Mandelbaum Salsburg Adds to Growing Corporate and Securities Prac

Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C. is pleased to announce that Barry M. Schwartz has joined the Firm as a Member in its Corporate, Securities and Healthcare Practice Groups. The addition of Mr. Schwartz is part of the continued strategic growth of the full service Roseland, NJ based firm and in particular its Corporate presence.

“As we continue our strategic expansion, I am extremely pleased to welcome Barry Schwartz to the Firm. He has a reputation in the industry as a dealmaker and is a valuable addition to our prominent Corporate Practice bringing a strong regional transactional background, “said William S. Barrett, CEO of Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C.

Barry M. Schwartz joins the Firm from Cole Schotz where he was a Partner in their Corporate Department. He represents start-up, closely held and publicly traded companies in corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset-based lending and debt and equity financing. Barry often works with entrepreneurs from the “ground-up,” helping in the selection and formation of their entity; the drafting of their charter documents; and the creation and protection of their intellectual property. Experienced in-house counsel for both publicly traded and closely held companies frequently rely on Barry’s corporate acumen, advice and drafting skills. He also represents medical groups and physicians in the acquisition and sale of professional practices and in corporate matters. Barry drafts and counsels clients with respect to confidentiality, shareholder, operating, employment, consulting, distribution and trademark licensing agreements. Barry has significant experience in UCC Article 9 non-judicial foreclosures, having represented both debtors and secured parties with respect to businesses involved in vintage automobiles, cosmetics manufacturing, software development, cheese manufacturing, retail sporting goods and biomass energy production.

Barry is the Chairman of the Financial Transactions Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Banking Law Section and sits on the board of directors of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Banking Law Section. He recently lectured for West LegalEd Seminars on the topics of “Buyouts under Shareholder and Operating Agreements” and “Remedies Under Commercial Loan Agreements,” and recently presented to the Bergen and Hudson Counties (New Jersey) Transactional Inns of Court on “How to Accomplish an Article 9 Non-Judicial Foreclosure.”

Barry earned his B.A. from Columbia College of Columbia University and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law – Newark.

On joining Mandelbaum Salsburg Barry says, “The Firm has always had a reputation for being a terrific firm and having dealt with several of their attorneys over the years, I am thrilled to now have the opportunity to work at the firm as part of the team.”

Since its founding in 1930, Mandelbaum Salsburg has been "built on relationships and focused on results." The firm and its 75 attorneys are committed to providing clients with the highest level of personal, hands-on attention to their legal needs. Recognized as one of the metropolitan area's premiere full-service law firms, the Firm's attorneys represent clients in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions; business litigation and employment litigation defense; corporate and banking transactions; corporate and personal taxation; healthcare and life sciences; alternative dispute resolution; intellectual property; privacy and cybersecurity; employment; environmental; criminal defense; not-for-profits; and personal matters, including estate planning and administration, asset protection planning, elder care; matrimonial, family law, and personal injury litigation. The Firm has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a "Best Law Firm" for the eighth year in a row and a number of attorneys are listed in both Best Lawyers in America© and New Jersey Super Lawyers©.*