Tracy F. Buffer

Counsel

Tracy Buffer focuses her practice on corporate transactions and securities laws. She represents issuers and investment banks in initial p...

Lauren E. VanderDrift

Counsel

Lauren VanderDrift’s practice focuses on counseling private and public companies on a wide range of complex transactions and legal challe...

Bianka V. Barraza

Counsel

Bianka Barraza is counsel in the firm’s Corporate practice group. She represents public and private companies in a broad range of corpora...

Kale Pasch

Associate

Kale Pasch works on a variety of corporate matters, including fund formation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and other c...

Michael T.G. Long

Partner

Recognized for his tenacity, creativity, and sound judgment, Michael T.G. Long (“Mike”) is a trusted advisor, problem solver, and skilled...

June 06,2024 | Staying Compliant: Understanding the New QPAM Exemption Rules

In today’s episode, Andrew E. Graw, Megan Monson, and Jessica I. Kriegsfeld address the U.S. Department of Labor’s final amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14, commonly known as the QPAM exemption, and its implications for...

May 16,2024 | Deferred Compensation: A Primer on Section 409A of the Code and Why it Matters

On this episode of “Just Compensation,” the hosts provide an introduction into Section 409A, the complicated tax code provision that governs non-qualified deferred compensation: when does it apply, how do you comply with it, what are the exception...

August 16,2022 | The New Value Defense

In this episode of Lowenstein’s Bankruptcy Lowdown, Eric Chafetz and Phillip Khezri of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring Department discuss a recent Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the post-petition reservation for, or paym...

July 25,2022 | Understanding the Additional Risks When Making a Ransomware Payment

Ken Fishkin talks to Doreen M. Edelman and Christian C. Contardo of the firm’s Global Trade & National Security practice, about ransomware and the risks of making payments when data is held for ransom, such as exposure to expensive penalties a...

July 12,2022 | The Constitutionality of Increased Trustee Fees In Bankruptcy

Today, Lowenstein's Michael Savetsky and Erica G. Mannix discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, which held that the statutory amendment that increased the fees a Chapter 11 debtor pay into the United States Tr...