Mergers and Acquisitions
An acquisition or divestiture will likely have a substantial impact on you and your company's future. We believe that employing a small team of experienced mergers and acquisitions counselors with a broad range of professional experiences is the right approach to such high-stakes engagements. Our mergers and acquisitions experts have been recognized as leaders in the field, and their decades of experience in complex transactions and sound judgment will help you obtain the best possible outcome in your deal.
Whom We Represent
We represent buyers and sellers, including public companies, private companies (both closely-held and venture-backed) and private equity firms, as well as Boards of Directors and Board committee and corporate management.
Our Experience
We routinely counsel clients regarding matters such as:
- Tender offers, stock purchases, mergers, consolidations and exchanges
- Board of Directors and Board committee fiduciary obligations
- Hostile takeovers
- Roll-up transactions
- Going-private transactions
- Sales of subsidiaries and operating divisions
- Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance
Selected Transactions
Notable representative transactions include:
- Sale of Golf Galaxy to Dick's Sporting Goods
- Acquisition of Speakeasy by Best Buy
- Acquisition of Pacific Sales Kitchen and Bath Centers by Best Buy
- Sale of Transport Corporation of America to Goldner Hawn Johnson and Morrison
- Acquisition of Direct Response Technology by Digital River
- Acquisition of Opinion Research Corporation by infoUSA
- Sale by MTS Systems Corporation of its automation division businesses
- Sale of Ontrack Data International to Kroll
- Acquisition of Future Shop (Canada) by Best Buy
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