Limited Liability Company, Corporate, Nonprofit, Transaction, Mergers, Acquisitions, Bank, Auction
Karen J. Orlin P.L.
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P.O. Box 430620 Miami, Florida 33243 USA |
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(305) 794-6387
(305) 668-7072
Law Firm Overview
Karen J. Orlin P.L. focuses on legal services to early- and mid-stage businesses, not-for-profit entities such as non-governmental organizations, investors, banks and other financial institutions and auctioneers and auction businesses. These services include legal representation relating to domestic and international transactions, corporate and limited liability company governance and reorganization, shareholder or member, owner, employee, contractor, vendor and customer agreements, personnel policy manuals, mergers and acquisitions, dissolution, commercial lending, and investment.Ms. Orlin is an expert witness in the area of corporate governance, fiduciary duty and corporate and securities legal malpractice. She is a published author and a seminar speaker regarding mergers and acquisitions, securities law and opinion letter standards.
Ms.Orlin holds a J.D. from the Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, admitted to practice law in New York and Florida, and available to represent clients throughout South Florida and in the New York City greater metropolitan area.
The first nine years of Ms. Orlins legal career were in private practice with Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman LLP (now Cooley Godward Kronish LLP) in New York City, where she handled a broad range of business and commercial matters. Since 1981, she has practiced in South Florida: 21 years in law firms including Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., seven years as Senior Vice President and in house counsel for a regional, publicly owned financial institution acquired by Wachovia Bank, N.A. in 1995, and, during 2007, as General Counsel for a national bank.
Representative Matters
• Multi-class limited liability company operating agreements and complex corporate shareholder agreements.
• Organization, operation, governance and development of not-for-profit entities.
• Asset and stock sale of a farm and distribution business for $92 million.
• Asset and equity sales of small and medium-sized, privately owned school and medical equipment businesses to larger privately or publicly owned entities.
• $45 million international asset based revolving credit facility guaranteed by The Export Import Bank of the United States.
• Reclassifications of equity and restructuring of entity ownership relationships.
• Organization and regulation of Florida commercial bank.
