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Corporate/M&A | USA

New York: Upstate

This chapter includes company acquisitions, dispositions and related financing arrangements, mergers, joint ventures capitalizations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements and governance matters. Also covers those transactions designed to help restructuring within companies and their subsidiaries by change of ownership. Priority is placed on primary representatives, those acting for buyers and sellers, whilst those acting for financial advisors, underwriters and the banks financing such transactions are also considered.

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Band 1

  1. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
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    Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked
    Harter Secrest & Emery LLP houses a highly regarded corporate law and M&A practice valued for its longstanding ability to handle a range of significant transactions. The practice advises an impressive portfolio of public and private clients, including private equity funds and venture capital players as well as companies in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors. It regularly acts as coordinating counsel on multinational transactions and also possesses a strong securities practice.
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  2. Nixon Peabody LLP
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    Nixon Peabody LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked

    Nixon Peabody is well respected for its proficiency in M&A and corporate concerns, with particular strength in cross-border transactions. The practice acts for a variety of midmarket players in the technology, energy, healthcare and consumer products industries. It offers further experience in joint venture matters and private equity financing, with upstate offices in Rochester and Albany.

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  3. Hodgson Russ LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 1
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Band 2

  1. Barclay Damon LLP
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    Barclay Damon LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years Ranked
    Barclay Damon is an established corporate player valued for its strengths across commercial transactions and tax work, as well as securities concerns and business formation matters. The firm offers expertise in the energy and healthcare spheres, with impressive experience acting for multinational corporations, venture capital funds and financial institutions. The corporate team holds additional expert knowledge in emerging technologies.
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    Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years Ranked

    Bond, Schoeneck & King is widely recognized for its strength in managing a broad range of midmarket transactional concerns in this space, with significant experience in M&A and corporate reorganizations. The practice supplements its business offering by drawing on complementary expertise in environmental, intellectual property and tax law. It advises a significant portfolio of clients from a variety of industries including the healthcare, financial services and real estate sectors. The firm maintains a presence in Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Saratoga Springs and Syracuse.

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  3. Phillips Lytle LLP
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    Phillips Lytle LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years Ranked
    Phillips Lytle has a distinguished practice with leading expertise in a diverse array of matters. The firm is well regarded for its longstanding proficiency in traditional M&A matters, joint venture agreements and complex restructurings, with notable experience in the healthcare, technology and financial services sectors. The M&A team collaborates with its tax, intellectual property and financial services teams, among others, in order to handle large transactions.
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Band 3

  1. Akerman LLP
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    Akerman LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked

    Akerman LLP has considerable expertise assisting private equity funds, strategic investors and venture capital funds with a wide array of transactions. The department also possesses strength acting for portfolio companies and startups in mergers, acquisitions and dispositions as well as capital raising.

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  2. Harris Beach Murtha
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 3
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  3. Lippes Mathias LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 3
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  4. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 3
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Band 4

  1. Couch White, LLP
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    Couch White, LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years Ranked

    Couch White's corporate and commercial transactions team offers its clients extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate transactions. It regularly represents private equity funds, start-ups, and buyers and sellers of various transactions. It's headquartered in Albany and has a branch in Saratoga Springs.

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  2. Boylan Code, LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 4
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  3. Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP
    Corporate/M&A
    2025 | Band 4
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