ABOUT
Louis T. M. Conti is a partner in the Tampa office of Holland & Knight. Mr. Conti’s practice includes serving as outside counsel to domestic and foreign businesses of all sizes, mergers and acquisitions, corporation, LLC and partnership formation and owner disputes, cash flow and asset-based financings, leveraged buy-outs, public and private equity placements, venture capital investments, corporate and LLC governance, complex domestic and cross-border transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances. He has served as a special master and arbitrator in LLC disputes, and as an expert witness in connection with Florida corporate and LLC law in cases around the state.
Mr. Conti was a Uniform Law Commissioner representing the state of Florida at the Uniform Law Commission, from 2011 through 2016. Mr. Conti served as the Chair of The Florida Bar LLC Act Drafting Committee (2008-2013) which drafted the Florida Revised LLC Act which was signed into law on June 14, 2013. Mr. Conti served as the principal author for the 2000 Florida Limited Liability Limited Partnership Act, and as Chair of the Florida Revised Uniform Partnership Act Drafting Committee.
Mr. Conti is also an adjunct law professor at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law (2006-present) and was an instructor at the Advanced Judicial College for Florida Circuit Court Judges (2012 and 2015).
Mr. Conti has been a speaker at the Florida Annual Federal Securities Institute for more than 14 years, speaking on mergers and acquisitions developments, and has been a speaker at ABA and/or Florida Bar CLE programs every year for the past 22 years (1995-2017).
Honors & Awards
The Best Lawyers in America guide, Corporate Law, Tax Law, 1995-2018
Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2005-2010, 2014-2016
Outstanding Member of the Year Award, The Florida Bar Business Law Section, 2013
Gerald T. Hart Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year, The Florida Bar Tax Section, 2011-2012
Who’s Who In America
Who’s Who in American Law
Who’s Who in Business and Finance
Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2009, 2012-2017
Corporate Counsel Top Lawyers
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Memberships
Joint Editorial Board on Uniform Unincorporated Organization Acts (JEB), Appointed by the Chair of the ABA Committee on LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities, 2017
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Appointed by Governor Rick Scott, 2011-2016
The Florida Bar Drafting Committees to revise the Florida Business Corporation Act, 1998-1999, 2005-2006, and 2012-present
The Florida Bar Drafting Committee for the Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act of 2013, Chair, 2008-2013
American Bar Association, Tax Subcommittee of LLC, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities Committee, Chair
American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Chair, LLC Special Drafting Committee, 2008-2012
American Bar Association, Business Law Section, LLC, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities Committee & Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, 1995-2012
The Florida Bar Chapter 517 Drafting Committee, 2010-2011
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Chair 2009-2010
The Florida Bar, Tax Section, Chair 2000-2001
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Chair-Elect, 2008-2009; Secretary/Treasurer, 2007-2008
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Chair, Legislation Committee, 2006-2007
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Chair, Corporations, Securities and Financial Institutions Committee, 2004-2006
The Florida Bar Drafting Committee for the Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Co-Chair, 2004-2005
The Florida Bar Drafting Committee for the Florida Limited Liability Company Act Glitch Bill, Chair, 2001-2002
The Florida Bar Drafting Committee for revisions to the Florida Limited Liability Company Act, Chair, 1998-1999
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Chair, 1993-1995; Co-Chair, 1995-1996
The Florida Bar Drafting Committee for the Florida Revised Uniform Partnership Act, Chair, 1993-1995
The Florida Bar Drafting Committee for revisions to the Florida Limited Liability Company Act, Co-Chair, 1992-1993
Leadership Orlando, Graduate
Leadership Florida, Graduate
The Florida Venture Forum, Co-Chair, 2009 Annual VC Conference & Co-Chair 2010 Annual VC Conference
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