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US - US – LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY OF THE YEAR - Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, The No Nonsense Lawyer What you do in business and how you do it determines your M.O., your modus operandi. It’s how you roll. But, small hinges can swing big doors. Business reputations and lawsuits are made or broken by details. As a result, knowing which details matter and which don’t help separate great business enterprises from the merely good ones. Yet ironically, the legal aspects of business are among the least understood components of business leadership by decision makers. Business M.O., LLC fills this leadership gap for smart executives, managers, and entrepreneurs by helping them identify, create, and implement strategies to allocate their legal risks and manage conflict more effectively. Better corporate risk management accelerates the development of high performance and high integrity business cultures that help build great businesses. Leadership services include executive education, executive coaching, management training, mastermind groups, and independent general counsel services. Visit www.nononsenselawyer.com/businessmo/ for more information. Business M.O., LLC was founded by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Esq., The No Nonsense Lawyer™ and America’s Legal
Advocate for Entrepreneurs. Ms. Hasl-Kelchner is a licensed attorney and speaker whose specialty is the intersection of business and law. She is also an award winning best-selling author of Champions: Knockout Strategies for Health, Wealth and Success from Today’s Leading Experts; and Legal Literacy: What Every Manager Should Know About the Law. With more than 30 years of experience in private, government and in-house legal practice, an MBA from Cornell University, and teaching experience at two top tier US MBA programs (Duke University Fuqua School of Business and the Darden School at the University of Virginia), she understands what makes the world of business and law tick. Her analyses and recommendations have assisted influential decision makers ranging from start-ups to Big Tobacco, and the White House. Her expertise has also been featured in numerous print publications, on radio and television. She makes a no nonsense connection between law and business that is easy to understand, simple and fun. That’s why she’s been called a “lawyer you can love” by a Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author.
Hanna Hasl-Kelchner The No Nonsense Lawyer Founder and CEO Business M.O., LLC 179 E. Franklin Street, #54 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 27514 T 919-636-9677 E info@nononsenselawyer.com www.nononsenselawyer.com/ businessmo/
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US - OVERALL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR - HERRICK, FEINSTEIN LLP Established market leaders and emerging entrepreneurs look to Herrick for legal counsel and business insights for their key corporate matters. The firm’s lawyers are seasoned in the realms of M&A, financing, hedge funds, private equity and a range of other areas and Herrick is a recognized leader in middle-market transactions. With Herrick, clients receive in-depth involvement from partners, efficiently staffed teams, and the value of deep relationships that bring diverse parties together. STEADY FLOW OF DEALS IN MIDDLE MARKET Middle market M&A is firm strength and Herrick’s lawyers have handled hundreds of such transactions, along with private equity deals, over the past few years. Among many highlights is the firm’s representation of longstanding client Yankee Global Enterprises in the sale of a significant stake in Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) to News Corp. We also advised leading fastening systems supplier Powers Fasteners in its successful sale to Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (NYSE:SWK) and counseled NASDAQ traded Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (MEDW), a leading provider of clinical software solutions, in reaching a merger agreement to be acquired by leading private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC.
SUSTAINING INNOVATION FOR HEDGE FUNDS Herrick was once again highlighted as one of a handful of law firms in the United States with a significant hedge fund practice. Recently we helped Elanus Capital Management form a managed account and fund platform to invest in credit linked notes and other capital relief instruments issued by European banks. We also formed two real estate investment funds, a commodities-focused fund for Beechdale Capital Management and a commodities based managed account platform for Modus Quantitative Advisors. RAMPING UP CLIENT FOR NEW MARKETS Herrick recently helped a multi-billion dollar registered investment advisor specializing in real estate investment products, to position for swift growth. Our client had secured two new and significant investment advisory and needed to re-evaluate its compliance procedures in light of the new entity’s requirements. Herrick acted as regulatory counsel, working with outside consultants to rapidly fine tune our client’s compliance mechanisms to accommodate the arrival of this new business.
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ACQ GLOBAL AWARDS 2013