Mergers & Acquisitions

We have extensive experience representing clients involved in all types of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances, with exceptional expertise in cross-border transactions. We have represented clients involved in merger and acquisition transactions from large to small and from simple to extremely complex. Our typical activities in these transactions include:

• Drafting and negotiating asset purchase, stock purchase and merger agreements

• Preparing filings under applicable securities laws

• Counseling boards of directors, special committees and in-house counsel in acquisition related matters

• Representing investment banking firms in connection with their fairness opinions with respect to these transactions

• Handling exchange offers, tender offers, proxy contests and going private transactions

Our acute focus on each client's unique needs leads us to approach each transaction with an interdisciplinary team of attorneys tailored to the specific transaction, handling the various corporate, securities, intellectual property, litigation, employee benefits, tax, environmental, antitrust, and other issues inherent in mergers and acquisitions.

We have unsurpassed experience counseling business enterprises in a wide range of negotiated and contested transactions including: mergers, asset purchases, spin-offs, exchange offers, tender offers, proxy contests, going-private transactions, and leveraged buy-outs. We represent publicly and privately held companies, as well as private equity investors, in complex matters such as joint ventures, strategic alliances and cross-border transactions. And we also have extensive experience representing acquirers, private equity funds and targets in all manner of transactions, including mergers, stock purchases, recapitalizations and tender and exchange offers.