Summit Resident Brought on as Corporate Law Partner at NJ Law Firm

Pamela M. Kapsimalis of Summit, a highly experienced general counsel and corporate attorney for local and global companies, has joined Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein & Celso in Whippany as a partner.

Kapsimalis handles all types of corporate and business matters, including sale and lease transactions, structuring and restructuring of businesses, commercial real estate matters, and franchise and financing transactions. She was brought in to help expand the corporate law department.

Most recently, she was the General Counsel for Preferred Freezer Services, LLC, at its corporate office in Chatham. Preferred Freezer Services is a privately held national and international cold-storage and shipping company with 35 facilities and more than 2,000 employees. Kapsimalis established its first in-house position to advise the company on warehouse, contract, corporate and commercial real estate matters.

Throughout her years of experience as both in-house and outside counsel, Kapsimalis advised a wide variety of clients, from startup ventures to large public companies. Her clients span a range of industries, including financial services, health care, wellness, product development and retail.

Before serving as general counsel at Preferred Freezer Service, she was Of Counsel with McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP in Morristown, representing international companies such as Montblanc North America LLC, Kate Spade LLC and others in expansion of retail stores throughout United States as well as guiding national franchisees affiliated with The Bar Method®.

“With her breadth of knowledge and experience, Pam is an excellent addition to our firm. She knows first-hand, from the inside, the type of legal guidance companies seek and need. She will be an immense resource in serving existing clients and appealing to prospective ones,” said Stefani Schwartz of Schwartz Simon.

Kapsimalis said she was drawn to SSE&C, as Schwartz Simon is known, “because of its cultivation of and strong relationships with its business clients. I will be able to use my broad experience to foster the corporate side of the firm.”

Kapsimalis is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law and Middlebury College.

About Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso
The Whippany, NJ-based law firm provides full-service representation, from litigating matters for Fortune 500 companies and assisting startups to negotiating complex employment agreements. Its areas of concentration include employment, business entities and transactions, litigation, real estate, construction, education, collective bargaining/negotiations, local government law, election law and family law. The firm also has offices in Mount Laurel, NJ, and New York City.