Mergers & Acquisitions

Our M&A attorneys understand the importance of practical solutions and comprehensive, business-driven approaches to transactions. We strive to create value through transaction structuring and risk limitation, on a cost-efficient basis with quick response times. We work closely with our clients to understand their unique goals, and we structure the deal accordingly to achieve their business objectives and close the deal.

Overview

Our attorneys have significant hands-on experience in drafting and negotiating acquisitions and divestitures and are well-versed in both strategic and financial transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions, mergers, spinoffs, restructurings, and business combinations. Our M&A practice is supported by a cross-departmental core team of attorneys to address virtually every issue arising in a transaction, including labor and employment, employee benefits, intellectual property, privacy and data security, environmental, and real estate. Our team has completed hundreds of transactions of varying scale and complexity, in each case focused on providing top-quality advice in a well-coordinated manner.

Our M&A team’s proven, project-management-based approach applies to a broad range of clients, from family-owned businesses to large privately held companies, and from locally headquartered enterprises to those with international operations. Our M&A clients operate in diverse industries, including manufacturing and distribution, professional services, consumer products and services, technology, logistics, commercial real estate, and health care.

  • Represented seller in the sale of multiple franchises to the franchisor. Transaction value of $475 million.
  • Represented five sellers, in the business of selling Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans, in the sale of all equity interests to a national, private equity-backed insurance agency. Transaction value of $115 million.  
  • Represented a company, in the business of investing in independent living, assisted living, and memory care facilities, in multiple acquisitions and dispositions. Recent transaction values total greater than $70 million.  
  • Represented a multi-entity group of physician practices, focused on skilled rehabilitation and transition care for patients, to a private equity-backed health care company. Transaction value of $50 million.
  • Represented seller, in the business of managing and maintaining high-value critical infrastructure assets for municipalities and industrial clients, in the sale of all equity interests. Transaction value of $50 million.
  • Represented sellers, in the business of providing healthcare information exchange solutions, in the sale of all equity interests to another healthcare technology company. Transaction value of $40 million.  
  • Represented seller in the sale of substantially all membership interests of a boutique insurance consulting company with offices located throughout the country. Transaction value of $24 million.
  • Represented buyer in the strategic acquisition of a corporation in the timber industry. Transaction value of $23 million.   
  • Represented seller, an international topical anaesthetic and medical supplement product company, in the sale of all the owner’s membership interests to a private equity buyer. Transaction value of $20 million.
  • Representing seller, a specialty contractor primarily engaged in providing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, millwright, and HVAC services, in the sale of all its equity interests. Transaction value of $18 million.
  • Represented sellers, in the residential and commercial tree service industry, in the sale of all assets to a private equity-backed buyer. Transaction value of $15 million.
  • Represented seller, in the waste collection business, in the sale of all assets to a private equity-backed regional waste collection and disposal group. Transaction value of $14 million.  
  • Represented seller, a light- and heavy-duty towing and recovery company, in the sale of all equity interests to a private equity-backed buyer. Transaction value of $10 million.
  • Represented buyer in the strategic acquisition of a company engaged in the business of selling gasoline, fuels (other than propane gas), lubricants, and other similar and related products. Transaction value of $7 million.   
  • Represented buyer in the acquisition of a company engaged in the chemical blending, storage, and distribution business. Transaction value of $4 million.  

Insights

Video: Pure Business Seminar on Buy-Sell Agreements

The Pure Business Seminar on buy-sell agreements was presented on February 13, 2014. During the one-hour lunch-and-learn, Daniel Crook of HunterMaclean, Daniel Rowe of TJS Deemer Dana, Brad Whitfield of Coastal Consulting Management Group  Tony Martin of Martin…

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Matthew J. Repella

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