Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Primarily active in lower middle-market transactions, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP’s M&A group represents both public and private companies, while it also secures a growing volume of mandates from private equity clients. From Chicago, Timothy Lavender steers the overarching corporate practice, where he leverages experience across the complete life cycle of corporate transactions. Also recommended in Chicago are M&A head Andrew Pillsbury, who specializes in transactions in the transport and logistics areas; Jennifer Norkus, who is increasingly involved in many of the group’s most high-profile deals; and technology transactions head Michael Ryan. Key names in New York include securities and capital markets lead Michael Adelstein and India practice chair Deepak Nambiar.