Claudia F. Haines Viera/Melbourne, Florida
| Of Counsel | |
| phone | 321-259-8900 |
| fax | 321-254-4479 |
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Ms. Haines is a business lawyer representing companies, owners, partners, business executives, boards of directors and investors in the formation of business entities, acquisitions and dispositions of companies, governance, capital structures and management of legal risk. She delivers timely and targeted advice on legal matters that arise in the course of day-to-day business operations. Ms. Haines has extensive experience working directly with her clients' key operational and management personnel, devising legal solutions that support business strategies and goals, negotiating and drafting all documentation and providing legal support to her clients through all phases of a transaction.
In her business law practice, Ms. Haines has counseled clients on their legal relationships with competitors, prospective and existing customers and vendors, co-owners, investors, boards of directors, creditors, senior executives, consultants and other constituencies. Her practice has spanned a broad range of business events and financial conditions, in a variety of industries and in both favorable and unfavorable economic environments. Through more than 25 years of hands-on experience advising her clients--first on Wall Street as a financial markets expert and then as a business lawyer--Ms. Haines has accumulated a storehouse of practical experiences assisting businesses in rapidly changing and competitive markets.
- Areas of Practice:
- Business/Corporate Law
- Business Negotiations
- Corporate Governance
- Commercial Contracts
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Certification/Specialties:
- Certified Circuit Civil Mediator
- Bar Admissions:
- Florida, 1995
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1995
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida, 1995
- Education:
- University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida,
1995
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude - Principia College,
1981
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major: Economics
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- The Florida Bar, Business Law Section
- Brevard County Bar Association
- Member
- Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- Levitt Corporation, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
- XL Vision, Inc., General Counsel
- Berger Singerman, P.A., Corporate Securities Attorney
- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, Corporate Securities Attorney







