We ensure exceptional service through:
- Accessibility: Lead attorneys and necessary team members are accessible and responsive at all critical points in the process.
- Effective communication: We maintain consistent communication concerning deal status, transaction issues, and overall legal spend.
- Eliminating surprise: We anticipate and plan for potential deal hurdles and causes of delay and communicate proposed action steps well in advance.
- Right-sized teams: Partners are involved in every material aspect of a transaction, and staff deals based on appropriate seniority levels and skill sets for each deal’s circumstances.
We focus on understanding our clients’ preferred deal frameworks and organizational structures from both economic and legal perspectives. Our approach includes:
- Providing meaningful input on market terms and alternative approaches.
- Leveraging our familiarity with a wide variety of transactions and the ability to call on team members in finance, tax, intellectual property, environmental, real estate, employment, and other specialized areas.
- Utilizing our knowledge of key industry participants and opposing counsel.
- Representing founders and management teams in their negotiations with private equity firms.
Our industry experience includes but is not limited to:
- Business services
- Consumer products
- Energy (including renewables)
- Financial services
- Health care and medical devices
- Insurance
- Life sciences
- Manufacturing
- Media
- Retail
- Technology and software
- Telecommunications
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Outstanding M&A Law Firm (2025)
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Americas Strategic M&A Deal of the Year (2025)
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Canada M&A Deal of the Year (2025)
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Private Equity Deal of the Year (2025)
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Consumer Staples Deal of the Year (Under $100MM) (2024)
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Professional Services Deal of the Year ($50MM TO $100MM) (2024)
- The M&A Atlas Awards – Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year ($75MM TO $100MM) (2024)
- Legal 500 USA – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m) (Nationwide) (2022-2025)
- Legal 500 USA – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500m) (Nationwide) (2024-2025)
- Legal 500 USA – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (Nationwide) (2025)
- Refinitiv – Global Private Equity Legal Advisory – All Private Equity Stages Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Number of Rounds) – Ranked #21 (Q2 2023)
- Refinitiv – Global Private Equity Legal Advisory – LBO & Related Rounds Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Number of Rounds) – Ranked #18 (Q2 2023)
- Refinitiv – Global Private Equity Legal Advisory – Venture Capital Rounds Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Number of Rounds) – Ranked #20
- Pitchbook – Global League Tables: PE Deals Most active in U.S.: Companies – Ranked #10 (2025)
- Pitchbook – Global League Tables: PE Deals Most active Globally: Companies – Ranked #14 (2025)
- Pitchbook – Global League Tables: PE Deals Most active in Mid-Atlantic – Ranked #19 (2025)
- Pitchbook – Global League Tables: PE Deals Most active in South – Ranked #12 (2025)
- Pitchbook – Global League Tables: PE Deals Most active in Mountain and Midwest – Ranked #16 (2025)
- With Intelligence (formerly The Deal) Q1 2025 Private Equity Law Firms – Ranked #44
