Leighton Yates Jr. and William Mutryn Appointed Co-Leaders of Holland & Knight’s National Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group
April 26, 2005
William J. "Bill" Mutryn- Northern Virginia
Leighton D. Yates- Orlando
ORLANDO and WASHINGTON, D.C. –
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Leighton D. Yates, Jr., a partner
in the firm’s Orlando office, and William J. “Bill” Mutryn, a partner in the
firm’s Washington, D.C. office, have recently been appointed co-leaders for the
firm’s 85-lawyer national Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group.
“Leighton and Bill both have extensive
experience successfully representing clients in complex mergers, acquisitions
and financing transactions,” said Steven Sonberg, a partner in the Miami office,
who chairs the Business Law Section at Holland & Knight. “Our clients and other
lawyers throughout the firm will benefit from their leadership role in our
national mergers and acquisitions practice.”
Yates, who previously served as the leader of
the Orlando office’s business section, practices general corporate, banking,
securities and commercial law, with particular emphasis on mergers, acquisitions
and financing transactions. Yates has practiced in Central Florida since 1974.
He is a member and past chairman of the SunTrust Bank Downtown Orlando’s
administrative board. An active community volunteer, he serves as chairman of
the board for Florida’s Blood Centers, Inc.
Mutryn represents both private and public
companies in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, stock
transactions, joint ventures and complex agreements. He has extensive experience
in organizing limited liability companies and partnerships and designing debt
and equity structures. He represents regional and national clients in such
fields as information technology, health care, government contracting, computer
software, environmental, energy, manufacturing, finance and outsourcing.
Contact: Susan Berliner, (813) 769-4326