{"id":164522,"date":"2026-10-07T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/07\/attorney-of-the-year-finalist-ian-engstrand-on-building-bostons-tech-deal-engine\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:34:13","slug":"attorney-of-the-year-finalist-ian-engstrand-on-building-bostons-tech-deal-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/07\/attorney-of-the-year-finalist-ian-engstrand-on-building-bostons-tech-deal-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney of the Year Finalist Ian Engstrand on Building Boston&#8217;s Tech Deal Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I came over to Paul Hastings about two years ago to do exactly this, to open up a preeminent tech M&amp;A practice here in Boston,&#8221; Engstrand told Law.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/971122028\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/971122028\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/971122028\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/971122028\/law\/legal-news,https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F3d%2Fd7%2Fb973a3674b318cfcdbc9a32e509e%2Fian-engstrand-jpg767x505.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/971122028\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/971122028\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/971122028\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I came over to Paul Hastings about two years ago to do exactly this, to open up a preeminent tech M&amp;A practice here in Boston,&#8221; 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