UB Greensfelder LLP

Co-Managing Partners: Scott P. Kadish and Kevin T. McLaughlin

Number of partners: 159

Total number of lawyers: 260

Firm Overview

UB Greensfelder LLP is an Am Law 200 law firm dedicated to exceeding client expectations and delivering superior, customized legal solutions. The firm’s attorneys advise regional, national, and global businesses on a wide range of sophisticated legal matters across more than 25 specialized practice and industry groups. Established in 2024 through the merger of Ulmer & Berne LLP and Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., UB Greensfelder has quickly emerged as a super-regional powerhouse firm in the Midwest and in top-tier business centers. UB Greensfelder has eight primary office locations, including Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Florida; New York; Southern Illinois; and St. Louis.

Main Areas of Practice

Business Law. The firm’s business lawyers have extensive experience with strategic planning, public and private debt and equity financings, securities compliance, board and governance counseling, executive compensation, and complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology transfers, and restructurings.

Construction. Drawing on the expertise of a skilled group of attorneys who are knowledgeable about construction law and have significant experience in the construction industry, the practice offers a broad range of services, including contract preparation and negotiation, bidding issues, change order and claim issues, insurance and surety questions, environmental issues, and dispute resolution.

Employee Benefits. UB Greensfelder helps employers – from small businesses to large corporations, and taxable and tax-exempt organizations – design, implement, and maintain various types of benefits plans and executive compensation programs.

Employment & Labor. The firm advises employers on employment and labor matters, ranging from proactive counseling to defending the most complex litigation matters, including matters related to allegations of wrongful termination and FLSA, OSHA, ERISA non-compliance, unlawful discrimination, workers’ compensation claims, unfair labor practice allegations, non-compete and trade secret disputes, and collective bargaining negotiations.

Energy. The firm assists major energy companies with downstream disputes, deals, and day-to-day matters. The team represents oil and gas, renewable energy, convenience retailing, and utility companies. Some of the world’s foremost energy companies rely on UB Greensfelder’s industry acumen, transactional savvy, and litigation skills for their most crucial business transactions and disputes.

Financial Services. UB Greensfelder represents financial institutions of all types and sizes nationwide, including banks, broker-dealers, investment advisors, credit unions, and payment processors in business transactions, complex court actions, regulatory investigations, and enforcement proceedings brought by FINRA, the CFTC, OCC, SEC, and individual investor actions.

Franchising & Distribution. UB Greensfelder’s internationally recognized team of franchise and distribution attorneys assists clients with the legal aspects of their distribution systems. The team handles franchise registration and disclosure work, advises on relationships with franchisees, and provides high-level dispute resolution services.

Health Care. UB Greensfelder represents health care providers and other entities with business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, and joint ventures, to ensure transactions are structured in accordance with federal and state physician self-referral laws, anti-kickback laws, false claims laws, and other applicable regulations.

Immigration. With an emphasis on representing large and medium-sized corporations and health care institutions, UB Greensfelder’s diverse immigration, visa, and citizenship practice focuses on employment-based immigration. The group assists with consular processing, the defense of employers in Form I-9 compliance matters, complex waivers of inadmissibility, removal matters (including administrative trials and appeals), and federal court litigation.

Intellectual Property & Technology. UB Greensfelder advises clients at all stages of their business on intellectual property rights and in complex intellectual property matters. The group helps clients protect brands and leading-edge innovations by securing and enforcing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. The group also resolves and defends infringement allegations and assists clients with portfolio management and technology transactions.

Litigation. The firm’s litigators have extensive experience handling matters in trial and appellate courts and before alternative dispute resolution fora nationwide. The team has significant experience handling securities arbitrations, product liability cases, franchise disputes, medical malpractice trials, restrictive covenant cases, breach of contract class actions, and intellectual property disputes.

Real Estate. UB Greensfelder represents privately and publicly held corporations, developers, banks, and investors in real estate matters, including leasing, acquisitions, tax credit projects, multifamily development, construction, shopping center development, franchising, complex litigation and environmental issues, eminent domain, private and public financing, real estate tax appeals, and tax-deferred exchanges.

Tax. UB Greensfelder’s tax attorneys assist with all aspects of international, federal, state, and local taxation; employee benefits, executive compensation, health and welfare, and retirement plan matters; estate planning and probate; and tax, employee benefits, and estate litigation and controversies.

Trusts & Estates. UB Greensfelder helps closely held business owners, multi-generation families, executives, and high-net-worth individuals plan for and protect their financial future and the family’s wealth for generations. The team regularly advises on estate and tax planning, marital agreements, probate and trust administration, and other estate planning matters.