The law firm of Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim Ltd (BUPD Law) announced that effective January 1, 2015, Rasha Elganzouri Gad, Bryan King, Gary Saipe, and Shelley Smith will be promoted to partners with the firm. The four were formerly Counsel with the Firm and will continue their practices in the areas of real estate and commercial litigation. Prior to joining BUPD Law each of the four new partners spent many years with some of the country’s largest and most prestigious global law firms.
“BUPD Law is proud to welcome Rasha Elganzouri Gad, Bryan King, Gary Scott Saipe, and Shelley Smith to the partnership ranks as these four talented lawyers exemplify the service delivery, hard-work and dedication that our clients expect from BUPD Law,” said managing partner Michael Delrahim. “We believe that these moves in combination with recent infrastructure improvements further our ability and commitment to provide quality and responsive legal services to clients,” said Delrahim.
Rasha Elganzouri Gad practices in the areas of general corporate and complex commercial real estate transactions. She serves as chair of the firm’s Middle East Practice. Her work includes acquisitions and dispositions, financing, construction, joint venture formation, development, leasing, hotel management and operation, structuring of entities for investment, cross border commercial transactions and workouts and restructuring.
Bryan King is a seasoned trial lawyer who has represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial and securities litigation matters. He serves as the Chair of BUPD Law’s Litigation Department. His practice includes contract and licensing disputes, securities and common law fraud, bankruptcy litigation, trade secret claims, fiduciary duty litigation, and other business torts. He also has experience representing broker dealers and investment advisors in arbitration before NASD/FINRA. Bryan has represented clients from various industries, including financial services, venture capital, high tech manufacturing, alcoholic beverage, software and internet, and real estate.
Gary Scott Saipe has over thirty-five years of transactional real estate experience. His practice includes the representation of banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies and other lenders with respect to construction loans and permanent loans involving high-rise and single-family residential developments, shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, apartments buildings, nursing homes and multi-state retail sites, and the representation of developers in connection with single-family and multi-family residential developments (including numerous condominium developments, both new construction and conversions) and commercial shopping centers.
Shelley Smith is an experienced litigator who has tried cases in state and federal courts across the country in a broad range of business and commercial matters. Her experience includes civil and criminal antitrust actions, construction defect and other real estate litigation, fiduciary duty cases, securities fraud, breach of contract disputes, bankruptcy proceedings, and patent and trademark infringement litigation.