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Katten Advises Capstone Green Energy on Transformative $112.5 Million Strategic Investment

A multidisciplinary Katten team led by Capital Markets Partner and Co-Chair Mark Wood served as legal counsel to Capstone Green Energy Holdings, Inc. (the Company) (OTCQX: CGEH) in connection with a $112.5 million strategic investment led by Monarch Alternative Capital LP.

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Carl Kennedy and Dan Davis Discuss Retail Expansion, Super Apps and the Next Phase of Prediction Markets

Partners and Financial Markets and Regulation Co-Chairs Carl Kennedy and Dan Davis spoke with Eventus Global Head of Regulatory Affairs Joe Schifano in a wide-ranging Q&A exploring the rapid growth of prediction markets, the evolving regulatory landscape and the practical challenges facing market participants as these platforms scale toward mainstream retail adoption.

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Katten Advises Marc Zahr and the Chaifetz Group in Acquisition of Portland Trail Blazers

Katten announced today that it represented Marc Zahr and the Chaifetz Group, significant investors in the buyer group that acquired the Portland Trail Blazers. The complex deal meant the end to the controlling ownership of the team by the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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Karen Anzalone Featured in WiS Week 2026 Leadership Spotlight

Partner Karen Anzalone, Structured Finance and Securitization, was featured in a WiS Week 2026 Leadership Spotlight, nominated by WiS Diamond sponsors. The spotlight recognized exceptional leaders nominated for their contributions to the structured finance sector.

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Lender/Workout Panel | Presented by Turnaround Management Association

Join us for the 2026 TMA MidAmerica Regional Conference, hosted by the TMA Chicago/Midwest, Detroit, Indiana, Minnesota, and West Michigan Chapters. The premier Midwest event for networking, dealmaking, and professional development. This event takes place April 12-14, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Christine Noelle Fitzgerald Profiled Among 2026 Banking and Finance Visionaries in the LA Times

Managing Partner of our California offices Christine Noelle Fitzgerald, Real Estate, was recognized in the 2026 Banking & Finance Visionaries section, produced by LA Times Studios, of the Los Angeles Times (LA Times). The honorees were profiled for their "exemplary leadership" and "strategic foresight" in navigating the evolving Southern California banking and finance sector over the past 24 months.

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'A Firm on the Rise': Chairman Gil Soffer Discusses Katten's Strong Fiscal Year in The American Lawyer Interview

In an interview with The American Lawyer, Katten Chairman Gil Soffer discussed the firm's 2025 fiscal year and new firmwide strategy. Fiscal year 2025 was highlighted by an 18.3 percent increase in net income and a 24.5 percent rise in profits per equity partner, driven by strong demand in financial services and adjacent practices, along with a firm-wide focus on productivity and expense control.

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Three Wealth Transfer Strategies Every Business Owner Needs To Know

It is estimated that $1.5 to $2 trillion is passed annually to younger generations. As the "Great Wealth Transfer" continues, family business owners face a distinct set of personal and sometimes conflicting wealth transfer considerations. These include preserving control, minimizing estate taxes and transaction costs and equitably transitioning ownership across generations. A well-designed estate plan, incorporating both testamentary planning and inter vivos transactions, can accomplish these objectives. This advisory summarizes three strategies that enable a family business owner to transfer future upside to the next generation (G2) while reducing transfer taxes: recapitalizations and discounted sales, sales and gifts to intentionally defective grantor trusts and grantor retained annuity trusts.

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Katten Advises Capstone Green Energy on Transformative $112.5 Million Strategic Investment

Carl Kennedy and Dan Davis Discuss Retail Expansion, Super Apps and the Next Phase of Prediction Markets

Katten Advises Marc Zahr and the Chaifetz Group in Acquisition of Portland Trail Blazers

Karen Anzalone Featured in WiS Week 2026 Leadership Spotlight

Lender/Workout Panel | Presented by Turnaround Management Association

Christine Noelle Fitzgerald Profiled Among 2026 Banking and Finance Visionaries in the LA Times

'A Firm on the Rise': Chairman Gil Soffer Discusses Katten's Strong Fiscal Year in The American Lawyer Interview

Three Wealth Transfer Strategies Every Business Owner Needs To Know

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ANA Advertising Law 1-Day Conference

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