News & Events

Since the merger and acquisition middle marketplace in New Jersey is highly fragmented and inefficient, with no effective means of sharing information on current and prospective deals, forward-looking trends and key topics of interest, Stuart Brown has formed — and chairs — the New Jersey Merger & Acquisition Forum. Stuart’s primary goals for organizing the multidisciplinary Forum are to:

• Devise a platform for the efficient sharing of non-proprietary deal information in real time, and
• Create a mechanism for capturing and sharing key industry information and trends

The M&A Forum is comprised of M&A professionals from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including accountants, attorneys, bankers, intermediaries, financial advisors and strategic consultants.  Although it is still relatively new, the impact of the Forum is already evident. To date, one significant financing has been completed as a result of communications among Forum members and several M&A transactions are in the early stages. The Forum hosts guest speakers to present to the members. For more information, contact Stuart Brown at sbrown@bmk-law.com.

Partner Rick Schkolnick has created and, on September 17, will moderate a half-day seminar sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Section, titled “The Hotly Contested Land Use Application: Case Studies, Social Media and Ethical Considerations.” This seminar will bring together land use practitioners and judges from throughout the state to discuss practice and procedures related to “hotly contested” land use matters.

Partner Alan Goldberger served as a panelist for “Legal Issues Implicating Referees and Officials” at the 41^st Annual Sports Lawyers Association Conference in Baltimore. The Sports Lawyers Association is a non-profit, international professional organization whose common goal is the understanding, advancement and ethical practices of sports law.

Alan also spoke at the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials annual meeting, the US Lacrosse National Convention (for the seventh consecutive year) and the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials National Convention.