Loeb & Loeb LLP Announces Changes in Practice Group Leadership

Los Angeles and New York – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced changes in practice leadership positions today. Thomas N. Lawson has been named Los Angeles Chair of the firm’s Tax Department and Mitchell S. Nussbaum will Chair the Securities Group. Lawson is a partner resident in the Los Angeles office.  Nussbaum is a partner resident in the New York office.

Loeb & Loeb's Tax Group provides traditional business and individual organizational and transactional tax counseling, in addition to subspecialty work in entertainment and real estate taxation.   Several attorneys in Loeb & Loeb’s Tax Group have received recognition in the 2006 editions of the Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers and Woodward/White, Inc.'s The Best Lawyers in America®. 

Thomas N. Lawson has been an active tax law practitioner for over 28 years. His practice focuses on the representation of individuals and their businesses in connection with income and wealth transfer tax planning. He also does sophisticated tax planning for business transactions.

Loeb & Loeb’s Securities Group counsels clients on purchases and sales of equity and debt securities in negotiated transactions, Rule 144A transactions and registered public offerings, as well as advising on venture capital financings and complex cross-border financings. In 2005, Loeb & Loeb ranked in 7th place in PrivateRaise.com’s “Top 10 PIPE Investor Law Firms,” providing counsel on 14 deals totaling $98 million.

Mitchell S. Nussbaum focuses his practice on corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on representation of U.S. and foreign public corporations, investment and commercial banks, private emerging growth companies in public and private financings (equity and debt), and federal securities law compliance. 

Loeb & Loeb has a long and rich history in the Mergers and Acquisitions area.  Formation of the M & A group gives recognition to the growth of the firm’s practice in representing strategic buyers and sellers of businesses and the increasing complexity of joint venture and other strategic partnerships, including cross-boarder deals.

Loeb & Loeb's Mergers and Acquisitions Group handles the full range of merger and acquisition activities for public and private companies, concentrating on middle-market transactions. Our attorneys represent buyers, sellers, investors, stockholder groups, boards of directors, special committees and financial advisors in structuring, negotiating, documenting and consummating a variety of business combinations.    Transactions cover a broad range of industries and include an emphasis on internet, other technologies, media and marketing communications companies. 

About Loeb & Loeb LLP:   Loeb & Loeb LLP is a multiservice national law firm with 230 attorneys and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Nashville. The firm is recognized as a leading law firm in the areas of corporate and securities matters; litigation; entertainment and media law; finance; real estate; intellectual property; private equity; employment; advertising and promotions and tax and wealth services.

Our clients include some of the world’s largest financial institutions, major media and entertainment companies, advertising groups, real estate companies, and Big Four accounting firms, as well as many high-net-worth individuals.