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Chicago Corporate Duo Completes Merger of Agencies Serving the
Developmentally Disabled
Chicago partner
Oscar David
and associate
Emily Mraz
represented South
Suburban Training and Rehabilitation Services (“SouthSTAR”) throughout
its merger with New Hope Center, Inc. The newly formed entity, New Star
Services, Inc. , will continue the merged entities’ mission and form one of
the largest agencies in the greater Chicago/Northwest Indiana area serving
the developmentally disabled. The merger strengthens the social services
resources available to vulnerable individuals throughout the area. The Winston
team negotiated the merger agreement, prepared the necessary consents and
resolutions, and counseled the client’s board at length concerning the various
steps needed to complete the transaction. This is the third merger agreement
that this team has completed since 2013.
New York Real Estate Team Expedites Lease for Thrift Store
New York partner
Bill Lang
and associate
Stephen Litz
represented a coop that
operates a thrift store in its lease negotiation for a new store location. The client
came to the team only a few weeks before its existing lease on a space in upper
Manhattan came due. Within days, the team negotiated a tenant-friendly lease
agreement that allowed the client to move out of its current location and into
a new location. The client is currently in possession of the new space and has
scheduled a grand opening for August 1, 2016.
Paris Associate Louis-Romain Riché Selected for Prestigious La
Conférence des Avocats du Barreau de Paris
Paris associate
Louis-Romain Rich
é
won a pleading competition among lawyers with five years or less
experience and was selected by the Paris Bar to serve on the prestigious Conférence des Avocats du Barreau
de Paris. Dating back to 1708, La Conférence was created to provide only 12 young lawyers an intensive
development opportunity on an annual basis through the representation of indigent persons accused of various
crimes. Later, when the Paris Bar sought to broaden its relations with foreign
bar associations, it deployed La Conférence as ambassador of the bar. In
keeping with the grand tradition of La Conférence, during his term Louis-
Romain defended nearly 40 persons accused of various serious crimes, and
also visited principally French-speaking bar associations in Ouagadougou
(Burkina Faso), Cotonou (Benin), Québec, Brussels, Geneva, and Lausanne, as
well asforeign bar associations based in Shanghai, Tehran, Isfahan, Istanbul,
and Chicago.
Louis-Romain Riché
Emily Mraz
Stephen Litz