The corporate and M&A team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP  is well-suited to handle middle-market transactions, offering services across various industries, often handling mandates from highly scrutinized industries including transport, energy and financial services, leveraging collaboration with the firm’s tax, IP and litigation teams to provide clients with the full service of transaction assistance. From the Silicon Valley office; Stanley Pierson is a longstanding reference in the middle-market for tech companies working on the buy-side with proficiency in handling exit strategies, Christina Pearson handles multi-billion dollar M&A, and is well-versed in all venture capital and growth equity deals. Los Angeles’ Chris Patay is a key contact for cross-border M&A, often advising Japanese and UK businesses with entry into the US. New York's, Jonathan Russo retains his position in the market, advising life sciences, hospitality and media companies in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Stephen Amdur has left the firm.
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Key clients

  • Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II
  • Performant
  • Nikola Corporation
  • Techpoint, Inc.
  • TD SYNNEX
  • Nordic Semiconductor ASA
  • Bear Electrical Solutions LLC
  • Netskope, Inc.
  • Bilt Technologies, Inc. (dba Bilt Rewards)
  • Qualer, Inc.
  • Ventura Foods, LLC
  • A10 Networks, Inc.
  • Delaware Attorney General
  • Greenhill & Co.
  • Allen & Co
  • Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd.
  • The Raine Group
  • Horizon Infusions, LLC
  • Speakeasy Company
  • Torin Consulting

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Jonathan Russo
Jonathan Russo
Other key lawyers

Stanley Pierson; Christina Pearson; Chris Patay; Jonathan Russo