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Employment Law Spotlight

Inoculating Employers Against Religious Discrimination Claims – Sixth Circuit Gives University Victory over Employee’s Religious Challenge to COVID-19 Policy

Data Counsel

Trick-or-Track: Age Signals in New York’s Children’s Privacy Law

Peter Roskam Quoted in Roll Call Article on Campaign-Trail Tax Proposals

BakerHostetler Team Represents Insurance Management Company in Recent Acquisition

Margaret engages her passion for blockchain and crypto as co-founder and general counsel of cmorq, the mission of which is&nbsp;to empower consumers by giving them easy access to decentralized finance for personal banking through the cmorq app and allowing them to exchange, send&nbsp;and lend crypto to earn passively.

Margaret has been named as a New York Metro Super Lawyers "Rising Star" and she was honored by the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project as a 2021 Dedication to Justice Award recipient.

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J.D., Columbia Law School, 2002, 

M.B.A., Columbia Business School, 2002

B.A., Harvard University, 1996, 

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<li>Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project: 2021 Dedication to Justice Award Recipient</li>
<li>Chambers USA: Real Estate in New York (2017)</li>
<li>New York Metro Super Lawyers &#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2014)</li>
<li>The M&amp;A Advisor &#8220;40 Under 40&#8221; Award (2013)</li>
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Justin Murphy, Margaret Butler, Steven Goldberg, Matt Schock Author Article for Westlaw Today

DOJ Withdraws 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines as FDIC, OCC Make Regulatory Changes

Daryl Leon, Margaret Butler, Daniel Kaufman Quoted in Article on FTC Noncompete Ban

John Siegal, Margaret Butler, Daryl Leon Comment on FTC’s Final Rule on Noncompetes

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Noncompetes

Webinar: The FTC’s Rule on Noncompetes – Next Steps Following the Final Rule

Delaware Supreme Court Settles Forfeiture-for-Competition Question, Adopts Employee Choice Doctrine – Seventh Circuit Asks, ‘Are You Sure?’

Margaret Butler, Steven Goldberg Author Article for Law360

Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Enforceability of Forfeiture-for-Competition Provisions in Limited Partnership Agreements, Rejecting Chancery Court’s Application of ‘Reasonableness’ Scrutiny from the Employment Noncompete Context

Alternatives to Noncompetes

Alternatives to Noncompetes: Current Developments in Regulating Noncompetes

Webinar: Alternatives to Noncompetes: A Three-Part Series

Webinar: Affirmative Action…Plan? Considerations for Private Employers Post SCOTUS Decision

Implications of Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision for M&A Execution

New York Legislature Approves Ban on All Noncompetes

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FTC Seeks to Ban Noncompete Restrictions in Employment Contracts: What Does the Proposed Rule Mean for Businesses and Private Equity?

Q&A About FTC Proposed Rule to Ban Noncompete Restrictions

Webinar: FTC Seeks to Ban Noncompete Restrictions in Employment Contracts

Hispanic Heritage Month Reception

BakerHostetler Continues Strategic Growth, Adds M&A Partner in New York

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<li>Leads execution of private equity transactions (acquisitions, co-investments, restructurings).</li>
<li>Manages fund formation from start to finish, such as $10 billion Apollo VI and $8 billion Warburg Pincus IX.</li>
<li>Conducts public company M&amp;A, including $1.8 billion sale of Gentiva Health Services Inc. to Kindred Healthcare Inc.</li>
<li>Oversees asset manager mergers and acquisitions, such as the sale of AREA Property Partners to Ares Management LLC.</li>
<li>Creates real estate joint ventures, including the JV to develop more than $20 billion Hudson Yards in New York City.</li>
<li>Negotiates financing transactions, as for KNIC, LLC, developer of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center.</li>
<li>Advises on conflicts and other governance issues for funds, corporations and other entities.</li>
<li>Counsels family offices and institutional LPs with respect to business and investments.</li>
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Complementary Transactional Skills
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<li>Designs dynamic financial models.</li>
<li>Conducts valuations of investments, including for delivery of fairness opinions.</li>
<li>Prepares PPMs, teasers, pitchbooks, market analyses and other marketing materials.</li>
<li>Negotiates engagement letters and non-disclosure agreements.</li>
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Margaret Isa Butler

Margaret Isa Butler

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