Dean Zioze Bio

Dean is a seasoned transactional lawyer and trusted advisor to his clients. He also serves as Chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and is a member of the firm’s Private Equity Practice. Dean has extensive experience representing Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, private equity and venture-backed companies, family offices, closely-held companies and executives in executing middle-market mergers and acquisitions across a broad range of industries, including medical technology and health care, technology and software, industrial and manufacturing, media and marketing, publishing, business services, and retail and consumer products. His experience includes strategic acquisitions and divestitures, private equity transactions, management buyouts, cross-border deals, distressed sales, carve-out transactions, complex earn-out arrangements, equity and debt financings, and recapitalizations. Dean also regularly counsels founders, start-ups, closely-held and venture-backed emerging growth companies as well as private equity-backed portfolio companies, including in connection with capital raising transactions and exit strategies.