Overview
Our attorneys are actively involved in sophisticated mergers and acquisitions transactions for both publicly traded and private companies. We represent buyers, sellers, private investment funds and their portfolio companies and we also have significant experience representing strategic companies and their boards of directors. Our M&A Group works seamlessly with attorneys from multiple disciplines within our firm.
We are involved in a wide range of M&A transactions, including:
- Leveraged buyouts
- “Going private” transactions
- Tender offers and proxy contests
- Stock and asset acquisitions/divestures involving public and private companies
- Cross-border M&A
- Joint ventures
- Recapitalizations
- Spin-offs and carve-outs
- Non-control investments, including “PIPEs”
- Restructurings
We have deep experience in all aspects of M&A transactions:
- Transaction structuring, including the regulatory and tax implications of alternative structures and dealing with securities, tax and other regulatory authorities
- Due diligence investigations, including risk assessments concerning litigation and regulatory compliance issues
- Auctions and competitive bid procedures
- Purchasing businesses and assets out of bankrupt estates
- Documentation
- Financing
- Closings, including regulatory and third-party consents, special purpose acquisition entities, transfers of assets and assumptions of liabilities, board and shareholder approvals, registration of securities for use as purchase consideration, and employee issues
- Post-closing obligations and rights, including purchase price adjustments, earnouts and indemnification obligations and recoveries
- Transition and integration
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Experience
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Education on Demand
Preparing to sell your business can be an overwhelming endeavor. A checklist of considerations for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions can ease the burden.
Podcasts
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- The Most Valuable Asset: Overcoming Employee Related Hurdles to Close a DealThe Most Valuable Asset: Overcoming Employee Related Hurdles to Close a Deal
Join Daniel Spungen and the other panelists for a discussion on the issues that arise with employees when an owner is selling a business.
- 105 Amundsen Davis Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2024 in America105 Amundsen Davis Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2024 in America
We are extremely excited to congratulate 105 of our attorneys on being recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2024 in America.
- Attorney Alice Lin Joins Amundsen Davis’s Chicago OfficeAttorney Alice Lin Joins Amundsen Davis’s Chicago Office
We are excited to announce that attorney Alice Lin has joined our firm as a partner in our Chicago office.
- Tim Feldhausen Receives the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from the Bay-Lakes Council and the Boy Scouts of AmericaTim Feldhausen Receives the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from the Bay-Lakes Council and the Boy Scouts of America
Congratulations to Tim Feldhausen, who received the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) from the Bay-Lakes Council and the Boy Scouts of America!