Arnold & Porter

Arnold & Porter’s M&A offering sits within its broader corporate and finance practice, which sees it act for a range of strategic and financial buyers and sellers in mergers, asset acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other transactions. Distinguished by its ability to plug into the firm’s signature regulatory expertise, the team demonstrates strong activity in deals involving heavily regulated industries. From New York, Derek Stoldt co-chairs the corporate and finance group and has an emphasis on representing life sciences companies and private equity funds. Denver-based Ronald Levine additionally co-chairs the corporate and finance area and handled several prominent aviation and technology deals in 2023/24. New York-based Tracy Belton co-heads the M&A team and advises strategic and private equity clients on transactions across a mix of industries, including technology and defense. The M&A unit is further co-led by Washington DC-based Andrew Varner and New York’s Thomas Yadlon and Lowell Dashefsky. Other names to note in Washington are healthcare expert Matthew Owens and M&A veteran Kevin Lavin, while key practitioners in San Francisco include Edward Deibert, whose work spans M&A and corporate governance, corporate finance partner Benjamin Fackler, and emerging companies specialist Stephanie Coutu. Marisa White is an up-and-coming partner in New York.