Olshan Names New Partners to Corporate and Bankruptcy Groups and Of Counsel to Corporate Group

NEW YORK, January 2, 2013 - As noted in the New York Law Journal and Crain's, Olshan announced today that Elizabeth R. Gonzalez and Jordanna L. Nadritch have been named partners, and Jonathan H. Deblinger has been named Of Counsel at the firm.

“We are proud to welcome Elizabeth and Jordanna to the partnership and Jonathan as Of Counsel to the firm," said Robert L. Frome, a partner at Olshan.  "These outstanding attorneys have proven to be excellent practitioners in their respective areas, and will continue to make an enormous contribution to the firm and our clients.”

Elizabeth R. Gonzalez (33) has become a partner in the Corporate Group and regularly assists both public and privately-held companies in capital raising transactions, tender and exchange offers, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and securities law matters, including SEC reporting and corporate governance.  Ms. Gonzalez also represents and provides strategic guidance to hedge funds and other investors in proxy contests and other shareholder activist situations and works closely with the firm's Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Group in connection with the purchase and sale of assets in financially distressed and bankrupt companies.

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Olshan, a law firm based in New York, represents major businesses and entrepreneurs in their most significant transactions, problems and opportunities.  Olshan’s clients range from public companies, hedge, venture capital, private equity and other investment funds to entrepreneurs and private companies worldwide.  Clients choose Olshan for innovative strategies and sophisticated, game-changing advice in corporate, securities law and shareholder activism, advertising, complex commercial, corporate and securities litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, real estate, and intellectual property.  Since its founding, Olshan has offered an alternative to the AmLaw 50 law firm business model with responsive, independent and client-focused legal counsel provided by the firm’s senior lawyers.  The National Law Journal recently designated Olshan as one of the top 20 midsize law firms in the U.S. on NLJ’s 2012 Midsize Hot List.