Lawyers in United States

Amy Peters

Partner

King & Spalding

Amy Quartarolo

Litigation & Trial Counsel

Latham & Watkins

Amy R. Forbes

Amy R. Forbes is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She has spent her entire legal career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and previously served as co-chair of the firm’s Land Use Practice Group, on the firm’s Executive Committee and as the co-partner in charge of the Los Angeles office. Amy focuses her practice on land use planning issues, including zoning, planning, the California Environmental Quality Act, and sports facilities. The primary focus of her land use practice is at the administrative level, including the negotiation of agreements with local governments and public agencies, the supervision of the preparation of environmental documentation, the processing of entitlements through public hearings and community meetings and other administrative proceedings, as well as legal issues associated with project development and construction. Representative clients include The Los Angeles Clippers, The Kroenke Group, Five Point Communities, Berggruen Institute, and the Sakioka Company.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Amy R. Rigdon

Amy Rigdon advises clients on the formation and operation of a variety of traditional and non-traditional private investment vehicles, including private equity funds, co-investment funds, GP-led secondaries, and sponsor arrangements and governance. Amy delivers creative and pragmatic counsel to a variety of participants in the funds space, including private equity firms, established and emerging fund managers, and institutional investors. Her experience ranges across fund types and investment areas, with a particular focus on energy and renewable funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, and private credit funds. Amy’s work includes: Fundraising private investment funds and co-investment vehicles, both in the US and internationally Internal sponsor arrangements and governance GP-led secondary transactions Portfolio company acquisitions and divestitures, and management equity arrangements Compliance issues Drawing on her experience advising SPACs since 2015, Amy frequently handles arrangements in connection with SPAC IPOs. Her work encompasses more than US$3 billion in SPAC IPO proceeds, including the first-ever Mexican SPAC. Amy regularly speaks and writes on topics related to investment funds, institutional investing, and securities issues. Amy has served in several firm leadership roles, including as Co-Chair of the Women Enriching Business Committee in the Washington, D.C. office. Amy also actively supports a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. Among her efforts, she served as Co-Chair of the organization’s Generous Associate Campaign for several years. Amy ’s involvement in this initiative earned her recognition as part of the group that won the Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of Washington, D.C.’s 2018 Young Lawyer of the Year award. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Stetson University.

Latham & Watkins

Amy Roma

Partner

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Amy Saharia

Williams & Connolly LLP

Amy Sheridan

Amy Sheridan, a member of the firm's Management Committee, concentrates her practice in the employee benefits and executive compensation area and is experienced in designing, structuring and addressing documentation and compliance issues for compensation and benefit arrangements. She has broad expertise with regulatory and tax requirements related to welfare plans (including the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA privacy and security requirements), qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and IRAs. A lecturer on Executive Compensation at Boston University Law School's Graduate Tax Program, Amy designs and reviews nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements and is noted for her skill and deep knowledge of Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A, 457(f) and 457A and tax rules related to equity arrangements. She has been recognized for her work in structuring novel and creative deferred compensation, bonus and phantom equity arrangements and is a thought-leader on post-Dobbs legal developments and their impact on employee benefit plan arrangements. Amy has worked with clients in the financial technology and blockchain, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, professional services, education, financial services, hotel and hospitality, esports and gaming, media and not-for-profit sectors and regularly advises domestic and multinational companies ranging from start-ups to public companies. Amy was selected to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 “Top Women of Law.” In 2022, Amy was chosen by the National Law Journal as an Employment Law Trailblazer. She has been ranked by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America® and The Legal 500 U.S.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Amy Tranckino

Amy Tranckino is retired from the firm and is now Of Counsel. As a seasoned deal lawyer, clients appreciated Amy's creative, solutions-oriented approach to complex business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, tax credit financings and partnership ventures. Business Law & Taxation Amy advised clients ranging from family owned businesses to public companies in many diverse industries such as organic food and beverage, healthcare, consumer goods, energy, professional services and real estate. Qualified Opportunity Funds Amy closely followed developments in the opportunity zone space and frequently advises developers, investors and sponsors on structuring opportunity zone transactions. Her experience included structuring numerous qualified opportunity funds and related investments in qualified opportunity zone businesses throughout the country. Tax Credit Deals Amy advised developers, investors and lenders in connection with affordable housing, historic, energy and new markets tax credit projects (primary responsibility for over $800 million in tax credit equity financings).

