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The Second Trump Administration: Legal News and Regulatory Developments
Katten's "Second Trump Administration: Legal News and Regulatory Developments" resource center provides comprehensive analysis, authoritative commentary and concise summaries of both anticipated and recent developments.
Katten Represents WB Waste Solutions in Acquisition by Waste Management
A Katten team led by Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Partner Peter Bogdanow represented WB Waste Solutions in its acquisition by Waste Management. Prior to this sale, Katten handled several acquisitions and other strategic transactions for WB Waste Solutions for over seven years.
Katten Client Launches First US Perpetual Futures Contract
Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement Partner Matthew Kluchenek advised Bitnomial Exchange, LLC on the myriad and complex regulatory issues pertaining to its self-certification of the first perpetual futures contracts ever listed on a US exchange.
Katten Counsels Heartisan Foods in Sale to The Gellert Global Group
A Katten team served as legal counsel to Heartisan Foods, an omni-channel market leader in smoked, flavored, and kosher all-natural cheese, in its sale to The Gellert Global Group, a global leader in specialty food importation and the parent company of Atalanta Corporation, one of North America’s largest privately held food importers.
Katten Team Represents The Av8 Group in Sale to Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings
A Katten team led by Partner and Co-Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity J. David Washburn represented The Av8 Group (Av8) in its sale to Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings. The equity sale transaction aligns Av8, a Federal Aviation Administration parts manufacturer approval (PMA) development company, with companies under the Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings umbrella that collectively offer more than 3,500 proprietary PMA parts.
The Second Trump Administration: Legal News and Regulatory Developments
Katten's "Second Trump Administration: Legal News and Regulatory Developments" resource center provides comprehensive analysis, authoritative commentary and concise summaries of both anticipated and recent developments.
Katten Represents WB Waste Solutions in Acquisition by Waste Management
A Katten team led by Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Partner Peter Bogdanow represented WB Waste Solutions in its acquisition by Waste Management. Prior to this sale, Katten handled several acquisitions and other strategic transactions for WB Waste Solutions for over seven years.
Katten Client Launches First US Perpetual Futures Contract
Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement Partner Matthew Kluchenek advised Bitnomial Exchange, LLC on the myriad and complex regulatory issues pertaining to its self-certification of the first perpetual futures contracts ever listed on a US exchange.
Katten Counsels Heartisan Foods in Sale to The Gellert Global Group
A Katten team served as legal counsel to Heartisan Foods, an omni-channel market leader in smoked, flavored, and kosher all-natural cheese, in its sale to The Gellert Global Group, a global leader in specialty food importation and the parent company of Atalanta Corporation, one of North America’s largest privately held food importers.
Katten Team Represents The Av8 Group in Sale to Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings
A Katten team led by Partner and Co-Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity J. David Washburn represented The Av8 Group (Av8) in its sale to Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings. The equity sale transaction aligns Av8, a Federal Aviation Administration parts manufacturer approval (PMA) development company, with companies under the Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings umbrella that collectively offer more than 3,500 proprietary PMA parts.
The Second Trump Administration: Legal News and Regulatory Developments
Katten's "Second Trump Administration: Legal News and Regulatory Developments" resource center provides comprehensive analysis, authoritative commentary and concise summaries of both anticipated and recent developments.
Ronni Davidowitz Featured in Citywealth Leaders List 60-Second Interview
Private Wealth Partner and Head of Katten's New York Private Wealth Department, Ronni Davidowitz was recently featured in a Citywealth Leaders List Q&A. The discussion covered Ronni's perspectives on the most important skills for an estate planning attorney, trends she’s noticing among her clients and highlights of her work.
Katten Recognized as Global Patent Leader in IAM Patent 1000
Katten announced that the firm’s Intellectual Property practice, along with five of its leading patent attorneys, were recognized in IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2025, a directory that identifies the world’s leading patent professionals.
Katten Authors Receive Top Honor in Mondaq's Spring Thought Leadership Awards
The Spring 2025 Thought Leadership Awards by Mondaq, showcasing the platform’s top authors based on total readership between October 2024 and March 2025, recognized several Katten attorneys as thought leaders, including Partners Wayne Aaron, James Brady, Daniel Davis, Christina Grigorian, Carl Kennedy, Susan Light, Stephen Morris, Jonathan Rotenberg and Lance Zinman. Associates honored included Zachary Beal, Nicholas Gervasi, Alexander Kim, Eli Krasnow and Gabriella Wieck.
Katten's Leading Structured Finance Team Adds Karen Anzalone
Katten announced that Karen Anzalone has joined its Structured Finance and Securitization practice as a partner, expanding the group's nationally recognized commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) capabilities.
Ronni Davidowitz Featured in Citywealth Leaders List 60-Second Interview
Private Wealth Partner and Head of Katten's New York Private Wealth Department, Ronni Davidowitz was recently featured in a Citywealth Leaders List Q&A. The discussion covered Ronni's perspectives on the most important skills for an estate planning attorney, trends she’s noticing among her clients and highlights of her work.
