NEISEN KASDIN

MIAMI OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER, AKERMAN, MIAMI

Kasdin has been the office managing partner for Akerman’s Miami office, the firm’s largest, for nearly a decade. The nationwide firm, with more than 700 lawyers and business professionals in 25 offices, is known for its corporate/M&A, business litigation, real estate and international practices. A former mayor of Miami Beach and a leader in the revitalization of South Beach, Kasdin says he was able to use his experience from the public sector “and apply it to my work as a land-use lawyer, particularly working on large-scale urban infill projects and neighborhood redevelopment, which is a passion. I like to say I give the same advice I gave when I was mayor, except now I am paid for my advice and people listen to it.”