The ‘fantastic, very responsive, and very effective’ M&A team at Husch Blackwell LLP advise on a host of transactional matters for clients spanning the US as well as clients with an international presence. The team regularly assist clients through the whole life cycle, handling evaluations, strategic acquisitions and post-merger activity. Kirstin Salzman heads the team from Kansas City, leading the team in large healthcare acquisitions. Also from the Kansas City location, Edward Wilson handles deals involving investments and Series A acquisitions and Steven Carman offers experience in the education sector.  From the St Louis office, Ashley Edwards is a reference in the middle market for acquisitions in the wholesale sectors.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Husch Blackwell provides an affordable, efficient and knowledgeable team to provide unique solutions to challenges faced by business enterprises. Their diverse practice knowledge allows for a one stop shop with collaboration. Working with Husch Blackwell and their insolvency team provides a unique and refreshing experience in the legal environment of today. ’
  • ‘Very agile and efficient and with a significant business acumen and understanding’
  • ‘Having worked with hundreds of lawyers, dozens of law firms and more than twenty years of professional work, Husch Blackwell is the best law firm I have worked with. They act as strategic advisors to truly understand goals and objectives of their clients and are instrumental in covering all basis related to any issue we have brought them (litigation, M&A, HR, general corporate). Our current company used multiple law firms in its first year of operations and we have since shifted to exclusively using HB. ’
  • ‘The team at Husch truly works to achieve their clients' objectives. They are constructive and efficient in their approach, allowing us to close deals expeditiously and on advantageous terms. They know how to focus on what truly matters to us, allowing us to trade immaterial points in the negotiations. They come up with creative solutions to complex matters - we have had to implement some wonky structures in some of our transactions. They collaborate well with their subject matter experts, so that the client experience is seamless. They are incredibly hard working and always available. They make me feel like I'm their most important client.’
  • ‘The Husch Blackwell team is fantastic, very responsive, and very effective. I have zero complaints.’
  • ‘This practice is our go-to representation for acquisitions related to a very unique business model. The team has taken the time to understand this business, not only our structure but the industry as a whole and uses this knowledge to assist us in negotiating and finalizing beneficial acquisitions. They distinguish deal points as necessary, industry standard, and not necessary and assist with the overall negotiation of a deal. ’
  • ‘Very knowledgeable about startup funding and business structure. Understanding on equity, share and various ownership structures. Able to guide and advise on the best approach to achieve the outcome we were looking for. They were very helpful in navigating threats of legal action from clients and coming to resolution. ’
  • ‘Ashley Edwards truly makes my life easier. She's always willing to work with me to accomplish the objectives and is able to be flexible in how achieve them. To have a successful M&A project you have to be able to cut through the posturing and noise to figure out what the other side truly cares about and then adjust your approach accordingly. Ashley has proven her ability to do that time and time again. Annorah Harris is always prepared and knows the details of the deal she is working on. She does a great job of keeping all the pieces moving and keeping us on schedule, which then allows me to focus on the complex strategic decisions. ’
  • ‘True partner that helps identify creative solutions to accomplish their clients objectives; Understands the need to not only identify risk but also consider those risk relative to the opportunity to allow client to make sound business decisions ’

Key clients

  • Community Care, Inc.
  • Diamond Club Entertainment
  • Doral Corporation
  • ES OpCo USA LLC dba Veseris
  • Five Elms Capital
  • Key Investment Partners
  • Legacy Sports Partners
  • Marquette Energy Analytics LLC
  • Marshfield Clinic
  • Olin
  • OmniMax International
  • Paric Corporation
  • Psilera, Inc.
  • Stratum Security
  • Sutter Health
  • TDC Life
  • TricorBraun
  • USPharma
Practice head

Kirstin Salzman