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Practice Areas :
Mergers and Acquisitions
Patton Boggs represent clients in a wide variety of matters related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), guiding strategic and financial investors – including buy-out and venture funds, lenders, and public and private operating companies – through a range of M&A transactions including:
- Recapitalizations
- Mergers
- Consolidations
- Stock purchases
- Asset purchases
- Divestitures
- Stock repurchases
- Self-tenders and tender offers
- Exchange offers
- Asset dispositions
- Debt restructuring
- Control and minority investments
Our attorneys and other professionals counsel buyers and sellers throughout the entire acquisition cycle from the initial evaluation of a potential acquisition target (or preparation for a possible sale) to final integration of an acquisition or ongoing management of a control or minority investment.
As a key part of our representation, we strive to understand each client’s business and the business reasons behind each proposed transaction. Our M&A teams always keep in mind that every potential acquisition, sale, or investment is a vital part of our client’s business plan and not simply a legal exercise.
The experienced attorneys at Patton Boggs not only understand the legal aspects of M&A, we also understand the acquisition process. Our M&A teams are solution-oriented and understand the real goal of any deal is to complete each transaction under terms mutually acceptable to the parties, not to “win” every point of negotiation. In order to help each client accomplish that goal, we work with a client’s business and legal teams to help define an effective risk profile that takes into account the facts and circumstances of each particular transaction. We then assist our clients in complying with the legal requirements and negotiating the transaction terms necessary to meet the desired risk profile and close the transaction as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Flexible M&A Teams to Best Serve the Needs of Our Clients in Their Specific Transactions
Our M&A attorneys have access to a diverse and knowledgeable group of legal professionals within our firm, allowing us to establish flexible and efficient deal teams tailored to represent clients across an array of industries in both national and international transactions. We involve those professionals, and only those professionals, whose particular capabilities are required to advise each client and successfully complete the transaction at hand.
When necessary, we can bring our area-specific legal skills to bear in most transaction-related matters including:
- National and International Tax
- ERISA and Employee Benefits
- Environmental Law
- Specialized Legal Due Diligence
- Real Estate
- Intellectual Property
- Federal Regulatory Compliance
- Securities
We also worked with our clients in the context of each transaction to understand and respond to the issues of corporate control and business judgment presented by director and officer fiduciary obligations, shareholder rights plans, employee and executive benefit and compensation plans, and defensive and offensive corporate devices.
In addition, we assist in the structuring and negotiation of agreements ancillary to acquisition transactions, including joint venture, shareholder, partnership, operating, registration rights, intellectual property, employment, and consulting agreements, as well as stock option plans.
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