Norm Law, an AI-native law firm built for institutional clients, added James Gerkis as a partner in its corporate transactions practice.

Gerkis brings decades of experience advising clients on complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, capital markets, venture capital, media and real estate matters. His clients have included financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and high-growth businesses across the technology, media, health care and real estate sectors.

Prior to joining Norm Law, Gerkis was a partner in the corporate department at Proskauer Rose in New York, where he built a broad transactional practice over several decades. He is a frequent speaker at industry and bar association conferences and has written extensively on legal topics throughout his career.

“Corporate legal work is entering a period of real structural change,” Mike Schmidtberger, chairman of Norm Law, said. “Jim has spent decades advising clients on sophisticated transactions, and he understands that the next generation of firms will look very different from the last. That’s what we’re building at Norm Law.”

Gerkis has been recognized in New York Super Lawyers and received the Attorney of the Year Award from the Hellenic Lawyers Association.

“I’ve spent decades advising on complex transactions across multiple market cycles,” Gerkis said. “The broader legal industry is clearly moving toward more technology-native models, particularly around execution and workflow. What excited me about Norm Law was the opportunity to work inside a platform that is already being built around that future, rather than waiting for traditional firms to eventually get there.”