Acquisitions and Divestitures

The Acquisitions and Divestitures Practice Group assists our business clients in a wide variety of acquisitions, divestitures and combinations of various structures and sizes, for both publicly- and privately-held companies, including:

• asset transactions, involving the sale of both entire lines
  of business or selected divisions of a larger enterprise.
• mergers of various structures, including so-called “reverse triangular” and “forward triangular” mergers.'
• stock sales.
• joint ventures and strategic alliances.

Examples of Recently Represented Industries

The  “M&A” Group has recently represented clients in a wide variety of industries. 

• automotive (including “Tier 1” suppliers to OEMs)
• aviation
• computers
• construction
• financial services
• manufactured housing
• manufacturing
• telecommunications
• internet

“Team-Based” Approach

We generally assign an “M&A specialist” to spearhead each transaction by: serving as the client’s primary contact person; leading the efforts to structure the transaction; conducting appropriate “due diligence”; negotiating the terms and conditions of the transaction; preparing a letter of intent and the definitive purchase agreement and other documents; and ultimately ensuring that the transaction moves toward closing in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.

The assigned specialist coordinates the efforts of attorneys engaged in various disciplines working together to ensure that all relevant issues involved in a transaction are addressed.  Depending on the particular deal, attorneys practicing in the following specialty areas may be called upon to assist:

• antitrust law (including Hart-Scott-Rodino filings)
• employee benefits law
• environmental law
• insurance law
• labor and employment law
• real estate law
• securities law
• tax law

    Joel Alam               Robin H. Krueger 

    Carole Benezra         Sara M. Kruse

    Robert J. Gordon     Matthew Murphy 

    Ira J. Jaffe              Peter Sugar 

    Lee B. Kellert           David D. Warner

                Jeffrey M. Weiss