Mergers & Acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side representation from letter of intent through closing, including carve-outs, take-privates and cross-border acquisitions.
Boston · New York · Washington, D.C.
Counsel for the decisionsa board cannot delegate
Meridian Vance LLP advises boards, founders and institutional investors on the transactions, disputes and regulatory matters that determine what a company becomes. Established in Boston in 1988.
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Chambers USA: Band 1, Corporate/M&AThe Legal 500: Leading FirmBenchmark Litigation: Highly RecommendedIFLR1000: Notable PractitionersBest Lawyers: Firm of the Year, SecuritiesMassachusetts Bar Association
Practice areas
Six groups, one bench
Each group is led by a partner who practises in it daily. Matters that cross groups are staffed once, by the people already on them.
Securities & Capital Markets
Public offerings, private placements, exchange listings and continuous disclosure obligations for issuers and underwriters.
Complex Commercial Litigation
Contract, fiduciary and shareholder disputes in state and federal court, and before the American Arbitration Association.
Regulatory & Investigations
Representation before the SEC, the FTC and state attorneys general, including internal investigations reporting to the audit committee.
Employment & Executive Compensation
Executive agreements, equity plans, restrictive covenants and the workforce questions that follow a transaction.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Licensing, technology transfer, data protection and the IP diligence that decides whether a deal is worth signing.
Why Meridian
What a client notices in the first month
Four commitments the firm has made in writing since 1988, and still keeps.
Partner-led, without exception
Every matter is run by a partner who reads the documents. Associates support the work; they do not inherit it.
Budgets you receive before the work
A written estimate accompanies every engagement letter, and any variance above ten percent is raised before it is incurred.
Institutional memory
Median partner tenure is nineteen years, so the lawyer who negotiated your 2019 credit agreement is still the one who reads it.
Three offices, one file
Boston, New York and Washington share a single matter record. Nothing is re-explained because the work crossed a state line.
Common questions
What prospective clients ask first
Transactional matters are quoted as fixed fees or capped fees wherever scope allows. Litigation is billed hourly against a written budget, revisited at each stage. Invoices carry narrative detail by task, not by day.
Our clients range from Series A companies with a first institutional round to public issuers with a market capitalisation above four billion dollars. The engagement structure differs; the staffing rule does not.
Within one business day. Send the counterparties and the subject matter to the intake address and you will receive a written clearance or a written decline, never silence.
Yes. The firm does not separate origination from execution. If a matter requires a different specialist, that partner joins the first meeting rather than replacing the one you met.
We lead cross-border transactions from the Boston and New York offices and instruct local counsel in the relevant jurisdiction, retaining responsibility for the deal as a whole. We do not hand a client to a referral firm.