Successful merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions do not happen by accident. A key to success is recognizing and avoiding common pitfalls that can jeopardize your transaction. Baltimore partner Colleen Pleasant Kline will join a panel to identify 10 common M&A pitfalls and how to avoid them to complete a successful transaction in a webinar by The Knowledge Group entitled “M&A Transactions: 10 Common Pitfalls to Avoid in Your Next Acquisition.”

Kline is a mergers and acquisitions lawyer who also serves as outside general corporate counsel and advisor to middle market clients. She regularly assists her clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, succession planning, venture capital investments, and general corporate governance matters. In addition, Kline advises clients on Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification filings. Her diverse client base includes privately held companies, portfolio companies, private equity firms, American subsidiaries of foreign owned entities and public companies, government contractors, manufacturers, distributors, and real estate entities and serial entrepreneurs. She has been recognized for her work by IFLR1000 USA as Highly Regarded in M&A and The Best Lawyers in America® for Venture Capital Law.