Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome seasoned corporate attorney Robert Kritzman to its Fort Lauderdale office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Commercial Lending, Marine & Energy, and Transportation Practices. Mr. Kritzman comes to the firm from Baker Donelson.
Mr. Kritzman brings to Lewis Brisbois more than 30 years of experience in the corporate arena, where he has managed a wide variety of commercial transactions and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on the shipping and maritime industries.
Mr. Kritzman focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital start-ups, corporate governance, corporate investigations, cross-border transactions, bank financings, lease financing transactions, debt restructurings and workouts, mezzanine debt transactions and ship sale, construction, and finance transactions.
“I look forward to working with my new colleagues at Lewis Brisbois,” Mr. Kritzman said about joining the firm. “I’m excited to be within this great platform of accomplished lawyers, which will provide my clients tremendous breadth of legal expertise and geographic reach.”
Prior to re-entering private practice, Mr. Kritzman spent 17 years with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), serving first as the executive vice president and general counsel for NCL, and later as the managing director for NCL America. In these roles, he handled mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, oversaw Human Resources, managed government affairs, and guided strategic planning and development. Mr. Kritzman also led NCL’s expansion into Hawaii.
Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Michael Platner, who is also chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Corporate Practice and co-chair of its Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, expressed enthusiasm about welcoming Mr. Kritzman to the firm.
“Rob is a fantastic attorney with experience handling complicated financial transactions in the context of both the public and private sectors,” said Mr. Platner. “He also has a strong network that will provide great opportunities for the firm to build on.”
Similarly, Mr. Kritzman looks forward to helping Lewis Brisbois expand its platform, while also expanding his own practice. He explained, “I hope to take advantage of the firm’s national, multi-practice platform of 53 offices to broaden the services I can offer to existing clients and expand my client base. Lewis Brisbois offers a great opportunity for me to benefit from that platform as well as contribute to its growth.”
A graduate of the University of Florida College of Law, Mr. Kritzman is admitted to practice law before the state courts of Florida and the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
Source: lewisbrisbois.com