Katten Recognized as Global Patent Leader in IAM Patent 1000
Katten announced that the firm’s Intellectual Property practice, along with five of its leading patent attorneys, were recognized in IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2025, a directory that identifies the world’s leading patent professionals.
Katten Authors Receive Top Honor in Mondaq's Spring Thought Leadership Awards
The Spring 2025 Thought Leadership Awards by Mondaq, showcasing the platform’s top authors based on total readership between October 2024 and March 2025, recognized several Katten attorneys as thought leaders, including Partners Wayne Aaron, James Brady, Daniel Davis, Christina Grigorian, Carl Kennedy, Susan Light, Stephen Morris, Jonathan Rotenberg and Lance Zinman. Associates honored included Zachary Beal, Nicholas Gervasi, Alexander Kim, Eli Krasnow and Gabriella Wieck.
Katten's Leading Structured Finance Team Adds Karen Anzalone
Katten announced that Karen Anzalone has joined its Structured Finance and Securitization practice as a partner, expanding the group's nationally recognized commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) capabilities.
Ronni Davidowitz Featured in Citywealth Leaders List 60-Second Interview
Private Wealth Partner and Head of Katten's New York Private Wealth Department, Ronni Davidowitz was recently featured in a Citywealth Leaders List Q&A. The discussion covered Ronni's perspectives on the most important skills for an estate planning attorney, trends she’s noticing among her clients and highlights of her work.
Recognizing that our attorneys are at the heart of our business
If you're seeking to join a firm where you can enjoy exceptional career opportunities, as well as the resources to help you take your personal and professional goals to the next level, take a closer look at Katten.
Katten Hosts Qian Julie Wang in Celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month
The firm welcomed Qian Julie Wang, a litigator and New York Times bestselling author, as a featured guest in its Perspectives Speaker Series during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month.
Katten Welcomes Shiza Shahid in Honor of Women's History Month
Katten celebrated Women's History Month with Shiza Shahid, a social activist and entrepreneur, as a featured guest in its Perspectives Speaker Series. The discussion covered Shahid's work as the founding CEO of the Malala Fund.
Katten Celebrates US Black History Month With Clint Smith
Katten hosted award-winning author, poet and scholar Clint Smith as a featured speaker for its US Black History Month program as part of its Perspectives Speaker Series. The discussion covered how the historical context of slavery is connected to the labor of Black people in the modern era.
Inclusion Brings Out the Best in Everyone
We're committed to fostering a culture of inclusion because we know that when talented people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences come together, our clients benefit from deeper insight and better solutions.
Recognizing that our attorneys are at the heart of our business
If you're seeking to join a firm where you can enjoy exceptional career opportunities, as well as the resources to help you take your personal and professional goals to the next level, take a closer look at Katten.
Katten Hosts Qian Julie Wang in Celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month
The firm welcomed Qian Julie Wang, a litigator and New York Times bestselling author, as a featured guest in its Perspectives Speaker Series during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month.
Katten Welcomes Shiza Shahid in Honor of Women's History Month
Katten celebrated Women's History Month with Shiza Shahid, a social activist and entrepreneur, as a featured guest in its Perspectives Speaker Series. The discussion covered Shahid's work as the founding CEO of the Malala Fund.
Katten Celebrates US Black History Month With Clint Smith
Katten hosted award-winning author, poet and scholar Clint Smith as a featured speaker for its US Black History Month program as part of its Perspectives Speaker Series. The discussion covered how the historical context of slavery is connected to the labor of Black people in the modern era.
Inclusion Brings Out the Best in Everyone
We're committed to fostering a culture of inclusion because we know that when talented people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences come together, our clients benefit from deeper insight and better solutions.
Recognizing that our attorneys are at the heart of our business
If you're seeking to join a firm where you can enjoy exceptional career opportunities, as well as the resources to help you take your personal and professional goals to the next level, take a closer look at Katten.
Case Studies
Marathon Music Royalties Dispute Ends in Estate Victory
Zia F. Modabber, Managing Partner of Katten’s California offices and leader of Katten’s Entertainment and Media Litigation practice, Partner Tami Kameda Sims and Associate Leah E.A. Solomon, along with co-counsel at Kinsella Weitzman and Greines Martin, successfully represented Michael Jackson’s Estate in a seven-year long dispute over royalties from Jackson’s albums Off The Wall, Thriller, and Bad.
Four Deals in One: Buyer Group Acquires Majority Stake in Charlotte Hornets
Sports and Sports Facilities Partner Daniel H. Render led a Katten team in representing the new majority owners of the Charlotte Hornets in their acquisition of a controlling interest in the team from basketball superstar Michael Jordan. The complex, high-value, high-stakes transaction meant the end of Jordan's 13-year majority ownership of the team.
The buyer group was led by Gabe Plotkin, a hedge fund founder and manager, and Rick Schnall, a private equity firm president, and included rapper J. Cole and country music artist Eric Church, as well as Dan Sundheim, Chris Shumway, Ian Loring, Dyal HomeCourt Partners, Andrew Schwartzberg and local Charlotte-based investors Amy Dawson and Damian Mills.
