News & Press Releases

Matthew Simpson, Co-chair of Mintz’s Private Equity Practice, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award on behalf of the International Trade and Investment Law Society (ITILS) at the American University Washington College of Law. This award honors his contributions to the establishment of ITILS and his continued career successes.

ESG Practice Co-chair Jacob Hupart was quoted in a Law360 Real Estate Authority article about the shifting ESG regulatory landscape and related impacts on the real estate sector.

Mintz announces Tawfik Goma has joined as a Member in the firm’s Miami office. Tawfik is a patent litigator who represents clients before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), federal district courts, US Customs and Border Protection, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). 

Life Sciences Practice Co-chair William Hicks was featured in Pharmaceutical Technology following his participation as a panelist at the OBN BioTrinity 2025 conference in London, which focused on how US uncertainty is impacting the biopharma environment.

Member Steve Ganis was quoted in a FinOps Report article about how President Trump’s decision to classify drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) has alerted anti-money laundering compliance executives at US financial institutions doing business in Latin America, particularly over AML compliance.

Member Natalie Groot and Associates Talia Weseley and Danielle Dillon wrote an article exploring the state of pay transparency laws published by the Employee Relations Law Journal. In the article, the authors look at trends surrounding pay transparency laws and discuss the responsibilities they place on employers.