Mergers and Acquisitions

• Workouts and Restructurings
• General Business Representation

Our attorneys have extensive experience in handling mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and other business transactions for both target companies and acquirers. Over the years, we have established important relationships with investment banking firms, financial institutions, venture capital, private equity and leveraged buyout funds and other sources of capital to fund these transactions.

We also are regularly involved in related matters such as contests for corporate control and dissident shareholder matters.

Representative Transactions

• Represented  

  Nasdaq-listed owner and operator of Los Angeles-based community hospitals in going-private transaction sponsored by a management group in conjunction with a PE firm

• Represented privately held registered investment advisor in sale to Chicago-based broker-dealer and investment banking firm

• Represented Los Angeles-based PE firm in purchase of Illinois-based manufacturer of specialty coatings used in the printing industry

• Represented Nasdaq-listed agricultural processing and marketing company in acquisitions of privately held specialty salsa producer and marketer

• Represented NYSE-listed manufacturing company in solicitation of bids for the company and subsequent sale of the company to PE firm
• Represented privately held entertainment company in sale of the company to a PE firm
• Represented privately held entertainment industry company in the sale of the company to the U.S. arm of a Canadian investment trust
• Represented privately held composites parts manufacturer in solicitation of bids for the company and subsequent sale to LSE-listed buyer
• Represented privately held all-natural beef producer in acquisitions of all-natural and all-organic brand businesses
• Represented controlled NYSE-listed manufacturing company in activist shareholders' attempt to elect a director of the company
• Represented privately held electronic design automation company in its acquisition by Nasdaq-listed buyer
• Represented U.K. company in acquisition of a division of U.S. entertainment technology company
• Represented privately held group in connection with leveraged buyout of durable medical equipment wholesaler
• Represented privately held provider of online marketing solutions for automotive industry in sale of 20% ownership stake to Canada's leading print and online vertical media company
• Represented multinational seller in "Dutch" auction of assets and real estate valued at over $200 million to financial and strategic buyers
• Represented financial services industry buyer in multiple U.S. and cross border acquisitions with transaction values ranging from nominal to $80 million
• Represented digital media production services company in merger with multinational sports, entertainment and media company
• Represented motor sports company in merger with diversified sports, entertainment and media company
• Represented PE fund in leveraged acquisition of multiple-location career college
• Represented private investor group in acquisition of the assets of a Scottish gaming services company in administration proceedings through a British Virgin Islands limited partnership