- Find a Lawyer
- /
- United States
- /
- Florida
- /
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Best Lawyers in Florida, United States for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Roberto R. Pupo chairs Holland & Knight's Latin American Practice Group. He has substantial experience in complex domestic and international mergers and acquisition matters and corporate financings. He has served as counsel to some of the world’s largest financial institutions and private and public companies. Much of the domestic corporate and mergers and acquisitions work handled by Mr. Pupo has involved healthcare businesses, including hospital systems, health maintenance organiz...
John Giordano is regularly involved in complex business-related transactions. Mr. Giordano’s practice encompasses a broad range of areas, including federal and state securities law, corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions and tax law. Mr. Giordano has substantial experience in counseling clients, including start-up enterprises, in obtaining capital and advising clients about obstacles to successfully growing a business.
Jose E. Sirven is a partner in Holland & Knight's Miami office and co-chairs the firm's Financial Services Practice Group. He has practiced in the financial services, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and cross-border fields for more than 30 years. A significant part of his cross-border work has involved Latin American and Caribbean jurisdictions, including Mexico and nearly every country in South and Central America. Mr. Sirven regularly conducts complex negotiations and drafts...
Antonio Peña is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law, International Mergers and Acquisitions and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Antonio practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Antonio Peña since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Antonio Peña is held by other lawyers.
David E. Wells focuses on advising public and private companies in connection with corporate finance transactions and mergers and acquisitions. In the field of corporate finance, Mr. Wells routinely assists clients with public and private securities offerings including IPOs, registered direct offerings, secondary offerings, PIPEs, registered shelf offerings, and Regulation D and offshore offerings. In the mergers and acquisition space, he has worked on a wide variety of transactions, includin...
Practicing law for over 20 years, founding partner Ray Driver focuses on corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions), business, contracts, venture capital and securities law. He represents clients in business acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, as well as providing ongoing counseling regarding business formation, corporate governance, contract law and ancillary legal issues. He also counsels clients in obtaining capital through private placements, venture capital investments and ot...
Robert J. Grammig is a partner and leader of the firmwide Public Companies and Securities Practice at Holland & Knight. Mr. Grammig has practiced for more than 30 years in the areas of public company mergers and acquisitions, securities law, general corporate law and international business transactions. He serves on the firm's Directors Committee. Mr. Grammig has represented both companies and underwriters in numerous public company offerings. He has also led legal teams on behalf of acqu...
Ira N. Rosner has nearly three decades of experience helping entrepreneurs and corporate management teams create, fund, manage, grow and capitalize on their businesses. He has worked with a wide array of companies, ranging from start-up ventures to Fortune 100 enterprises, in industries including energy, manufacturing, high tech, life sciences, healthcare, retail, real estate, business outsourcing, telecommunications and insurance.
Grant C. Sittig is a partner at Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP in Tampa, Florida, where he represents businesses, private equity funds, developers, and business owners in a broad range of transactional and business matters. His practice includes Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law, and Real Estate Law, with a focus on helping clients address legal, operational, and tax considerations in connection with strategic business decisions. Grant advises clients on merge...
G. William Norris is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. G. William practices law in Tampa, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized G. William Norris since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which G. Wi...
Franco Furmanski is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Franco practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Franco Furmanski since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Franco Furmanski is held by other lawyers.
Joshua DeBarba is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Joshua practices law in Jacksonville, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Joshua DeBarba since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Joshua DeBarba is held by other lawyers.
David Kitchin is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation. David practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized David Kitchin since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which David Kitchin is held by other lawyers.
Jennifer Llano is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Jennifer practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Jennifer Llano since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jennifer Llano is held by other lawyers.
Evan Friedland is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Evan practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Evan Friedland since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Evan Friedland is held by other lawyers.
Valentín I. Arenas is a member of the Corporate Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office. Valentín has experience advising private and public companies across a variety of industries with a particular focus in Latin America. Valentín provides counsel to clients on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity deals, capital raises, strategic investments and alliances, and corporate restructur...
Our Methodology
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Our methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
The Process
Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Our belief has always been that the quality of a peer review survey is directly related to the quality of the voters.