Paul Jin is a partner in Goodwin’s Antitrust + Competition practice. His antitrust expertise covers a broad spectrum of commercial transactions. His practice focuses on assessing transaction-related antitrust risk, negotiating terms of agreements, determining the applicability of merger clearance filing requirements in US and foreign jurisdictions, and advocating on behalf of clients before the FTC and DOJ in connection with informal inquiries, Second Requests, third-party subpoenas and conduct investigations.

We caught up with Jin to learn more about the basics of antitrust law for the third installment of PitchBook’s M&A 101 series. The interview below is edited for length and clarity.

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Brett Dearing, Senior Director at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor and a Certified Merger & Acquistion Advisor with over 27 years of experience. His areas of focus include platform preparation, contingency planning and succession planning. He specializes in M&A, recapitalization, stock purchases and asset sales.

We caught up with Dearing to learn more about the basics of due diligence with respect to mergers and acquisitions for the fourth installment of PitchBook’s M&A 101 series. The interview below is edited for length and clarity.

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To build our future we must invest in the present.

Not long ago I had a conversation with colleagues about the value of an audit. It made me reflect on how the really good financial leaders I know surround themselves with the skills they need before they need them. They are rarely at a loss for quickly getting great advice on a topic critical to their team’s success If they don’t require a key skill full time they tap into advisors they can count on to deliver what they need.

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I’d like to invite you to join a hypothetical team. But I’ve got to warn you, we’re not doing so great. We work 10-12 hours a day, sometimes six or seven days a week. But we’re not hitting any of our goals. In fact, relationships are breaking down. There’s lots of blame going on all around and morale is at an all-time low.

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