Transactional Integration & Due Diligence: M&A Deals From Start to Finish

Siobhan is a Managing Director and a senior member of the mergers & acquisitions legal team at Accenture. She also supports Project Spotlight, the engagement and early investment program under Accenture Ventures, and is a member of the Strategic Minority Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Accenture in 2013, Siobhan was in private practice in both New York and Silicon Valley. Siobhan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Shannone has more than 20 years of private and public sector experience with a specialty in regulatory and healthcare law. Shannone is a key member of the senior leadership team at Adapt Health. Adapt Health is a national provider of home medical equipment.

As Deputy General Counsel for the company, Shannone manages the day-to-day operations of the legal department. She also serves as Assistant Secretary to the Board of Directors and is a founding member of the Employee Engagement Committee.

Shannone holds a BA from Vanderbilt University and a JD from Ohio Northern University. Shannone is actively involved in her community. She serves as a board member for The Healing Trust, a not-for-profit designed to advance racial equity and eliminate health disparities. Shannone also serves on the Metro Nashville Procurement Standards Board.

In her time away from work, Shannone enjoys spending time with her family, trying out new restaurants and visiting presidential libraries.

Yelena is a member of Woodruff Sawyer’s transactional insurance brokerage and SPAC teams. She advises clients on M&A- and IPO-related insurance solutions, including representations and warranties insurance and D&O insurance for SPACs. Yelena is a frequent speaker and author and serves as the M&A managing editor of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Today.

Prior to Woodruff Sawyer, Yelena oversaw the development of Bloomberg Law’s practical guidance, reference and analysis content covering capital markets, M&A and securities law and practiced as a senior capital markets associate at Clifford Chance and a corporate associate at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.

Yelena received her BS in Economics from Cornell University and her JD from Fordham University School of Law.