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Engaged on transactions exceeding $240B in aggregate
Chambers USA · Band 1 · Corporate / M&A

We are counsel to capital.

Halstead & Grove represents investment banks, private equity sponsors, hedge funds, and the public companies they transact with — across mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, and the rare situations that demand all three at once.

Engage counsel Recent transactions
Aggregate volume$248B+
Transactions312 closed
Sponsors served48
OfficesNY · London · DC
One Vanderbilt · Forty-Fourth Floor
$248B+ Aggregate transaction volume advised 2018 – 2025
312 Closed transactions across M&A, PE, and capital markets 2018 – 2025
48 Private equity sponsors served, including 9 of the top 25 by AUM Active engagements
$14B Largest closed transaction, all-cash carve-out 2024 · Industrials

§ 01 · Practice

A narrow practice, deliberately so.

01 / Strategic Transactions

Mergers & acquisitions

Public-company M&A, cross-border, hostile, carve-outs, and stock-for-stock deals.

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02 / Private Equity

Private equity & funds

Buy-side, take-privates, secondary transactions, GP-led continuation funds.

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03 / Capital Markets

Capital markets

IPOs, follow-ons, convertibles, high-yield, and 144A debt offerings.

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04 / Restructuring

Bankruptcy & restructuring

In-court Chapter 11, out-of-court workouts, DIP financing, plan negotiations.

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§ 02 · Recent transactions

Selected representations.

2024 · S.D.N.Y. All-cash · Carve-out

$14.2B

Advised a Fortune 50 industrials client in its all-cash carve-out acquisition of a specialty chemicals division.

Multi-jurisdictional regulatory review across DOJ Antitrust, FTC, European Commission, and CFIUS. Closed without divestiture. No remedies imposed.

Strategic Transactions Read tombstone →
$3.4B 2025 · IPO

Underwriters' counsel on the Nasdaq IPO of a leading enterprise software issuer.

$2.8B 2024 · LBO

Represented a leading PE sponsor in its take-private of a specialty healthcare business.

$1.9B 2024 · Restructuring

Debtor's counsel in a pre-arranged Chapter 11 for a private-equity-owned consumer brand.

$900M 2025 · Continuation

Advised on a GP-led secondary creating a single-asset continuation vehicle.

§ 03 · Recognition

Independently ranked among the top transaction practices in the country, year after year.

Band 1 Chambers USA Corporate / M&A
2024 The American Lawyer Boutique of the Year
Tier 1 Legal 500 US Private Equity Buyouts
9 of 25 PE Sponsor Wins Top 25 PE firms · counsel
A+ Benchmark Capital Markets

§ 04 · People

Twelve partners. One bench.

Marina Halstead

Founding Partner

M&A · Capital Markets

Robert M. Grove

Founding Partner

Private Equity · Funds

Anjali Krishnan

Partner

Strategic Transactions

Paul Allen

Partner

Mergers & Acquisitions

§ 05 · The desk

How a deal moves through the firm.

Every engagement runs through the same five-phase model — refined over 300+ transactions and tuned to give principals visibility at every gate.

Standard transaction architecture

01 · Origination & conflictsEngagement letter, conflicts clearance, deal team staffing D-30 to D-21
02 · Diligence & structureData room, structuring memos, tax and regulatory framing D-21 to D-7
03 · NegotiationTerm sheet, definitives, ancillary agreements, debt commitment papers D-7 to D-1
04 · Signing & antitrustHSR, foreign filings, regulatory pre-clearance, financing close D-0 to D+45
05 · Closing & integrationFunds flow, escrow, post-closing covenants, transition counsel D+45 to D+90

§ 06 · News & insights

From the desk.

Insight
April 14, 2026 · M&A

What the Delaware Court's recent reading of pro-sandbagging clauses means for stock-for-stock deals.

Buyers and sellers now face an asymmetric risk in the language of indemnity. A practical guide to revising your standard form.

Marina Halstead9 min read
News
March 22, 2026 · Firm news

Halstead & Grove welcomes Anjali Krishnan as partner in the New York office.

Krishnan joins from Wachtell Lipton, where she advised on bet-the-company transactions for over a decade.

Firm communications3 min read
Insight
February 28, 2026 · Capital Markets

Why GP-led continuation funds are no longer the alternative — they're the exit.

A field note on the structures, conflicts disclosures, and LPAC dynamics that make these vehicles work.

Robert M. Grove12 min read

§ 07 · Offices

Three offices. One bench.

New York

One Vanderbilt
Suite 4400
New York, NY 10017

+1 212.555.0188

London

11 Old Broad Street
Floor 22
London EC2N 1AT

+44 20 7946 0188

Washington D.C.

1101 New York Ave NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

+1 202.555.0144

San Francisco

Opening Q4 2026.
Inquiries through New York.

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