Jack Bowling is a leading corporate and M&A partner at Stinson LLP, where he chairs the firm’s corporate finance division and plays a key role in its leadership. He advises on complex, high-value transactions across M&A, private equity, capital markets, and venture capital. Bowling represents a diverse range of clients – including public companies, institutional investors, and family offices – often in high-profile, strategically significant matters. Furthermore, he leads the firm’s private equity group.

Steven Carman is an established M&A practitioner at Husch Blackwell LLP. Carman's practice involves advising national middle-market clients, particularly in the energy and natural resources sector. Carman advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, securities matters, and regularly counsels clients through complex transactional structures.

Mark Stoneman  is an experienced member of the corporate services practice group at Armstrong Teasdale LLP  and serves on the firm’s executive committee. Stoneman routinely advises on the structuring, financing and execution of acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, joint ventures and partnerships for both national and international clients, particularly in the industrial, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology sectors.

Edward Wilson is a highly experienced corporate and M&A practitioner at Husch Blackwell LLP, where he founded the firm’s M&A group with a strong focus on private equity transactions. He represents a range of private equity funds and growth-stage companies, with particular expertise in the software and technology sectors. Wilson regularly advises on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions involving both U.S. and international entities, with recent mandates spanning Europe, South Africa, and beyond.

John Finger is a seasoned corporate lawyer at Rimon PC, with a strong focus on middle-market M&A, private equity, and venture capital. He advises privately held and family-owned businesses across sectors including technology and regulated industries. Finger co-leads the St. Louis office and remains actively involved in transactional work, often guiding clients through complex corporate structuring, ownership transitions, and cross-border transactions.