Corporate report

TAMPA BAY
Attorney goes solo, targets entrepreneurs
Local business attorney Kalpesh Patel opened a new law firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups.

The firm, FL Patel Law PLLC, will focus on personalized counseling with fair and transparent pricing, a statement says. Patel's goal is to fill “the gap between expensive legal services and non-legal online services,” according to the statement.

“With traditional law firms, startup legal costs can be thousands of dollars,” Patel says. “For this reason, most entrepreneurs are resorting to non-legal services to start and grow their companies. This leaves them with expensive legal headaches down the road.”

FL Patel Law's business services include incorporation, contracts, compliance, intellectual property and human resources, the statement says. He also offers a startup kit for new businesses and in-house legal counsel services.

The law firm's office is located in First Central Tower at 360 Central Ave., Suite 800, in downtown St. Petersburg.

SARASOTA-MANATEE
Tech company names new VP
Wireless communications firm xG Technology has brought in 25-year sales veteran John Procacci as a vice president of sales.

Specifically, Procacci will serve as vice president of sales for xG's xMax and Integrated Microwave Technologies business units, a statement says. He will lead the commercial sales team and the IMT team. Procacci will also work with xG's marketing, product development, operations and support staff.

For 12 of his 25-plus years in sales and business development, Procacci focused on engineered products targeting Department of Defense and other federal program requirements, the statement says. He most recently served as business development director for commercial defense electronics company Mercury Systems.

Founded in 2002, xG Technology (symbol: XGTI; recent price: $0.41) has more than 100 patents and pending patent applications. The firm has been making moves with its stock lately, most recently picking up $4.4 million in late July in a public underwritten offering of 7.3 million units. In June, it implemented a 1-for-12 reverse split of its common stock.

CHARLOTTE-LEE-COLLIER
Vacation rental agency hires general manager
Select Vacation Properties, a vacation rental agency, has hired Christopher Reublin as general manager of its Sanibel office.

Reublin has more than 20 years of experience in the Southwest Florida housing and real estate industry, a statement says. He most recently served as a state certified general real estate appraiser with Maxwell Hendry & Simmons in Fort Myers.

Outside of real estate, Reublin also has a background in marketing, analytics and advertising, the statement says. He plans to combine those skills to help Select Vacation Properties achieve long-term growth.

Select Vacation Properties is a full-service vacation rental agency that exclusively serves the islands of Sanibel and Captiva. The firm has been in business at 2449 Periwinkle Way in Sanibel for more than 10 years.