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July 24, 2006 - (Boston, MA) Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 650 lawyers in the United States and Europe, announced that finance and junior capital attorney Peter J. Antoszyk has joined the firm's Corporate Finance Group as a partner. Also joining the firm as senior counsel is attorney Michael K. Harrington, who specializes in private equity transactions. Both will be based in Proskauer's Boston office, which now has almost 80 lawyers.
Mr. Antoszyk specializes in working with national and international clients on a range of corporate finance and junior capital matters including syndicated loans, working capital loans, acquisition loans, asset-based loans, mezzanine and second lien enterprise value and mezzanine loans, and other specialty lending and distressed investing transactions. He also represents financial institutions and funds in distressed investing restructurings, workouts and insolvency proceedings. He is national director of the American Bankruptcy Institute and former chair of the organization's Finance & Banking Committee. Mr. Antoszyk comes to Proskauer from Brown Rudnick, where he was a partner in the firm's bankruptcy and finance practices.
"Peter's knowledge and experience working with major clients in all industries and sectors on a full range of finance and specialty lending transactions, coupled with his insolvency experience, make him an invaluable addition to our rapidly expanding junior capital and finance practices in Boston and firmwide," said Steven M. Ellis, Co-Chair of Proskauer's Corporate Finance Group and head of its Boston-based Corporate Group. "His addition to our finance team adds significant depth and strength to the group, bolstering what is rapidly becoming one of the nation's premier finance practices."
Mr. Antoszyk has also been named as a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" by the publisher of Law & Politics and is a past member of the national board of the Turnaround Management Association. He received his B.A. from State University of New York at Albany and his J.D. from Boston University.
Also new to Proskauer's Boston office is Michael Harrington, who joins as a senior counsel in the M&A/Private Equity Group. Mr. Harrington has experience in a wide variety of corporate matters including private equity, buyout and venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He comes from Goodwin Procter LLP, where he was a partner in the firm's Business Law Department and Private Equity Group. He received his B.A. from Williams College, his M.B.A. from Fordham University Graduate School of Business, and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Proskauer's Boston office, which was recently named the fastest growing in the city by Boston Business Journal, is home to one of the country's top private equity and finance practices, representing over 150 funds and lenders worldwide, and also boasts nationally-ranked intellectual property, litigation, labor and employment, corporate governance and transactional practices.
Proskauer's Corporate Finance Group offers more than a century of experience in legal matters that bear upon the diverse global and domestic needs of all types of lenders and financial services organizations. The firm serves as counsel, general or special, to a broad spectrum of domestic and foreign lending institutions.
Proskauer's M&A/Private Equity and Private Investment Fund Groups are comprised of a team of 100 professionals in the firm's U.S. and Paris offices with years of experience representing private investment funds in all aspects of their activities. Proskauer's representation of private investment funds includes private equity buyout funds, mezzanine funds, hedge funds, and venture capital funds, for which the firm handles matters ranging from fund formation to investments to private equity mergers and acquisitions and other complex transactions.
About Proskauer Rose
Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is an international law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide from offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Paris, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, conducting internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation. Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, information technology, insurance, internet, lodging and gaming, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. The firm can be found online at http://www.proskauer.com.
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