What started as a relief effort for Israel has turned into a bit of rainmaking for Greenberg Traurig, leading to the firm's handling of an Israeli company's purchase of New York's Plaza Hotel. After the dot-com bust, several partners proposed they use the firm's network of clients and government agencies to help Israeli businesses. Atlanta partner Theodore I. Blum says the firmwide initiative can also serve as a model for other firms.
June 23, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
What started as a minirelief effort for Israel has turned into a bit of rainmaking for Greenberg Traurig, leading to the firm’s handling of major deals, including the purchase of New York’s famed Plaza Hotel by an Israeli company.
The effort started in 2002, when the Palestinian intifada was raging and the dot-com boom was turning to bust — a devastating blow for a country with a significant high-tech industry.
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