Mergers & Acquisitions
We advise sellers and buyers in the purchase or sale of all or part of a business, whether by merger, sale of assets, or sale of equity.
We have substantial experience assisting business owners and operators, private equity firms, and financial intermediaries with their M&A transactions.
We have a broad range of industry experience, especially in technology, energy, infrastructure and manufacturing, and retail and consumer products. For instance, our lawyers have assisted clients with the following publicly announced transactions (including representations with prior firms):
Technology
- $35 million investment by RedBird Capital Partners LLC in N3, a leader in B2B sales execution and demand generation for cloud and software providers
- $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor by Texas Instruments
- Acquisition of Aironet Wireless Communications by Cisco Systems
- Sale of BlueStar Communications to Covad Communications
- Joint venture between Micron Technology and Nanya Technology relating to Inotera Memories
Energy
- Acquisition of Pipe Pros by Turnbridge Capital
- Acquisition of Jordan Technologies by Flare Industries (Aereon)
- $433 million acquisition of Krotz Springs Refinery by Alon USA Energy
- $407 million acquisition of Paramount Petroleum Refinery by Alon USA Energy
- Acquisition of Edgington Oil by Alon USA Energy
Infrastructure and Manufacturing
- $558 million sale of Latrobe Specialty Metals to Carpenter Technology
- Sale of Electrical Components International (ECI) to KPS Capital Partners
- Acquisition of Wayne-Dalton by Overhead Door Corporation
- Sale of ALPART Aluminium to Hydro Aluminium , a unit of Norsk Hydro ASA
- Sale of Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company to Century Aluminum and Noranda
- Restructuring of Kaiser Aluminum
Retail and Consumer Products
- $17.4 billion sale of Albertson’s to a consortium of investors
- $2.475 acquisition of Shaw’s Supermarkets and Star Markets by Albertson’s
- Acquisition of Lazy Acres Market by Albertson’s
- Sale of Minyard Food Stores to a group led by Grocers Supply Co.
- Acquisition of Good Times Stores by Alon USA Energy
- $460 million recapitalization of Kinko’s
