Lower-middle-market M&A attorney (ex–Kirkland & Ellis, Gibson Dunn); practical deal process posts (closings, LMM dynamics, negotiation framing).

I left Kirkland in 2022 to launch my own firm. Who’s laughing now? If you said “they are, Eric,” congratulations, you’d be correct.

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