MIAMI – Oct. 29, 2024 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Shareholders Jaret L. Davis, Fred E. Karlinsky, and Jéan E. Wilson are recognized in Florida Trend’s seventh-annual “Florida 500” issue.
Florida Trend’s annual “Florida 500” list highlights the “most influential business leaders” in over a dozen categories statewide. Davis, Karlinsky, and Wilson are among a select group of attorneys featured in the Law section. The publication also recognizes Greenberg Traurig’s Cesar L. Alvarez and Matthew B. Gorson, both senior chairmen at the firm, on its list of “Living Legends.”
Davis is senior vice president of Greenberg Traurig, co-managing shareholder of the Miami office, and a member of the firm’s global Executive Committee. He oversees approximately 400 attorneys and business staff based in the firm’s founding office in Miami and focuses his practice on structuring and negotiating domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital raising transactions, and large financings. For over a decade, he has guided the firm’s efforts to be a dominant player in the technology industry and has played a key role in many of South Florida’s largest transactions. An active leader in the Miami community, Davis is also a founding member of the Partnership for Miami, a newly formed, nonprofit organization committed to Miami’s long-term growth and success. He serves as vice chairman of Nicklaus Children’s Health System and is a member of the board of directors for both the Miami Foundation and City National Bank of Florida as well as the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, which he formerly chaired in 2016-2017. He also serves on the University of Miami Board of Trustees and is co-founder and general counsel of the eMerge Americas global technology conference.
Karlinsky, a shareholder in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale and Tallahassee offices, is chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice. Karlinsky has over 30 years of experience representing insurance companies, reinsurers, and a wide array of related entities on regulatory, transactional, corporate, and governmental affairs matters. He is a recognized authority on insurance regulatory and compliance issues and regularly leads insurers’ corporate and mergers and acquisitions transactions. The firm’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice was also recently named “Legal Services Provider of the Year” by Insurance Insider as part of the publication’s 2024 U.S. Honors award program. Selected to serve in civic leadership posts, Karlinsky serves as the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society’s president. Since 2014, he has served on and currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. He is an adjunct professor at Florida State University College of Law, where he chairs the board of visitors. He is also a 2024 recipient of the FSU Alumni Association Service Award from FSU College of Law.
Wilson is managing shareholder of the Orlando office and chair of the firm's Orlando and Atlanta Public Finance & Infrastructure Practices. He has handled public finance and infrastructure issues on behalf of local, regional, and state agencies, municipalities, and banks nationwide over the past 40 years. His clients have included the cities of Atlanta, Jacksonville, Memphis, Orlando, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, as well as the Orlando Utilities Commission, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Central Florida Expressway Authority and Broward, Miami-Dade, and Orange counties. During his career, he has played a key role in the various financings that facilitated or funded the expansion of Orlando International Airport, Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport, and the expressway system in Central Florida. In 2022, he was elected as a fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel – one of 13 attorneys in Florida recognized for their skill, experience, and understanding of public finance law. Wilson serves as a board member for the Central Florida Leadership Academy and the FAMU Law Dean's Advisory Council and actively supports international non-profit Food for the Poor.
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About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 48 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.