Blank Rome has added a four-lawyer team from Hogan Lovells to its New York office, strengthening the firm’s capabilities across commodities trading and finance, structured finance, energy transactions, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. The group includes partners Christopher J. Doyle and Marvin J. Goldstein, along with senior counsels Richard L. Fried and Mark A. Speiser.
Doyle joins Blank Rome’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, while Goldstein, Fried, and Speiser join the firm’s Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group.
The team advises commodity merchants, traders, financial institutions, and other market participants on transactions spanning borrowing base revolving credit facilities, structured financings, renewable energy, carbon capture, environmental credits and allowances, and securitizations involving mortgage, consumer, and trade receivables.
Goldstein focuses on commodities and derivatives, corporate law, and energy matters. His experience includes structuring transactions involving renewable energy, hydrogen, carbon capture, environmental credits, physical commodity trading, financing structures, swaps, options, and derivatives across energy, metals, agricultural commodities, and financial instruments.
Doyle’s practice covers M&A, private securities offerings, debt financings, venture capital, and private capital transactions. He also advises clients on structured commodities and energy financings involving renewable and conventional energy, infrastructure, and related asset classes.
Fried concentrates on structured finance, securities, commodity financing, and corporate matters. His experience includes domestic and international securitizations involving mortgage loans, home equity loans, commercial loans, student loans, auto receivables, and trade receivables.
Speiser represents institutional creditors and creditors’ committees in complex restructurings, with an emphasis on the energy industry. His work includes advising creditors, asset purchasers, and derivatives counterparties in transactions involving Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession.
Blank Rome said the additions will deepen its ability to advise clients across the intersection of commodities, energy, finance, M&A, capital markets, restructuring, and the energy transition.
KEY QUOTES:
“We are excited to welcome Marvin, Chris, Rick, and Mark to Blank Rome. They bring deep experience across commodity trading, derivatives, M&A, and structured finance, further enhancing the strength of our Corporate and Finance groups and Financial Services and Energy industry teams. Their addition reflects our commitment to strategic growth and to providing clients with the sophisticated counsel they need in an increasingly complex business environment.”
Grant S. Palmer, Chair And Managing Partner Of Blank Rome
“Marvin, Chris, Rick, and Mark are widely recognized for their market-leading work in the commodities space, and their skill sets both complement and strengthen our existing corporate and finance platform. Their experience across commodity trading, energy finance, structured finance, restructuring, M&A, and capital markets enables us to provide clients with an even broader range of services while deepening our capabilities in areas of growing demand, including energy transition and environmental markets.”
Peter Schnur, Partner And Co-Chair Of The Corporate, M&A, And Securities Group At Blank Rome
“Blank Rome’s deep capabilities across corporate, finance, energy, and regulatory matters made this a natural fit for my practice. The firm has the depth and talent I need to continue growing my commodities and energy practice, and I look forward to working alongside outstanding colleagues, including David H. Kaufman, with whom I’ve collaborated before, to serve my clients across the commodities and energy sectors.”
Marvin J. Goldstein, Partner At Blank Rome
“Blank Rome’s nationally recognized platform and collaborative, full-service approach provide an excellent environment to further expand my finance and transactional practice. The firm’s cross-disciplinary capabilities, from international trade regulatory matters to tax, provide the comprehensive support my clients need for complex commodities, M&A, and financing transactions, and I see tremendous opportunity to deepen existing client relationships and develop new ones.”
Christopher J. Doyle, Partner At Blank Rome
