Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP's M&A team is trusted to handle big-ticket cross-border M&A work, for clients spanning sectors including financial services, technology and entertainment. The practice regularly works alongside the firm’s antitrust, IP and labour employment groups to provide clients end-to-end transactional capability. Practice co-heads Christina Melendi and Andrew Milano are based out of the firm’s New York office. Melendi handles the full range of transactional mandates, including acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments and joint ventures. Milano has expertise in advising on both M&A transactions and private equity deals. Co-heading the team out of Philadelphia are Benjamin Wills and Kevin Shmelzer.
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Key clients
- American Electric Power Co. Inc.
- APM Terminals
- Maersk
- Ares Management
- Ascend Learning
- Axon
- Bullish
- Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp.
- Conning and Company
- Delticus Group
- Denny’s Corp.
- Fagron
Work highlights
Advised Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I on completing a business combination with Kyivstar Group for $2.21billion.
Practice head
Christina Melendi; Andrew Milano; Benjamin Wills; Kevin Shmelzer