(West Palm Beach, FL) April 15, 2010—Joseph P. Chase has joined Gunster’s West Palm Beach office as an associate in the firm’s Corporate practice.
Chase will concentrate his practice in the areas of business & corporate law. Prior to joining Gunster, Chase was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, Illinois. At Kirkland, Chase represented private companies, private equity firms and venture capital firms on a variety of complex business transactions, including various strategic and leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, debt and equity restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity matters, and general corporate counseling and compliance.
Chase received his doctor of jurisprudence from Vanderbilt University and earned his A.B., cum laude, from Harvard University. He is also a member of the Illinois State Bar. While in law school, Chase was the Editor-in-Chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He was also the recipient of the Stanley D. Rose Book Award for Best Written Piece in the Fields of Jurisprudence or Legal History and Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Awards for the highest grades received in Legal Process and Criminal Law. A South Florida native, Chase graduated from Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
About Gunster
Established in 1925, Gunster is a full-service Florida law firm with eight offices around the state, providing counsel to leading businesses and individuals. Our statewide presence and culture reflect the firm’s status as Florida’s lawyers for business. Gunster services clients from its offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Vero Beach and its headquarters in West Palm Beach with 140 attorneys and 200 committed support staff.
