The firm assists buyers, sellers, and target companies – public and private – on mergers, acquisitions and the sale or acquisition of business assets, from the initial letter of intent to the final closing, on all legal matters, including negotiation and drafting of all documents, including disclosure documents, engagement letters, and stockholder, voting and standstill agreements. A merger or acquisition may take many forms, such as a direct merger in which one company is absorbed into another, a reverse merger, by which one company becomes the subsidiary of another, a purchase of the shares of another company, the exchange of the shares of one company.
A successful transaction requires coordination among attorneys, tax experts, accountants and others in connection to provide adequate due diligence, structuring, financing and documentation, and to assure compliance with securities law and other applicable laws.
The firm has undertaken many assignments in this area.