We decline work we cannot staff with a partner who already knows the terrain. These are the four places where that is true.
Buy-side and sell-side transactions from letter of intent through post-closing integration, for strategics, sponsors and founder-led companies.
Defense of issuers, officers and directors in class actions, derivative suits and SEC enforcement, from the first stop-loss to final judgment.
Representation of companies and individuals in federal investigations, grand jury proceedings and parallel regulatory actions.
Estate, trust and succession planning for founders, families and closely held companies, including fiduciary litigation when it comes.
The sequence is the same whether the matter is a sale, an investigation or a family settlement. Only the vocabulary changes.
The first conversation is with the partner who would run the matter, not with a business development team. By the end of it you have a scope, a staffing plan and a fee structure in writing.
Every issue we surface carries an estimated dollar exposure, a likelihood, and a recommendation. You should be able to take the register into a board meeting without translating it.
Stock, asset or merger; escrow or holdback; earn-out or rollover. We model each against your tax position with your accountants in the room rather than after the fact.
Before the first markup we agree with you which five points are worth losing the deal over. Everything else is trading material, and we trade it quickly so the calendar stays on our side.
The schedules are where most post-closing claims are born. They are drafted alongside the agreement rather than assembled in the last forty-eight hours by whoever is still awake.
Integration, transition services, escrow claims and the first purchase-price adjustment are run by the same lawyers. Nothing is handed to a group that has never read the agreement.
The first call is with the partner who would run the matter, and it is not billed. Conflicts are cleared within one business day.
