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Success starts with strategy, and strategy starts here.

A law firm Built for complex transactions

Advising founders, funds, emerging companies, and strategic acquirers on M&A, financings, and commercial transactions.

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Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions

With billions in deal experience, we advise on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions, guiding clients through structuring, diligence, negotiation, and closing to maximize value and minimize risk. Learn more about our M&A practice.

Venture & Growth Financing

We represent venture capital funds, companies, and founders in investments, secondaries, convertible notes, SAFEs, and venture debt. See our Venture & Growth Financings practice.

Corporate & Commercial
Counsel

We provide comprehensive legal support on corporate governance, commercial contracts, employment agreements, regulatory compliance, and day-to-day legal needs. Learn more.

Sponsor-Led Transactions

Acquisitions and investments for independent sponsors and institutional capital partners, from LOI through closing and exit, including platform builds, recapitalizations, and sponsor economics and governance structuring.

Investments & Joint Ventures

Minority investments, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures, including negotiation of control rights, information rights, transfer restrictions, and alignment mechanisms that prevent misaligned incentives post signing.

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Trusted by leading founders, funds, brands, sports teams, and companies worldwide. Our clients shape the future with hard work, innovation, and dedication to excellence. We support their strategy at every step.

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With billions in deal experience, we have advised on major transactions across Sports, Consumer Goods, Technology, and Energy.

We have extensive experience representing buyers and investors in cross-border sports franchise acquisitions and multi-club ownership models. Our team works with local counsel, regulators, and leagues to ensure smooth cross-border transactions, and we advise on media rights, sponsorships, and regulatory strategy. Learn More about our leading sports practice.
We advise consumer brands, CPG companies, and their investors on M&A, licensing, and strategic partnerships. Our work includes private equity and venture deals, scaling high-growth brands, and negotiating manufacturing, distribution, and endorsement agreements. Learn more about our work in Consumer and CPG.
We advise industrial companies and investors on M&A and financings across industrial tech and automation, aerospace and defense suppliers, building products and packaging, specialty distribution, transportation and logistics, waste and environmental services, and testing and inspection. Transactions include platform and add-ons, carve-outs and roll-ups, growth equity, and LBOs.

We advise startups, VCs, and institutional investors in sectors like AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, and SaaS. From early-stage financings to acquisitions, we bring sharp legal and commercial insight to IP, regulatory, and structuring matters that support growth.
We counsel energy companies and investors on transactions across the value chain—from upstream deals to renewables. Our experience spans joint ventures, asset sales, and infrastructure projects, helping clients navigate regulation and invest strategically in a changing market.
Our real estate practice is led by partners with over 20 years of experience, providing comprehensive legal support across all aspects of real estate transactions. We represent clients in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financing, development, and land use matters. Our expertise includes handling complex commercial and residential deals, navigating regulatory compliance, and structuring transactions to meet strategic business goals. We also advise on a variety of investment vehicles, including joint ventures, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and private equity funds, ensuring optimal structuring and compliance to maximize returns.