
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is home to a team of experienced dealmakers, operating across an array of industries, with notable proficiency in highly regulated sectors such as tech, aerospace, healthcare and life sciences, and manufacturing. The team regularly advise clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to family offices. The team is expertly from the St Louis office, by co-heads Joel Lander whose strengths lie in advising on international and domestic transactions and Todd Kaye, who is particularly well-known for advising clients in the healthcare, financial services and retail sectors. Also, active in the St Louis office, Stephanie Hosler is noted for strategic transactions, alliances and private offerings of securities and Ashley Baker handles transactions on both the buy-side and sell-side. Additionally from the St Louis office, Kristin Yemm is a go-to for M&A, private equity restructurings and joint ventures. Denver-based Tyler Mark is particularly well-placed to advise diverse clients from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups in securities, capital market transactions and SEC matters.
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Testimonials
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- BCLP takes the time to fully understand the goals of the transaction and efficiently determines the most effective path to accomplish the goal or goals. BCLP makes each transaction seem like its highest priority.
- Accessible, take the time to listen and understand before recommending a course of action, extensive knowledge of best practices and industry deal norms. Robert Thompson, Kent Whitrock, and Courtney Flannigan were all exceptional to work with.
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Practice head
Joel Lander; Todd Kaye
Other key lawyers
Stephanie Hosler; Ashley Baker; Kristin Yemm; Tyler Mark
