Jeffrey Symons Featured on Move to Foley, Market and Regulatory Trends
Foley & Lardner LLP partner Jeffrey Symons features in the IFLR article, “Foley & Lardner M&A hire attracted to firm’s ‘quality and breadth,’” offering insight on the motivation behind his move to Foley and market and regulatory trends.
“I was attracted by the quality and breadth of Foley’s platform, as well as its culture and its focus on client service,” Symons told IFLR.
He highlighted Foley’s four key sectors of energy, health care & life sciences, innovative technology, and manufacturing, noted the appeal of the firm’s continuing strategic growth along the East Coast, and emphasized how Foley’s “robust capabilities across key industries and practice areas offer the opportunity to connect and grow with existing and prospective clients.”
On trends he is observing, Symons commented on several areas of interest, including the Corporate Transparency Act’s increased disclosure obligations for companies, an enhanced regulatory focus on competition concerns, and updates to the reporting of beneficial ownership.
“Increased regulatory scrutiny in the United States, both within industries and of transactions themselves, is impacting how people are approaching deals and the timelines to complete them,” he commented.
Symons added that he anticipates a substantial increase in M&A activity in the months to come.
“PE firms have an astronomical amount of available capital that needs to be put to work,” he said. “The middle market, in particular, is poised for significant activity given the strong pipeline of opportunities being brought to market across all industries.”
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