Lawyers in United States

Joel Hugenberger

Joel A. Hugenberger advises clients on project finance, project development and tax equity transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors with a particular emphasis on transactions relating to renewable energy. Joel represents tax equity investors, sponsors, developers, borrowers, lenders and arrangers in the financing of complex energy and infrastructure projects, domestically and internationally, and in the structuring and negotiation of various secured and unsecured loan facilities, joint ventures and tax equity investment structures. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/hugenberger-joel-a/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Joel Karni Schmidt

Partner. Joel is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee with over 25 years’ experience handling trademark and copyright clearance, filing strategies, prosecution, management, and enforcement, resolving complex problems and disputes, managing the intellectual property aspects of initial public offerings, brand acquisitions, strategic alliances, co-branding, licensing, and bankruptcies and reorganizations. Joel regularly represents some of the most well-known brands in the world with respect to complex global trademark and copyright matters.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Joel Lander

Partner and Regional Leader - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Joel Levin

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Joel Mack

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

Latham & Watkins

Joel May

Partner

Jones Day

Joel Ocampo

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Joel Rothstein

Shareholder, Chair of Asia Real Estate Practice

Greenberg Traurig

Joel Rubinstein

Partner

White & Case LLP

Joel Smith

Executive Managing Partner

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Joel Telpner

Joel is a highly-regarded trailblazer in the fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency space. Joel's clients’ size and nature vary from governments, top cryptocurrencies, and large enterprises to smaller startups, who describe him as a "very sharp and very experienced partner" who is "super pragmatic" and can "sort through the chaff and get to the nub of things impressively quickly." His representative client work includes advising the Marshall Islands in creating digital sovereign currencies; helping to launch ndau, a buoyant stablecoin virtual currency; structuring for Gita Holdings/GreatX a structured, principal-protected tokenized investment product allowing investors to obtain upside exposure to hotel room blocks in various hotel properties; as well as providing regulatory advice to prominent blockchain projects including Aeternity, IOTA, NEM, and Celsius. Being recognized worldwide as an authority on blockchain and digital asset issues, Joel currently sits on several of the industry’s leading research groups and has spoken extensively worldwide. He works on global regulatory policy initiatives for the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Blockchain Research Institute, the Global Blockchain Business Council, Wharton Reg@Tech, and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance’s Legal Working Group. He co-founded the Stablecoin Foundation, a global trade association for stablecoins in October 2018. Joel was recognized by Chambers and Partners as one of 13 leading Fintech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency lawyers in the United States and as one of the six leading Fintech lawyers in the United States by the Legal 500. He was also named Law360’s 2020 Fintech MVP. His ability to express new and extremely complex legal issues in plain English has made Joel a go-to source for clients as well as conferences and reporters around the world. In the past, he has spoken at the World Economic Forum's Blockchain Central in Davos, Harvard Law School, the Government of the Bahamas and the Carnegie Corporation, and been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Reuters, and CoinDesk, among others.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Joel Thielen

Associate

Vedder

Joel Vander Vliet

Partner

Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP

Joel Wattenbarger

Partner

Ropes & Gray LLP

Joel Weinberger

Joel Weinberger advises funds, public companies, private equity sponsors, and their portfolio companies on complex securitization, structured finance, secured lending, and receivables transactions across diverse asset classes. Joel draws on extensive experience on a range of transactions to guide clients through secured structured lending, securitization, and structured credit investment transactions. Joel advises clients on matters involving: ABS backed by equipment loans, consumer loans, manufactured housing loans, and various esoteric assets Trade receivables platforms, factoring and forward flow arrangements, and multi-jurisdictional receivables sales Bankruptcy-remote SPV structuring, true sale, and substantive consolidation considerations Sponsor-driven, bankruptcy-adjacent financings, and liability management transactions Joel also regularly helps clients navigate structured financings that deploy non-traditional collateral packages. He brings a commercial, solutions-oriented approach to multidisciplinary matters to deliver successful outcomes for sponsor-backed platforms. Prior to joining Latham, Joel was a partner at another global law firm.

Latham & Watkins

Joel Weiner

Some of the most prominent companies in the entertainment business turn to Joel Weiner to handle disputes across a broad range of subject matter. With nearly 30 years of litigation experience and vast industry knowledge, he has been trusted by companies like NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Endemol Shine Group, Telemundo and Excel Sports Management with high-profile lawsuits involving series, films and other valuable entertainment properties. The entertainment industry is a magnet for creative disputes. Joel represents motion picture studios, television networks, production companies and talent on the full spectrum of litigation issues. He frequently handles cases involving copyright, contract, accounting, and business tort claims, as well as personal claims against high-profile entertainers, directors and professional athletes. Some of his recent matters have involved popular reality series such as "The Biggest Loser," "Keeping Up With the Kardiashians," and "Ghost Hunters," as well as scripted series like "Heroes," celebrity talk shows like "The Wendy Williams Show," and films like "Ted" and "Machete." Whether he's defending a studio accused of idea theft, interpreting an entertainment industry contract or asserting a producer's First Amendment rights, Joel adjusts his strategies to the particular business needs of his client. In some instances, those business needs call for avoiding the cost, risk and public attention that comes with taking a case to trial. He has won numerous anti-SLAPP motions with fee awards, motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, and has mediated or arbitrated many disputes confidentially. In other matters, Joel stands ready to take cases all through trial and beyond, drawing on his substantial appellate experience. Outside the entertainment industry, Joel represents clients in business litigation involving contract disputes, interference with contract, insurance issues, environmental claims, employment disputes and real estate investment fraud claims, among other areas.

Katten

Joel Williamson

Partner

Mayer Brown

Joelle Milov

Partner. Joelle represents clients in all aspects of securing and defending intellectual property rights: She assists clients in prosecuting and enforcing their trademarks domestically and internationally. She also has extensive experience in intellectual property litigations in federal courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as well as domain name disputes brought by UDRP. Additionally, Joelle has significant experience in litigating cases in New York State Courts and has represented clients and served as local counsel in general commercial cases in these venues. She represents clients in a wide range of industries, including those in the music, food, financial services, consumer products, and professional sports industries.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Johan (Has) V. Brigham

Latham & Watkins

Johanna Rae Hudgens

Winston Taylor

Johanna Schmitt

Johanna Schmitt is an intellectual property partner in Kirkland’s New York office. Her practice focuses on intellectual property law, specifically copyright, trademark, trade dress, domain name, false advertising, licensing and contract issues. She counsels clients regarding the acquisition and retention of intellectual property rights (including Internet issues) and also litigates disputes related to such rights. She has extensive experience with managing trademark portfolios, trademark prosecution and proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Johanna was recognized for Trademarks: Litigation, Copyright, and Media and Entertainment in The Legal 500 U.S. She has served on multiple INTA committees, including most recently on the committee for non-traditional marks.

Norton Rose Fulbright

John (Jack) Creedon

Partner, Global Co-head of Real Estate Investments and Transactions Group

Ropes & Gray LLP

John A. Bonnet III

Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

John Allan

Partner

Jones Day