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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 Launches 2025 Middle-Market Private Equity Report
As the year unfolds, our comprehensive survey of over 100 US middle-market private equity investors reveals the challenges and opportunities in a volatile economic landscape.
Katten Team Represents Moser Holdings, LLC in Agreement to Sell Subsidiary to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.
A Katten team represented Moser Holdings, LLC in its definitive agreement to sell all of the capital stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, Moser Acquisition, Inc., to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. Moser Holdings, LLC is a portfolio company of Hilltop Holdings Inc.
International Philanthropy: Considerations for the Globally Minded Donor
Published by the NYSBA Trust and Estates Law Section Journal, Partner Cynthia Reed Altcheck and Associate Christina Romero share insights for engaging in global philanthropy and implications on US income tax deductions.
Katten Represents PRISM Vision Group in Definitive Agreement to Sell Controlling Interest to McKesson
A Katten team represented PRISM Vision Group, LLC in its acquisition by McKesson Corporation. PRISM signed a definitive agreement to sell an 80 percent controlling interest to McKesson Corporation, with PRISM physicians and management retaining a 20 percent stake.
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 Launches 2025 Middle-Market Private Equity Report
As the year unfolds, our comprehensive survey of over 100 US middle-market private equity investors reveals the challenges and opportunities in a volatile economic landscape.
Katten Team Represents Moser Holdings, LLC in Agreement to Sell Subsidiary to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.
A Katten team represented Moser Holdings, LLC in its definitive agreement to sell all of the capital stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, Moser Acquisition, Inc., to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. Moser Holdings, LLC is a portfolio company of Hilltop Holdings Inc.
International Philanthropy: Considerations for the Globally Minded Donor
Published by the NYSBA Trust and Estates Law Section Journal, Partner Cynthia Reed Altcheck and Associate Christina Romero share insights for engaging in global philanthropy and implications on US income tax deductions.
Katten Represents PRISM Vision Group in Definitive Agreement to Sell Controlling Interest to McKesson
A Katten team represented PRISM Vision Group, LLC in its acquisition by McKesson Corporation. PRISM signed a definitive agreement to sell an 80 percent controlling interest to McKesson Corporation, with PRISM physicians and management retaining a 20 percent stake.
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.
Ben Griffith Rejoins Katten Health Care Team in Chicago
Katten announced that Ben Griffith, a top attorney at GI Alliance, has returned to the firm as a partner in its Chicago Health Care practice. Griffith has a national practice advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly those in the health care space.
Katten Scores High Marks in Chambers Global 2025 Guide
Katten is proud to announce that the firm and its attorneys were ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global. In addition to several attorneys being recognized, Katten was ranked in the following practice areas: Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded; Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS; Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS; Derivatives; and Hedge Funds.
Katten Appoints Seth Messner to Head DC Office
Katten announced that leading Structured Finance and Securitization attorney Seth M. Messner is the new managing partner of the firm's Washington, DC office, replacing Timothy J. Lynes, who led the office for eight years.
American Lawyer's Legal Speak Podcast Discusses Mentoring With Susan Light
Partner and Broker-Dealer Regulation Co-Chair Susan Light appeared on an episode of American Lawyer's Legal Speak, discussing the importance of mentorship in the legal profession. Sue is a recipient of Katten's 2024 John P. Sieger Excellence in Mentoring Award for her commitment throughout her career to mentoring younger attorneys.
Katten Adds Top Tax Strategist to Private Wealth Practice in Dallas
John Collins III has joined its Dallas office as a partner in the distinguished Private Wealth practice. He has more than 20 years of experience working extensively in estate tax planning, designing and implementing strategies that traverse traditional estate and wealth transfer planning.
Ben Griffith Rejoins Katten Health Care Team in Chicago
Katten announced that Ben Griffith, a top attorney at GI Alliance, has returned to the firm as a partner in its Chicago Health Care practice. Griffith has a national practice advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly those in the health care space.
Katten Scores High Marks in Chambers Global 2025 Guide
Katten is proud to announce that the firm and its attorneys were ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global. In addition to several attorneys being recognized, Katten was ranked in the following practice areas: Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded; Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS; Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS; Derivatives; and Hedge Funds.
Katten Appoints Seth Messner to Head DC Office
Katten announced that leading Structured Finance and Securitization attorney Seth M. Messner is the new managing partner of the firm's Washington, DC office, replacing Timothy J. Lynes, who led the office for eight years.
American Lawyer's Legal Speak Podcast Discusses Mentoring With Susan Light
Partner and Broker-Dealer Regulation Co-Chair Susan Light appeared on an episode of American Lawyer's Legal Speak, discussing the importance of mentorship in the legal profession. Sue is a recipient of Katten's 2024 John P. Sieger Excellence in Mentoring Award for her commitment throughout her career to mentoring younger attorneys.
Katten Adds Top Tax Strategist to Private Wealth Practice in Dallas
John Collins III has joined its Dallas office as a partner in the distinguished Private Wealth practice. He has more than 20 years of experience working extensively in estate tax planning, designing and implementing strategies that traverse traditional estate and wealth transfer planning.
Ben Griffith Rejoins Katten Health Care Team in Chicago
Katten announced that Ben Griffith, a top attorney at GI Alliance, has returned to the firm as a partner in its Chicago Health Care practice. Griffith has a national practice advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly those in the health care space.
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 Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Katten observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 28 by hosting Holocaust survivor Ernest "Ernie" Brod as part of its Perspectives Speaker Series.
ISDA Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Industry Pioneers Including Former Executive Director Carolyn Jackson
IQ, ISDA's magazine, spoke with derivatives pioneers, including Katten's own Carolyn Jackson, on important milestones in ISDA's history. Carolyn, who served as ISDA's first female Executive Director in the late 90s, shared her experience and insights from throughout her career and the evolution of the derivatives market.
2024 Pro Bono Annual Review, Pro Bono at Its Peak: A Year of Transformational Impact
Our 2024 Pro Bono Annual Review highlights a banner year of pro bono service at Katten. This review showcases the breadth of our pro bono achievements, including litigation victories, deals and transactions for numerous nonprofit organizations, immigration support clinics, community service and volunteerism.
Diversity is a reality. Inclusion is a choice.
We are committed to having the brightest lawyers on our team, and we recognize that the best talent is diverse in many ways, including gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, and ability.
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 Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Katten observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 28 by hosting Holocaust survivor Ernest "Ernie" Brod as part of its Perspectives Speaker Series.
ISDA Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Industry Pioneers Including Former Executive Director Carolyn Jackson
IQ, ISDA's magazine, spoke with derivatives pioneers, including Katten's own Carolyn Jackson, on important milestones in ISDA's history. Carolyn, who served as ISDA's first female Executive Director in the late 90s, shared her experience and insights from throughout her career and the evolution of the derivatives market.
2024 Pro Bono Annual Review, Pro Bono at Its Peak: A Year of Transformational Impact
Our 2024 Pro Bono Annual Review highlights a banner year of pro bono service at Katten. This review showcases the breadth of our pro bono achievements, including litigation victories, deals and transactions for numerous nonprofit organizations, immigration support clinics, community service and volunteerism.
Diversity is a reality. Inclusion is a choice.
We are committed to having the brightest lawyers on our team, and we recognize that the best talent is diverse in many ways, including gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, and ability.
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.