Firm News

Gould & Ratner sponsored the Crain’s Real Estate Forum Series: The New Workplace Landscape on June 29 via webinar. The featured speaker was Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of WeWork. Topics included how the workforce transitioned from one of handshakes and lunch meetings to that of virtual calls and home office tours. Also, now that cities are lifting some coronavirus-related restrictions, what that will mean for the workplace? We will also found out what changes Mathrani has implemented in the wake of the pandemic, his vision for the future of the office market and his plans to revitalize the coworking company.

Gould & Ratner sponsored, and our own Rich Reizen, chair of Gould & Ratner’s construction Practice, moderated a Bisnow webinar on the transformation of the Old Chicago Post Office on June 25. The summary of the webinar was as follows:

Gould & Ratner LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew Goldfarb has joined the firm as an associate in our Corporate Practice.

Amy Blumenthal, Managing Partner at Gould & Ratner, was recognized as one of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s “Influential Women in Law” for the 2020 inaugural list. The 50 women featured were chosen by their peers, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer selection committee and Women’s Advisory Board for their work to mentor and promote other women in the profession, their success in the legal community and being a shining example of leadership. To view the full list of 2020 honorees, and for more information about the corresponding Salute! event, click here.

Gould & Ratner, with Fred Tannenbaum and David Newman as lead partners, recently represented our client, TanvasTouch, a surface haptics company, in the launch of a groundbreaking new product, Mimo Vue with TanvasTouch. The 10.1” touchscreen is the first commercial product that Mimo Monitors Vue display with TanvasTouch textures on flat, physical surfaces. The technology can be customized for […]

Rich Reizen, chair of Gould & Ratner’s Construction Practice, moderated a discussion of a range of topics, such as site disruption, safety concerns and even the legal issues of face recognition software as part of REjournals’ Breaking through the Disruption webinar series.