The deals behind the headlines.
Every Thursday, two M&A lawyers who have closed 400+ deals break down the week's biggest stories, the lore behind them, and the contract clause that decides who wins.
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The Wave: one big story, told all the way down
The Clause: one contract provision a week, from people who draft them for a living
The Split: Grok, ChatGPT, and Claude get the same hard question, answers printed verbatim
Riptide: the rest of the week in five sharp lines
Written by Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson, the deal lawyers behind SMB Law Group: 400+ acquisitions, $1.9 billion closed since 2022, and a shared habit of going too deep on everything.
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