Sheppard

Amy Van Gelder

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Amy Ward Pershkow

Shareholder

Vedder

Amy Wigmore

Partner in WilmerHale's Washington DC Office

WilmerHale

Amy Williams

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Amy Wilson

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Amy Wollensack

Amy Wollensack represents private equity and other corporate clients in a wide range of complex transactions including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, recapitalizations, joint ventures, going private transactions, PIPEs, venture capital and growth equity investments and other transactions. Amy also advises on corporate governance matters. She has extensive experience representing clients in domestic and cross border transactions in a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including health care, life sciences, technology, entertainment, logistics, media, consumer products, food and beverage, franchise, automotive, software, manufacturing, financial services, agriculture, defense and hospitality. As a result, she can anticipate and address industry-unique issues that often arise in the transaction process and structure the transactions efficiently. To learn more about Amy, please visit her profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/amy-wollensack.html.

Akin

Amy de La Lama

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions Chair - Global Data Privacy and Security Practice Global Practice Group Leader – Technology, Commercial and Government Affairs

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Ana Estrada

Associate

Mayer Brown

Ana Kim

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Ana Maria Gutiérrez

Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Ana O'Brien

Tax Partner

Latham & Watkins

Analisa Dillingham

Analisa Dillingham advises clients on their highest profile matters involving insurance regulation and transactions. Analisa helps clients navigate all aspects of insurance regulatory matters, including those relating to: Formations Licensings Investments Reporting Reinsurance Captive insurers Governance issues She draws on extensive transactional experience to guide clients — including financial institutions and insurers — on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, and capital markets transactions in both the property and casualty insurance and life and health insurance sectors.

Latham & Watkins

Anand S. Raman

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Anastasia Cembrovska

Anastasia’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, in state and federal courts. Anastasia has worked on high-profile matters including creditor rights and adversary bankruptcy matters, antitrust class actions, white collar matters, and contract disputes. Find out more: https://pallasllp.com/team/anastasia-cembrovska

Pallas Partners LLP

Anastasia Zhadina

Partner. Anastasia concentrates on patent and trademark counseling, patent preparation and prosecution in the areas of materials, mechanical and electro-mechanical technologies, such as optical devices and fuel cell systems and components.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Anastasios Kastrinakis

Anastasios G. Kastrinakis practices in the areas of international, corporate and partnership taxation. His practice focuses on cross-border tax planning and taxation of cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions and related issues, including investment fund formation and private equity transactions. Mr. Kastrinakis is vice chair of the Tax Practice. Mr. Kastrinakis advises individuals, corporations, partnerships, family offices and investment funds on the structure and tax aspects of various cross border transactions, particularly inbound transactions. He also advises non-U.S. persons and investment funds on the tax aspects of investing in U.S. real estate, including tax issues pertaining to Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act ("FIRPTA"). Mr. Kastrinakis also advises businesses on tax aspects of cross border operations and cross-border tax optimization strategies and planning. He represents numerous foreign family offices, companies and investment funds, particularly based in Latin America, on U.S. tax issues. On the domestic side, Kastrinakis provides tax advice to buyers and sellers in private transactions, including purchases and sales of partnerships and S corporations. In addition, he advises non-U.S. individuals and families on pre-immigration tax planning. He represents numerous family offices and private equity funds based in Latin America and China on U.S. tax issues related to real estate and other private equity investments in the U.S.

Duane Morris LLP