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Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that partners Charles Leeming (London), Traci Martinez (Columbus), and Galileo Pozzoli (Milan) have been elected by the firm’s partners to serve on the Global Board.
“In a time of dramatic geopolitical change and rapid technological advancements, the need to deliver premier integrated legal and policy solutions has never been greater,” said Chair and Global CEO Mark Ruehlmann. “Our firm continues to strengthen and grow, helping clients navigate complexity and make confident decisions as the forces reshaping how they run their businesses accelerate.”
Ruehlmann continued, “Charles, Traci and Galileo each bring strong pedigrees rooted in leadership, service and collaboration that will help guide our strategic direction and enhance the value we bring to clients.”
Charles is a partner in the Corporate and Private Equity team in the UK, advising leading private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams based in the UK, Europe and North America on complex, high-value transactions across the investment lifecycle. His practice centres on sponsor-led buyouts and exits, cross-border M&A, carve-outs, joint ventures and public-to-private transactions, as well as structuring and negotiating management incentive arrangements. Known for his commercial approach and deal execution skills, Charles regularly supports clients on both platform acquisitions and add-on investments in the mid-market and beyond, delivering pragmatic, solutions-driven advice tailored to the priorities of sophisticated private capital investors.
Traci is the managing partner of the firm’s Columbus office and a nationally recognized trial lawyer and community leader. A passionate trial advocate, Traci has extensive experience nationwide, having successfully tried numerous cases to full defense verdicts across a wide range of disputes, including class actions, contracts, business torts, and catastrophic claims. She also counsels boards of directors and C-suites on complex employment issues. Currently, along with other chief executives in the community, Traci is an executive committee member of the non-profit economic development organization Columbus Partnership. She also serves as immediate past chair of the Experience Columbus Board of Directors, as a board trustee for Columbus State Community College, and as a board member for Downtown Columbus, Inc. and Future Ready Five. She also co-chairs the Ohio State Moritz College of Law National Advisory Counsel.
Galileo is the managing partner of the firm’s Milan office, focusing on international arbitration and energy law in the oil and gas sector. He represents national oil companies, governments, and state entities in upstream development and investment treaty arbitrations. Galileo has extensive experience handling disputes involving production sharing, joint operating agreements, concessions, licenses, and joint ventures. Galileo is admitted to practice in both Italy and New York and has held leadership positions in US law firms for many years.
They succeeded Gassan Baloul (Litigation, Washington DC), Oliver Geiss (Antitrust & Competition, Brussels) and Stacy Krumin (Financial Services and Real Estate, Tampa), who conclude their Board service.
Over the past 18 months, Squire Patton Boggs expanded its global practice with new offices in Baku and Astana while also adding senior talent across its core practices around the world. The firm has 48 offices across 25 countries.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP served as legal counsel to Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor, in connection with an underwritten public offering of its common stock.
Lightwave sold 11,666,667 shares of common stock in the offering at a price of US$3.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of US$35 million. The common stock trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “LWLG.”
Lightwave plans to allocate the net proceeds to accelerate its commercialization timeline, accelerate and expand U.S. production capacity to support its customers, onboard additional large scale design-ins, pursue strategic M&A opportunities or invest in complementary technologies or businesses, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The Corporate deal team was led by Miami partner Clayton Parker, with support from Miami partner Erin Fogarty, Nashville partner Lauren Ammons, Seattle partner Robert Starin, and Miami associate Stephen Vinson.
“This offering marks an important step in Lightwave’s commercialization journey. We were pleased to advise the company on a transaction that supports its ability to scale US production, deepen customer partnerships, and pursue strategic opportunities as demand for high performance photonics continues to grow,” said Parker.
K&L Gates’ Corporate practice is one of the most substantial in the legal industry, with hundreds of lawyers in offices across the globe providing clients with practical legal solutions in the structuring, financing, and completion of domestic, international, and cross-border transactions.
K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.
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