Venable LLP

Venable LLP’s thriving M&A practice forms a key part of its wider corporate offering, where it frequently represents buyers and sellers on transactions in the technology, real estate, hospitality, life sciences, and entertainment sectors, among others. Standing out for its capability in large-scale matters, including cross-border and billion-dollar deals, the team acts for a varied mix of private and public companies and private equity clients. The team benefits from a strong platform in Washington DC, which draws on high-profile corporate co-chair Frank Ciatto, whose combination of M&A and tax law expertise marks him as a popular choice for highly structured transactions. The Washington office also includes fellow department co-chair Robert Bolger, who additionally co-heads the hospitality area, and Karen Hermann, who leads the group for the Washington and Tysons region. In New York, Mark Vecchio is noted for his experience in private equity and multi-jurisdictional deals, with a focus on the technology, telecoms, and heavy industry sectors. In Baltimore, office managing partner Charles Morton Jr, cross-border M&A specialist Anthony Rosso, and corporate and commercial partner Nicholas Collevecchio are names to note.