CMM | Campolo, Middleton, McCormick, LLP

Vincent Costa is a corporate attorney who advises business owners, private equity firms, family offices, investors, and high-net-worth individuals on complex mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity transactions, corporate governance, and general business law matters. He has represented companies, founders, investors, and executives in acquisitions, business sales, investments, and other transactions with an aggregate value in the billions of dollars.

Vinny has successfully negotiated and led the CMM team on a variety of complex corporate matters, including shareholder disputes and business divorces, buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock purchases and sales, and debt and equity financings, with particular experience in the healthcare, retail, construction, manufacturing, and technology industries. Serving as the liaison among all the advisors and professional service providers involved in a transaction, Vinny has an eye for seeing how all the puzzle pieces fit together. By working closely with clients’ financial advisors, accountants, insurance professionals, real estate advisors, and M&A advisors, he helps transactions move efficiently from letter of intent through closing while ensuring a smooth and transparent process for the benefit of the client.

Clients turn to Vinny for guidance on buying and selling businesses, raising capital, structuring ownership, negotiating commercial contracts, resolving ownership disputes, and managing legal issues throughout the business lifecycle.

Vinny also has extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts for a wide range of business matters, including non-compete, supply, distribution, licensing, employment, operating, shareholder, and purchase agreements. He is particularly adept at understanding the legal and business priorities of business owners, executives, boards of directors, and general counsel. Devoting his full attention to each client, Vinny takes a practical, business-minded approach that leads to efficient transactions, effective risk management, and real-world solutions.

Whether serving as outside general counsel or lead transaction counsel, Vinny helps businesses navigate complex corporate transactions while protecting their long-term business objectives.

Education

  • Stony Brook University, B.S.
  • Touro Law, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, J.D.

Admissions

  • New York

Boards, Associations, and Leadership

Recognitions

  • Leadership in Law Award, Long Island Business News (2023, 2025)
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star (2021 – 2025)
  • 40 Under 40 Honoree, Stony Brook University (2019)
  • Exemplary Contributions to the Growth of Touro Law Center
  • Exceptional Contributions to the Leadership of the Touro Law Review
  • Outstanding Achievement Award in Finance, Stony Brook University

In the News

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Lectures & Presentations

  • Stony Brook Pre-Law Society Career Panel
  • Entrepreneurs Across America Restaurant Coalition, “Employment Law for the Hospitality Industry”
  • CMM CLE Series, “Employment Litigation Case Study”
  • Stony Brook University Webinar, “Navigating the Challenging Economic Job Market as a Recent Graduate”