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PRACTICE
AREAS
Commercial Law
We work with clients on wide range of matters ranging from intellectual property to employment, mergers and acquisitions and arbitrations. The firm is experienced in handling asset and stock purchases for clients on both buy and sell sides. Gordon Platt works closely with clients to negotiate the best deal possible and then to incorporate those terms in formal agreements. The firm’s wide ranging skill set is well suited to clients facing legal issues on an ongoing basis and we have been retained by a number of companies as their outside general counsel.
Cyberlaw
We work with both companies and individuals on cyberlaw and privacy, handling matters that range from complex compliance issues to instances of cyber harassment. For more information on cyber capabilities, please visit our affiliated website for Platt Law.
Trusts & Estates
We have extensive experience in developing and executing wealth preservation strategies for individuals of all backgrounds and levels of income. Over the years we have worked with high-net-worth individuals and families. The firm optimizes taxation strategies to enable not only the preservation but also the growth of assets ensuring their availability for future generations
Due Diligence
Due diligence comes into play in a wide range of legal issues, including mergers and acquisition, employment agreements and other types of contracts. It takes a blend of research, interviewing skills and persistence to compile a due diligence report or profile. As a former investigative journalist, Gordon Platt brings his skills and experience to bear in the pursuit of information desired by his clients.
Early Stage Companies
Investigations
We are well acquainted with the issues facing startups and early-stage companies. As a founder and entrepreneur Gordon Platt is familiar with many of these issues from personal experience. He has extensive experience dealing with a wide variety of startups and investors from conferences he developed as the founder of Gotham Media, a business development consultancy.
Asset Protection
The assets at stake in transnational litigation, insolvencies and divorce can be difficult to untangle and sometimes even more challenging to locate. Whether by happenstance or design, and it is often design, funds may be secreted away in foreign jurisdictions, complex webs of companies and in difficult to trace assets. The tracing of assets is a skill Gordon Platt honed in years as investigative producer at ABC News.
Reputation Management
The management of reputational and privacy issues is an interdisciplinary practice involving research, crisis management and administrative law. In many cases the firm’s clients discover that they have become the victims of identity theft or fraud only after the damage is done. Our office has the experience and skills to ensure that it can undo and correct the damage once it’s done and to prevent future intrusions and attacks. The best offense is, however, an active defense and the firm works closely with clients to install those safeguards that will help to ensure that their privacy and security is protected and never compromised.
We can find the facts in cases of misappropriation, misconduct and malfeasance. Gordon Platt led investigations for years as an Emmy Award winning producer for ABC News and then as the founder of a documentary production company. He was awarded a Silver Gavel by the American Bar Association for his investigation of corrupt law enforcement in Texas as a result of which 25 wrongly accused defendants in drug cases were released from prison. During his career as a journalist, Gordon also spent time reporting on undercover arms networks and international money laundering.
Media Law
In a rapidly changing media landscape, we are on top of the latest changes in technology and the law. Our firsthand experience in media production ensures that it knows what matters the most to media producers and is able to communicate those interests and priorities through the documents and agreements produced for its clients. Perhaps most importantly, the firm can flag potential legal issues well before they become problems. The Law Office of Gordon Platt, P.C. handles all issues related to media and the law. These include talent relations and contracts, pre-publication review, licensing and intellectual property. The firm deals with the business and legal side of media, entertainment and news so that its clients can focus on producing quality content.