Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions

Growing a business and acquiring new partners is exciting. With the right planning and advice you can build toward the long term success of your merger, acquisition or partnership long after the deal is completed. That’s where we can help.

We have a proven track record of guiding institutional and entrepreneurial clients in:

• Strategic and financial acquisitions
• Divestitures
• Investments in regards to activities such as mergers and acquisitions, leveraged transactions, refinancing debt, bankruptcy, and restructuring.

We serve clients in matters such as:

• Private corporate mergers
• Stock and asset purchases and sales
• Divisional purchases and sales
• Acquisitions of minority interests
• Leveraged buyouts and private equity investments
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Secured party sales and acquisitions
• Restructurings and acquisitions in bankruptcy proceedings
• Acquisitions and divestitures involving ESOPs
• Cross-border transactions
• Liquidations.

Representative Transactions

• Represented private equity fund in the acquisition of online wine distribution company
• Represented forging company in recapitalization to finance the redemption of hedge fund investor
• Represented machining company in recapitalization to finance the redemption of hedge fund investor
• Represented Russian and Cypriot investors in the acquisition of a U.S. steel manufacturer
• Represented private equity fund in the acquisition of a U.S. automotive parts manufacturer
• Represented strategic purchaser in the reverse-merger acquisition of a manufacturing operation
• Represented manufacturer in the unwinding of a joint venture with a German manufacturer
• Represented seller of a precision valve manufacturing company in the oil services industry to a strategic purchaser
• Represented private equity purchaser in the stock acquisition of a distressed casting company
• Represented the owners of the surviving entity in a merger of drilling tooling companies
• Represented seller in the stock sale of a Tier One aerospace supplier to a Belgian conglomerate
• Represented seller in the stock sale of an after-market automotive supplier to a strategic buyer carrying out a roll-up strategy
• Represented seller in the sale of a minority interest in a medical services company
• Represented U.S. buyer in the acquisition of a German-based automotive supplier
• Represented numerous European and Asian companies in establishing operations in the United States
• Represented Japanese automotive supplier in acquiring the assets of a U.S. company and later in the acquisition of a U.K.-based manufacturer. We continue to act as corporate counsel for its non-Pacific Rim operations
• Represented Canadian industrial paint company as it established operations in the United States
• Acted as lead counsel for companies from Japan, Britain, Germany and Mexico with the acquisition of target companies and/or assets in the United States, Europe, and Mexico
• Represented Japanese company to establish a sales and manufacturing operation in Mexico
• Represented U.S. automotive holding company in connection with the wind down and liquidation of fifteen plus operating subsidiaries, including the auction of assets and the divesture of operating entities