Bio

Maurice Lefkort is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the Firm's Opinion Committee. Maurice has extensive experience in advising operating companies, private equity investors, family offices, activist investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and financial institutions in complex transactions that transform businesses. These transactions often take the form of mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, and restructuring both in-court and out-of-court. With a broad range of experience across industries and practice types, Maurice is often called upon by clients to provide strategic legal advice when clients confront unique or difficult business and legal challenges. Maurice is the former Chairman of the Corporation Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and regularly publishes on legal developments. He also blogs on legal issues for Wharton Magazine.