pays attention to our best interests and gives 100% all the time. Michael Chiusano is an up-and-coming litigator who works with David and who has the same attitude and commitment. They make a great team.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Floyd Mandell and Carolyn Passen of Katten were great to work with. Their level of professionalism is unmatched.

Litigation - Intellectual Property

All lawyers at Katten are super reactive and very professional Always a pleasure to work with the Katten team

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Great work generally from I.P., life sciences, and complex litigation specialists Brian Sodikoff, Matt Holub, and Martin Masar. Deep litigation experience in the highest-stake cases, as well as M&A experience in life sciences. Very few attorneys have experience with both billion-dollar litigation and billion-dollar-mergers, but the diversity of their experience shows. Management for this group is realistic, grounded, business-savvy, and deeply technically skilled. I would trust (and do) trust them with any litigation business, but especially the highest stake cases. You couldn’t be in better hands.

Real Estate Law

I have worked with Katten's attorneys for almost 25 years. Their service is excellent and their expertise unparalleled, especially Alvin Katz in the real estate group. I highly recommend Katten.

Real Estate Law

Christine Fitzgerald at Katten is our lead closing attorney. She's a pros pro. Very experienced, knowledgeable, responsive, and easy to work with at a price that is cost effective. She gets how the business is run and is helpful at working with difficult clients and resolving complex issues. She leads the team at Katten that does our work and makes everything work like a well oiled machine. Very happy that our originations team in LA made the introduction.

Trusts & Estates Law

Ronni Davidowitz is the attorney whom I know best in trusts & estates law at Katten, and she is very knowledgeable, experienced and responsive. She is a leader in this area and very well-respected in the field.

Trusts & Estates Law

Working with Katten is always a pleasure. They are some of the most skilled and intelligent attorneys I have worked with, but I think the most marked characteristic of their work is that they seek practical, efficient and emotionally intelligent solutions as well.