NEW YORK — Feb. 20, 2024
Key takeaways
- Salomon (Sol) Sassoon joins BakerHostetler’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s Business Practice Group and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions team.
- Sassoon brings substantial experience representing private equity firms, venture capital firms, family offices, and other financial and strategic investors in sophisticated M&A, investment, fund formation and other corporate transactions.
- His arrival is the latest strategic expansion of BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group, which most recently welcomed mergers and acquisitions attorney Melissa Leonard back to the firm in January.
Why this matters
Sassoon is a seasoned and trusted advisor to private equity firms, venture capital firms, strategic acquirers, family offices, fundless sponsors and business owners. His impressive reputation, combined with his significant practice, makes him an outstanding fit for BakerHostetler. Sassoon’s arrival continues the expansion of the firm’s M&A and private equity capabilities in New York and across the country.
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“Sol is an experienced corporate attorney with excellent skills and a stellar reputation for middle-market work, both in New York and nationally. We are thrilled to welcome him to the firm,” said John Allotta, chair of BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group. “With M&A and private equity deals poised to rebound in 2024, expanding our team with market-leading attorneys is a strategic growth priority for the firm. Sol’s experience, combined with his commitment to client service, makes him a natural fit for BakerHostetler.”
About Sassoon’s practice
Sassoon concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, investment transactions, corporate finance, and representation of operating businesses. He regularly represents both buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions in a variety of industries and contexts, including auctions, strategic acquisitions, corporate carveouts and acquisitions out of bankruptcy. Sassoon works extensively with private equity firms, venture capital firms, family offices and their portfolio companies in connection with their acquisitions, dispositions, investments, fund formation, joint ventures, commercial transactions, financings, and in securities and corporate governance matters.
Sassoon received his B.A. magna cum laude and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. cum laudefrom the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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“We are thrilled to have Sol join our New York office. His deep knowledge in sophisticated corporate transactions will be an immediate asset to our clients,” said George Stamboulidis, BakerHostetler’s New York office managing partner. “He is an extremely well-respected practitioner, particularly in the middle-markets space, and his arrival will continue the growth of our corporate practice.”
"Sol Sassoon brings an extraordinary track record and depth of experience in corporate transactions, as well as proven leadership in managing deal teams and providing strategic advice for his clients," said Steven Goldberg, BakerHostetler’s Mergers and Acquisitions team co-leader and head of the New York office Business Practice Group. “Sol is a trusted advisor in corporate matters and his addition further strengthens our team's ability to help clients navigate their most critical transactions."
BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group handles thousands of corporate transactions each year. The full-service team, consisting of more than 250 attorneys in offices across the United States, has extensive experience negotiating and closing all varieties of transactions — including mergers and acquisitions and private equity, real estate, debt finance, capital markets and securities, health care and regulatory, restructuring and bankruptcy, emerging companies and venture capital, commercial transactions, and other matters central to a company’s success. A national group with a global reach, BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group is consistently named a go-to firm by both Chambers USA and Legal 500. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com/services/business/. Connect with us on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BakerHostetler or on LinkedIn @BakerHostetler, @JohnAllotta, @StevenGoldberg, @GeorgeStamboulidis or @SalomonSassoon.
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