Brette Simon

TEC Canada Speaker | National Speaker- YPO | Vistage Speaker

Brette Simon is a seasoned corporate lawyer with extensive experience advising clients on capital raising, strategic alliances, and exit transactions across industries like media, healthcare, software, and branded consumer products. Since 1994, she has practiced at top firms including Bryan Cave, Jones Day, Sheppard Mullin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and O’Melveny & Myers. A graduate of UCLA School of Law, where she ranked first in her class and was editor of the UCLA Law Review, Brette also holds a magna cum laude degree in quantitative economics from UC San Diego. Recognized as one of the top 13 dealmakers in the U.S. middle market by “The Deal” and a winner of the inaugural “40 Under 40” award by The M&A Advisor, she has spoken at numerous industry conferences and Vistage chapters.

Brette Simon

TEC Canada Speaker | National Speaker- YPO | Vistage Speaker

Brette is a seasoned corporate lawyer with extensive experience advising clients on capital raising, strategic alliances, and exit transactions across industries like media, healthcare, software, and branded consumer products. Since 1994, she has practiced at top firms including Bryan Cave, Jones Day, Sheppard Mullin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and O’Melveny & Myers. A graduate of UCLA School of Law, where she ranked first in her class and was editor of the UCLA Law Review, Brette also holds a magna cum laude degree in quantitative economics from UC San Diego. Recognized as one of the top 13 dealmakers in the U.S. middle market by “The Deal” and a winner of the inaugural “40 Under 40” award by The M&A Advisor, she has spoken at numerous industry conferences and Vistage chapters.

Brette’s Topics

Brette advises her clients on capital raising, strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in various industries, including media, health care, software, and branded consumer products (including food and beverage). Brette has been practicing in the field of corporate law since 1994, and was previously a corporate partner at Bryan Cave, Jones Day and Sheppard Mullin. She also practiced at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and O’Melveny & Myers. Brette ranked first in her graduating class and graduated Order of the Coif from UCLA School of Law, where she was editor of the UCLA Law Review. She received her undergraduate degree in quantitative economics from the University of California at San Diego, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in three years. She has spoken at numerous industry conferences as well as to several chapters of the Entrepreneurs Organization and Vistage. Brette has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career, including recognition as one of the top 13 dealmakers in the U.S. for the middle market by “The Deal,” and being selected as a winner of the inaugural “40 Under 40” award by The M&A Advisor.

Selling your business is one of the most important transactions in the life of your company. Yet many owners end up leaving money on the table or exposing themselves to unnecessary risk post-close due to a lack of understanding some of the nuances of how M&A deals are structured. In short, the devil is in the details. What provisions should you always include in the letter of intent? How do you maximize your chances of actually earning an earnout? What should you diligence before agreeing to take stock in the buyer? And what about that post-closing working capital adjustment?

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