DLA Piper LLP (US)

DLA Piper LLP (US) remains a longstanding reference for domestic and international middle-market M&A deals with the team regularly recieving mandates from clients across an array of industries, ranging from highly scrutinized sectors such as tech and life sciences to automotive and telecoms. The firm recently benefited from the arrival of Viktor Sapezhnikov  from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, chairing the firm’s public company, M&A and activism department. The practice is under the leadership of New York-based Christopher Giordano , who covers all aspects of high-value and cross-border deals. John Gilluly is active in the Austin office, handling capital market and private equity-backed transactions. Another name to note from the New York office is Jon Venick and from Chicago Andrew Weil .