Kristin I. Wells is the deputy practice group leader of Reed Smith LLP’s corporate and securities group and concentrates her practice on mergers and acquisitions for public and privately held companies, with extensive experience in cross-border transactions. She is a member of the firm's mergers and acquisitions and capital markets teams, and also leads the firm's sports team.

She has structured numerous corporate acquisitions and dispositions in various industries, including several with international operations, deal teams and issues. In the past three years, she has led several global deal teams in numerous countries, including two acquisitions that each were over $1 billion. Additionally, Wells has significant experience representing major and minor league sports franchises, including the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Cosmos, as well as investor groups in the acquisition of major and minor league sports franchises and supporting those sports franchises in their ongoing business operations and governance issues.

As a participant in Law360's Q&A series with dealmaking movers and shakers, Kristin Wells shared her perspective on five questions.

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