Regardless of a company’s size, stage or industry, or how it may be affected by market fluctuations or shifting economic conditions, all businesses looking to grow and thrive have only one choice – to evolve. The results achieved by your legal team at this critical juncture can help drive the success of the transaction. Our Mergers & Acquisitions practice spans the entire spectrum of transactions with a well-equipped team to guide you through the most complex legal issues. Whether an active acquirer, a company driven auction process, an entity targeted for acquisition, an organization poised for a restructuring, a license to all assets, or any other business combination or transaction, the Duane Morris team can help guide you toward successful outcomes.
Duane Morris corporate attorneys are experienced in developing and implementing creative strategies to help our clients maximize value – whether as buyers or sellers. We regularly guide early stage, middle and upper-middle market companies through challenging periods, including in:
- Negotiated acquisitions and divestitures;
- Mergers, consolidations and divisions;
- Joint ventures;
- Stock and asset sales;
- Leveraged buyouts;
- Spin-offs and carveouts;
- Private equity backed transactions;
- Minority investments in public and private companies;
- Dual track processes;
- Hostile acquisitions;
- Takeover defense; and
- Alternative structuring (such as licensing arrangements) and other business combinations.
Our attorneys frequently advise companies in connection with roll-up strategies and add-on/tuck-in acquisitions, divestitures, mergers of equals, growth capital investments and sales to strategic and financial buyers. Our counsel is aimed at structuring transactions to meet our clients’ immediate needs and long-term business goals.
Duane Morris attorneys practicing in major markets across the U.S., and in London and Asia, represent clients in both U.S.-based and cross-border transactions. Many of our firm’s attorneys have years of industry-specific experience (such as construction and engineering, professional services, technology, life sciences, healthcare, energy, industrials/manufacturing, construction, real estate, consumer branded goods and financial services) and bring that experience to bear in their efforts for our clients.
We also advise our clients and their officers and directors on governance issues, regulatory compliance and similar matters. We consistently help companies and individuals establish strategies and structures that accommodate planned growth and responsible reporting requirements. Our counsel includes capital-raising efforts both domestically and internationally, including acquisition finance.
In addition, working closely with our securities, antitrust, tax, benefits, employment, labor, immigration, real estate and intellectual property lawyers, all of whom can assist in related operational issues, our M&A deal teams form companies and structure transactions that are tax-efficient and compliant with the complex maze of regulations that can affect every aspect of our clients’ go-to-market strategy, planned synergies and growth outlook.
For Additional Information
For additional information, please contact Richard A. Silfen, Shelton M. Vaughan, Rebecca A. Guzman, Steven G. Perelman or any of the practice members referenced in the Attorney Listing.