Committee Information

    About Us

    With over 5,000 members, the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee is by far the world’s largest forum for M&A lawyers and is the leading forum for ABA members to discuss, debate and learn about the legal issues, best practices and emerging trends relating to domestic and cross-border M&A and related transactions, including with respect to the process of negotiating, documenting and bringing these transactions to market. Founded in the late 1980s, the Committee collaborates with law schools, the judiciary and investment banking, private equity and other professionals and includes practitioners from 49 American states, five Canadian provinces and more than 40 different countries on five continents.

    The Committee meets during the Annual and Spring Meetings of the Business Law Section and also hosts an annual standalone meeting. These meetings bring together some of the world’s leading M&A attorneys, investment bankers, PE executives and others involved in national and international M&A  practice and generally at least one member of the Delaware judiciary, providing Committee members with unique opportunities to network.

    The Committee sponsors and presents regular educational programs on M&A-related topics including CLE programs, presentations at its committee, subcommittee and task force meetings and webinars, and disseminates details of developments on a more informal basis.

    The Committee is also a prolific publisher of publications, including its highly successful model agreements on private company stock purchases, asset purchases and public company mergers, each of which includes extensive commentary and ancillary documents. Other popular publications produced by the Committee include its practice manuals, its groundbreaking and world-famous Market Trends surveys, real time alerts regarding breaking M&A developments and its periodic newsletter, Deal Points.

    Most Committee activities are conducted through various Subcommittees, Task Forces and Working Groups.  See below to learn more about the activities of these groups and to join them. 

    Why You Should Join Us

    The more you put into the Committee, the more you’ll enjoy the benefits of being at M&A’s corner of “what you know” and “who you know!”  Our Committee creates opportunities for our members to increase their knowledge and build their reputation, influence, and network by:

    • Producing thoughtful and practical content.
    • Projecting thought leadership that is influential across the entire spectrum of the M&A community, from lawyers to judges to regulators to deal makers.

    Legendary M&A lawyer Marty Lipton has agreed to be our Committee’s Special Advisor. In addition to being a mentor to us, Marty has agreed to come to at least one of our meetings in 2019 and 2020 for a “Fireside Chat with Marty.” So get your questions ready for these unique, up-close-and-personal opportunities to hear, in Marty’s own words, about his remarkable career as well as his views that continue to shape thinking inside of boardrooms across the country and around the world.

    For further details on membership of the committee, please contact our Membership Subcommittee Chair Tracy Bradley or Vice-Chair Gina Conheady.