Bob Grammig Named Practice Group Leader at Holland & Knight
March 15, 2005
Robert J. "Bob" Grammig- Tampa
MIAMI – Holland & Knight LLP announced today that partner Robert “Bob”
Grammig has been named to head the firm''s Securities and Public Companies
Practice Group. The Securities and Public Companies Practice Group, which is
part of the Firm''s Business Law Section, is comprised of more than 70 attorneys
nationally, and focuses primarily on the needs of public company clients
including capital markets activities, corporate governance and M&A transactions.
Grammig, of the firm’s Tampa office, is widely known in the field of
corporate and securities law. He has served as lead counsel on initial public
offerings and secondary offerings representing both issuers and underwriters for
over 20 years. In addition to his capital markets practice, Grammig has
represented numerous public and private corporations in a variety of
sophisticated domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions.
Steven Sonberg, a corporate and securities partner located in the Miami
office, who chairs the Business Law Section, is enthusiastic about the breadth
of expertise Grammig will bring to the position. “Bob has a level of experience
in representing public companies and in M&A transactions that is second to
none. He will bring strong leadership skills and talent to this position and I
expect him to raise the profile of the firm's representation of middle market
corporate clients in Florida and nationally.”
In commenting on his new role, Grammig indicated, “I intend to focus on
continuing to serve our many publicly traded clients, as well as to our
investment banking clients that serve them. We will continue to emphasize the
hands-on involvement of senior personnel in transactions and our focus on the
particular complex needs of middle market public companies. Our clients
appreciate our dedication to helping them achieve their objectives in areas of
ever-increasing complexity and dramatic legal change,” Grammig said.
Grammig earned his B.A. summa cum laude and his M.A. from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1978, and his J.D. in 1981 from Harvard Law School.
Contact: Susan Berliner, (813) 769-4326