Irish lawyer Gary McSharry, partner and head of McCann FitzGerald’s US office, has been appointed to the leadership of the American Bar Association (ABA) M&A committee and as vice-chair of its international M&A sub-committee.
The ABA M&A committee is the world’s largest forum for M&A lawyers with more than 5,000 members, and is the leading forum for ABA members to discuss legal issues, best practice and emerging trends in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
The committee works with law schools, the judiciary, investment banking, private equity, corporate and other professionals and includes M&A practitioners from the USA and Canada and more than 40 different countries.
Mr McSharry is the first Irish vice-chair of the international M&A committee, where American and non-US lawyers working on cross-border M&A transactions share issues of common interest and examine the latest legal developments, and best practice for international transactions and country-specific issues.
The leadership team includes M&A partners from some of America’s most prestigious law firms including Skadden, Sullivan Cromwell, Weil Gotshal, Morrisson & Foerster, McDermott Will & Emery, Greenberg Traurig, Covington & Burling, Hogan Lovells and K&L Gates.
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