Pinstripes Bowls Onto National Experiential Dining Scene With NYSE Debut
In June of 2023, Northbrook, Illinois-based Pinstripes Inc., which at the time had 13 locations in eight states and Washington, DC, announced plans to go public with a large-scale expansion of its experiential dining and entertainment brand combining bistro, bowling, bocce and private event space. As part of its growth strategy, Pinstripes is filling holes left by disappearing big-box shopping mall anchors, revitalizing retail spaces with its brand of dining and entertainment and hosting events that range from company outings and birthday parties to weddings.
Tapped by Partner Christopher Atkinson, Co-Chair of Katten's Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, Capital Markets Partner Mark Wood led the legal team that helped Pinstripes go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Banyan Acquisition Corporation (Banyan). The deal, which closed at the end of 2023, valued Pinstripes at approximately $380 million, based upon a value of $10 ascribed to each SPAC share. The transaction included an equity investment of over $20 million directly in Pinstripes by Middleton Partners, a Chicago-based investment firm, and a debt investment of $50 million in the combined company by Oaktree Capital Management. The deal closed on schedule, with Pinstripes' common stock commencing trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 2, 2024.
First Independent Swap Data Repository Is Granted CFTC Registration
Financial Markets and Funds attorneys Carl Kennedy, James Brady, and Gary DeWaal led the team successfully guiding KOR — a trade data processing and management platform for derivatives markets — in its registration application with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The approval marked several firsts, the first registration for an independent and cloud-native swap data repository (SDR); the CFTC's first SDR registered in eight years; and the first SDR registration approval by the CFTC since the agency amended its SDR rules in 2020. The registration enabled KOR to provide full SDR service for all asset classes and client segments.
KOR claims it has created a uniquely modern, user friendly approach to complying with reporting obligations.
Marathon Music Royalties Dispute Ends in Estate Victory
Zia F. Modabber, Managing Partner of Katten’s California offices and leader of Katten’s Entertainment and Media Litigation practice, Partner Tami Kameda Sims and Associate Leah E.A. Solomon, along with co-counsel at Kinsella Weitzman and Greines Martin, successfully represented Michael Jackson’s Estate in a seven-year long dispute over royalties from Jackson’s albums Off The Wall, Thriller, and Bad.
Four Deals in One: Buyer Group Acquires Majority Stake in Charlotte Hornets
Sports and Sports Facilities Partner Daniel H. Render led a Katten team in representing the new majority owners of the Charlotte Hornets in their acquisition of a controlling interest in the team from basketball superstar Michael Jordan. The complex, high-value, high-stakes transaction meant the end of Jordan's 13-year majority ownership of the team.
The buyer group was led by Gabe Plotkin, a hedge fund founder and manager, and Rick Schnall, a private equity firm president, and included rapper J. Cole and country music artist Eric Church, as well as Dan Sundheim, Chris Shumway, Ian Loring, Dyal HomeCourt Partners, Andrew Schwartzberg and local Charlotte-based investors Amy Dawson and Damian Mills.
Pinstripes Bowls Onto National Experiential Dining Scene With NYSE Debut
In June of 2023, Northbrook, Illinois-based Pinstripes Inc., which at the time had 13 locations in eight states and Washington, DC, announced plans to go public with a large-scale expansion of its experiential dining and entertainment brand combining bistro, bowling, bocce and private event space. As part of its growth strategy, Pinstripes is filling holes left by disappearing big-box shopping mall anchors, revitalizing retail spaces with its brand of dining and entertainment and hosting events that range from company outings and birthday parties to weddings.
Tapped by Partner Christopher Atkinson, Co-Chair of Katten's Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, Capital Markets Partner Mark Wood led the legal team that helped Pinstripes go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Banyan Acquisition Corporation (Banyan). The deal, which closed at the end of 2023, valued Pinstripes at approximately $380 million, based upon a value of $10 ascribed to each SPAC share. The transaction included an equity investment of over $20 million directly in Pinstripes by Middleton Partners, a Chicago-based investment firm, and a debt investment of $50 million in the combined company by Oaktree Capital Management. The deal closed on schedule, with Pinstripes' common stock commencing trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 2, 2024.
First Independent Swap Data Repository Is Granted CFTC Registration
Financial Markets and Funds attorneys Carl Kennedy, James Brady, and Gary DeWaal led the team successfully guiding KOR — a trade data processing and management platform for derivatives markets — in its registration application with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The approval marked several firsts, the first registration for an independent and cloud-native swap data repository (SDR); the CFTC's first SDR registered in eight years; and the first SDR registration approval by the CFTC since the agency amended its SDR rules in 2020. The registration enabled KOR to provide full SDR service for all asset classes and client segments.
KOR claims it has created a uniquely modern, user friendly approach to complying with reporting obligations.
Marathon Music Royalties Dispute Ends in Estate Victory
Zia F. Modabber, Managing Partner of Katten’s California offices and leader of Katten’s Entertainment and Media Litigation practice, Partner Tami Kameda Sims and Associate Leah E.A. Solomon, along with co-counsel at Kinsella Weitzman and Greines Martin, successfully represented Michael Jackson’s Estate in a seven-year long dispute over royalties from Jackson’s albums Off The Wall, Thriller, and Bad.