Large companies outside the city have already opened offices in Miami, such as Reed Smith and Polsinelli in the 2010s. But this series of inputs could herald a larger influx. „The range for talent-level people, in terms of prices that would fit well, and the types of clients that some of these firms want to see, is limited,” said Joshua Dull, a Miami-based partner at legal recruitment firm Major, Lindsey & Africa. But Miami always starts with a historically smaller legal market and lawyer talent pool than many other cities where large corporations have built their ranks. Kirkland & Ellis and Winston & Strawn`s recent office openings in Miami make it the latest popular city for large law firms eager to track the migration of lawyers and clients south during the COVID-19 pandemic. „Obviously, it has not escaped our notice that during the pandemic, Wall Street firms have moved some of their operations to South Florida,” said Randy Bassett, managing partner of King & Spalding`s Miami office, which opened earlier this year. Private equity giant Apollo Global Management caused a stir last year when it announced it would open an outpost in South Florida to attract and retain talent. The company is temporarily moving to downtown Miami, leased by Greenberg Traurig, one of the largest companies founded in Florida. The lawyers in our Corporate Reorganization and Financial Restructuring group work with each client, whether a debtor, trustee, lender or other creditor, to develop strategies to extract maximum value from a troubled business while achieving each client`s objectives. Clients rely on the firm`s extensive reorganization experience as one of the most active bankruptcy practices in the U.S. with a national team of dozens of bankruptcy lawyers in multiple jurisdictions.

Davis, who has led the Miami-founded firm`s headquarters for more than a decade, has been a mainstay of Miami`s tech scene, representing cybersecurity firm Appgate, Inc., IT infrastructure provider Terremark Worldwide, Inc. and growth equity firm Medina Capital in various transactions. Financial firms Elliott Management Corp, Thoma Bravo and Citadel all said they were flocking south. Duane Morris lawyers represent employers of all sizes in a wide range of employment and employment matters, including equal opportunity and litigation compliance, legal compliance, litigation and termination. The firm`s lawyers provide a wide range of industrial relations services and represent clients in organizing drives, proceedings before the National Labour Relations Board, labour contract negotiations and disputes over employment contract provisions. The Group assists employers in the protection of their protected information and in the application of non-competition and non-solicitation clauses. Duane Morris` lawyers focus on guidelines for preventing employment problems through problem prevention programs and services, including seminars and workshops, customized training programs, and employment practice checks. The price difference could be a challenge for law firms, which are used to punishing clients more deeply elsewhere.

Lawyers in Duane Morris` Private Client Services practice group represent a wide range of close-net worth business owners and other high-net-worth individuals with respect to their personal and professional planning. The firm provides estates, trusts, wealth planning and related litigation to individuals, business owners, not-for-profit organizations and trustees. Private Client Services lawyers have extensive experience in dealing with deceased estates, trust tax matters, trusts and family matters. Throughout any client relationship, Duane Morris` lawyers work to minimize tax risk and implement creative strategies to preserve capital and transfer resources within the client`s family and future generations. The firm also provides all aspects of fiduciary litigation services related to the administration of estates, trusts and guardianships. Duane Morris is a corporate lawyer who advises young and mature companies on a variety of corporate, securities and financial matters. The firm represents clients in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including negotiated acquisitions and divestitures, hostile acquisitions and defense against takeover attempts. Our lawyers have experience in venture capital and private equity transactions and work with our corporate clients to develop and execute creative strategies to achieve their corporate finance and acquisition objectives. Our lawyers regularly assist close-knit companies with strategic planning, equity incentives and succession planning. We represent listed and NASDAQ clients in connection with securities offerings and advise listed companies on compliance with securities laws, continuous reporting requirements and corporate governance matters. In addition, Duane Morris Lawyers represents clients in numerous transaction types covering almost all aspects of municipal, project and structured financing.

The firm`s lawyers have extensive experience in financing corporate, municipal and financial institutions on projects in Florida, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America and beyond. The group also includes Suarez, who does his job as mayor of the city and at the same time works for the company. He has made attracting tech companies and promoting digital assets an important part of his mayoral platform. Duane Morris` intellectual property lawyers recognize the importance of clients` intellectual capital to the success of their businesses and understand how they can enforce intellectual property rights to increase opportunities for clients to increase their market share. The firm`s experience includes trademark and copyright law, patent matters and trademark protection at home and abroad. Kirkland & Ellis, the world`s largest law firm, and Winston & Strawn announced Thursday the opening of new offices in Miami. They are the latest in a wave of large law firms that are expected to continue moving to the Magic City, which has seen an influx of private equity and technology firms in recent years. „In the very tough war for talent that exists right now, if you find a high-performing team, if you find practice groups that have good strong client relationships, you`re going to pursue them,” said Michael McKenney, senior client advisor for Citi Private Bank`s group of law firms.

Our Miami-based lawyers are part of the firm`s national healthcare practice group representing individual and institutional providers in addressing the challenges posed by legislative and economic reform in today`s healthcare sector. We are a national leader in developing innovative and creative ways to help healthcare clients increase profitability and protect their assets. Our healthcare lawyers advise a wide range of healthcare organizations, hospitals and clinical professionals on regulatory and corporate matters, contractual and commercial disputes, employment and employment law, real estate, compliance, managed care, notarization, reimbursement and tax matters. We act as general and special counsel for a diverse group of healthcare institutions, professionals, not-for-profit organizations and for-profit companies serving the healthcare industry across the country. Our Miami attorneys provide transactional, tax, and business advice to healthcare clients, as well as representation in litigation before administrative, state, federal and appellate courts. In addition, we represent clients and act as arbitrators and mediators in hearings of all kinds on complex medical/legal and managed care issues. With more than 160 lawyers, our legal team represents all of the firm`s core practices. Our lawyers advise local, national and international companies in a wide range of key industries and sectors that drive business, including aviation, entertainment, financial institutions, healthcare, international finance, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, retail and technology. Kirkland, Winston & Strawn join major law firms flocking to Miami Remote work during the pandemic period has allowed some lawyers to move to Miami for personal reasons, such as the warm climate and no state income tax, followed by law firms, legal industry observers said. The Greenberg Traurig Miami Real Estate 3D map (opened in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge) visually highlights the company`s impact on the growth of Miami`s urban core by representing the major real estate projects and buildings we`ve been involved in. Click on the map to learn more about how Greenberg Traurig Miami Real Estate and Land Use lawyers helped shape Miami`s skyline. „They`ve seen other companies enter this market, and the motivation to look at this market, I think, has evolved with the market itself,” said Enrique Martin, who left Jones Day to lead Winston & Strawn`s new Miami office.

Miami is Big Law`s new destination as the city looks to reshape itself and businesses follow customers as they move south.