Lawyers for the ETA deal

March 07, 2025

by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Fairfield, CT, USA

Hi everyone,

I am a first-time individual buyer trying to navigate the transactional / administrative part of the deals.

Could you please recommend lawyers with low mid-market deals experience. Also, what would be the best terms to work with them? Should I pay the retainer or based on the document volume? Contacts of good lawyers in the U.S. EST time zone and examples of the payment structures would be very helpful.

Thanks,
Vitaly

Reply by a searcher
from University of Texas at Dallas in Dallas, TX, USA

Hey Vitaly I used Dave Sterrett at legaldealmakers.com and he was great! I've referred him a couple of times and gotten good feedback - his focus is ETA.

Reply by a professional
from University of Notre Dame in New York, NY, USA

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