Lawyers

Joel Ankney is a Virginia-based business attorney with 30+ years of experience helping small business owners start, acquire, operate, and exit their businesses. He has closed deals with purchase prices up to $20 million, specializing in SBA-financed transactions, and acts as fractional outside counsel for Virginia businesses needing help with contracts, compliance, and disputes. Joel is also an author of three business books and guest lecturer at leading business schools on small business transactions.

Albrecht Law is a boutique law firm providing M&A, transactional tax, and business litigation services, with partners from elite firms like Gibson Dunn and DLA Piper. They offer fixed-fee M&A representation with broken-deal forgiveness, have closed hundreds of transactions worth billions in aggregate value, and serve searchers, independent sponsors, family offices, and private equity groups with typical deal timelines of 60-90 days from LOI to closing.

Bowles PLLC is a modern law firm specializing in M&A and general counsel services for founder-led businesses, family-owned companies, and private investment firms. The firm has completed 100+ transactions worth $50 billion in aggregate value, offering services including asset purchases, stock purchases, mergers, search fund transactions, and provides LOI drafting and review services starting at $300 with next-day turnaround for buyers and sellers.

Clear Focus Law is an exclusively buy-side M&A law firm specializing in business acquisition legal services for entrepreneurs and SMB buyers. They provide thorough legal due diligence combining investigative database results, public records searches, state filing reviews, seller questionnaires, and meticulous review of seller records and documents, with the lawyer having closed 100+ deals worth $210M+ and extensive experience with SBA-financed transactions.