Best Lawyers in America for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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Jenny Wilkes is an attorney with RMP LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she represents individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses in matters involving taxation, business and corporate law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and estate planning. Her practice includes advising clients through the full lifecycle of a business, from formation and governance to growth, transactions, and succession planning. Before joining RMP LLP, Jenny worked extensively with small and mid-sized businesses, with a pa...
Timothy's practice includes assisting clients with acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, strategic planning, commercial contracts, and other general corporate matters. Timothy also provides legal advice to financial institutions regarding commercial and real estate transactions. In addition, he spends a substantial amount of time in estate planning and successor planning for corporations. Timothy also counsels clients regarding elder law issues. Timothy received his B.A. in history fro...
Danielle C. Price is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law. Danielle C., who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Danielle C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
More than 20 years of deal experience handling bet-the-company transactions. Six years serving as managing partner and CEO of an AmLaw 200 firm. Strategic advisor to business executives. Adam Agron possesses the powerful combination of first-hand experience running a business and a noteworthy track record advising C-level executives and boards of directors. He leads private equity firms, public and private companies and entrepreneurs through mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, leveraged...
JIM O'SULLIVAN represents closely-held businesses, including law firms and other service professionals. Serving as general counsel and primary contact for businesses and their owners, Jim focuses on the ongoing legal needs of these clients, as well as strategic planning for growth and ownership succession opportunities. Jim leverages his considerable planning, negotiation and contract drafting experience to counsel clients through key events such as business formation, joint ventures, mergers...
Martin Burkett serves as co-chair of Akerman’s M&A and Private Equity Practice. Martin represents public and private companies and private equity funds in a variety of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions. Martin’s practice includes structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, going private transactions, venture and growth capital investments, debt and equity fi...
Jonathan Gray’s practice focuses on corporate and business law. Resident in the New Brunswick office, he handles an array of corporate transactional matters including: mergers and acquisitions, business formation and financing, venture capital and private equity transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, bank credit facilities and loan transactions, public securities filings, corporate governance matters, intellectual property licenses, contracts with employees and consultant...
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...
John Titus has extensive experience in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, proxy contests and tender offers, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and corporate financing transactions for businesses in a variety of industries, including health care, financial institutions, manufacturing, technology, hospitality services and others. He frequently functions as general counsel to his clients, advising on all aspects of corporate, securities and business law matters. He advi...
Mike Magidson is Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. Board certification is the highest evaluation of an attorney’s competence and experience comprising only 5% of Florida’s lawyers. Fewer than 130 lawyers in Florida are Board Certified in Health Law. Mike is a transactional lawyer specializing in the representation of health care providers and health care companies in their regulatory, compliance and health care business matters. He also provides counsel to business...
TRACEY A. PUTHOFF, a partner in the Business and Finance Department, graduated from Chase College of Law, where she was Order of the Curia and a research editor of the Northern Kentucky Law Review . Ms. Puthoff received her undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Missouri and worked as an engineer for McDonnell Aircraft Company and GE Aircraft Engines. Her practice includes all aspects of general corporate law, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions and co...
Colleen Pleasant Kline is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law. Colleen Pleasant, who practices law in Baltimore, Maryland, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Colleen Pleasant is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal pract...
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