Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the growth of the Litigation Practice Group in New York with Massimo D’Angelo. He advances Akerman’s real estate strengths representing landlords, owners, tenants and tenant groups, bringing experience in dispute resolutions surrounding force majeure, contract negotiations, tenant-landlord conflicts, and business interruption insurance and coverage. D’Angelo joins the firm from Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. in New York.

“Massimo’s unique courtroom perspective tackling cases on behalf of real estate giants will be immensely beneficial to our clients, who are increasingly facing real estate litigation brought on by the pandemic,” said Lawrence Rochefort, Litigation Practice Group Chair. “He adds important depth to our national litigation practice and a new dimension of industry experience to our leading real estate team in New York.”

D’Angelo focuses his practice on real estate litigation and transactional work. He represents condominium and cooperative boards on matters related to general corporate governance and he serves as lead trial counsel for boards and developers on construction defect cases. D’Angelo regularly represents commercial and residential landlords in connection with complex real estate litigation matters and advises clients in connection with real estate administrative and environmental proceedings. D’Angelo has extensive experience in conducting trials and arguing appeals in both state and federal court.

D’Angelo is fluent in Italian and conversant in French and Spanish.