Legal Dealmakers
Law Firm · Solo · Updated September 2026
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About Legal Dealmakers
At Legal Dealmakers, Dave Sterrett counsels buyers and sellers of small and mid-sized businesses. The firm handles buy-side and sell-side legal due diligence from the letter of intent through closing. First-time buyers, search funds, and roll-up groups all bring deals to the practice. Those reviews cover SaaS, eCommerce, and HVAC companies. Legal Dealmakers works from South Burlington, Vermont, with a second office in San Antonio, Texas. The team performs each diligence review on its own. Each review tracks the company's financials, contracts, and employees. Dave Sterrett negotiates asset sales, stock sales, and management buyouts.
Who is a good fit for Legal Dealmakers
- Owners of a small or mid-sized business planning the sale of their company.
- First-time buyers acquiring a company or adding another business to a portfolio.
- Self-funded searchers and search funds pursuing an acquisition.
- Large brands and roll-up aggregators acquiring competitors or pursuing a roll-up.
Service areas
VermontTexas
Professionals at Legal Dealmakers
Frequently Asked Questions
Legal Dealmakers handles asset and stock purchases, membership-interest purchases, mergers, management buyouts, recapitalizations, roll-ups, and carve-outs. Its work covers deal structure, the evaluation of the business's assets, and any planning or formation the deal needs.
Legal Dealmakers uses experience from buying businesses, growing them, and exiting them. Its founder, Dave Sterrett, used credit cards and retirement account withdrawals to fund the practice a decade ago. The firm brings more than 20 years of M&A experience to client transactions.