Mergers and Acquisitions
Our team of transactional and tax attorneys represent entrepreneurial companies, family-owned businesses and divisions of publicly held businesses in negotiated acquisitions and divestitures. Selected transactions include:
- Multiple acquisitions involving the leading truck trailer manufacturer in the U.S.
- Multiple acquisitions of cellular telephone businesses in the northeast and southeast by Independent Cellular Network Inc. and partially-tax deferred exchange with Alltel Corporation for $500 million.
- Acquisitions of various businesses in the southeast by Wireless One Network, L.P. and sale of company to AT&T Wireless for $865 million.
- Sale of a major steel service center by a private investor group.
- Purchase of several manufacturing facilities, including an acquisition under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, by Great Dane Limited Partnership.
- Acquisition of Bush Hog, one of the leading farm equipment manufacturers in the U.S., by a private investor group.
- Sale of a major packaging company to a publicly traded corporation.
- Acquisition of the Spiegel and Newport News catalogue businesses by a venture capital group under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Sale of a leading envelope manufacturer in a private cash transaction valued at several hundred million dollars.
- Sale of one of the premier championship golf courses in the world by a major insurance company.
- Purchase of Aspen Skiing Company, operator of one of the world's premier skiing resorts.
- Acquisition and sale of numerous wireless markets, including systems in Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, by an entrepreneurial regional wireless carrier.
- Merger of a foreign publicly traded corporation and a U.S. private company.
- Purchases, sales and trades of private aircraft.
- Acquisition of one of the leading U.S. manufacturers of outdoor furniture.