Dallas Corporate Partner Joins Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig recently announced that it has signed Dallas corporate shareholder Steven Bartz.Bartz was previously at DLA Piper. He praised Greenberg Traurig’s “impressive, balanced growth” across the firm and in Dallas in particular and pointed to the firm’s expertise in a variety of practices, including sports and entertainment, healthcare, intellectual property, real estate, finance, labor and employment and litigation.“Greenberg Traurig has a deep bench in those and other areas, but, notwithstanding our increasingly global and interconnected world, having those colleagues in your same town is a benefit that will probably never become passé.”Bartz focuses his practice on transactions involving sophisticated joint ventures – including those unrelated to M&A deals like private investment funds and those in connection with M&A –  and strategic alliances.According to his firm bio, Bartz has represented Tailwater Capital and Rosewood Private Investments in joint venture deals. He counsels clients on matters that span the finance, hospitality and leisure, sport and entertainment, real estate, healthcare and energy sectors.The Texas Lawbook reported in May 2018 that Bartz helped lead a DLA Piper team that advised San Antonio-based Tricity Pain Associates on a recapitalization and investment by Austin healthcare buyout firm Spindletop Capital Management.In a more recent matter, Bartz…