Mergers & Acquisitions
In mergers and acquisitions, timing is everything. Whether you are buying or selling, the pressure is on and closing a deal requires careful navigation of business, legal, and financial issues. Increasingly, cross-border transactions are gaining momentum as a way to reach new customers and markets, presenting additional unique risks and opportunities.
HOW WE HELP
Our Mergers & Acquisitions attorneys understand the importance of practical solutions and keep your unique goals as their north star. Our comprehensive, business-driven approach protects the value of your company by assessing the risks that impact value, and managing to minimize those risks to close the deal. We have a cross-departmental, core team of attorneys across our platform to address virtually every issue arising in a transaction, including tax, real estate, labor and employment, employee benefits, intellectual property, privacy and data security, environmental, and antitrust matters.
Our M&A team applies a constructive and proven approach to a broad range of clients, from public and privately held companies to private equity firms and family-owned businesses, with a sweet spot in middle market transactions. Our clients are in diverse industries such as business services, technology, health care, life sciences, food and beverage, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, and cable/telecommunications. During the last two years, our team has handled more than 200 M&A transactions, capturing the attention of The Legal 500 and other independent sources, which consistently recognize our M&A team for quick response times, a practical approach, and flexibility.
Given our team’s presence and contacts in the US, UK, Europe and Asia, we routinely handle cross-border transactions by providing a central point of contact, leveraging our long-standing and reliable relationships with trusted local lawyers globally where needed. With this model, our focus is to ensure our clients receive top quality advice in every market in an efficient and well-coordinated manner.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Our M&A team brings the power of Seyfarth’s innovative service delivery resources to bear for agile, transparent, and predictable outcomes from start to finish. Because M&A transactions and investments often do not unfold exactly as planned, our project management capabilities and budgeting tools allow us to recalibrate when necessary and keep the end goal in sight.
Although closing a deal is cause for celebration, often that is when the real work begins. We support your post-merger integration objectives with The Merger Playbook, a comprehensive communication tool and high-impact training program. Tailored to clients’ workplace needs, values, risk factors, and compliance objectives, this tool helps mitigate risk, while serving as a unique springboard for workforce integration and post-merger success.
Among the transactions our M&A team has recently handled:
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Represented Smart City Holdings LLC, a provider of telecommunication services to convention centers and other public venues, in an equity sale transaction to a multibillion-dollar private equity firm.
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Represented Morneau Shepell, a human resource services and technology, in its acquisition of LifeWorks Corporation Ltd., and assisted with the concurrent debt and equity fundraising.
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Represented Cars.com, a digital automotive platform company, in its simultaneous acquisition of Dealer Inspire, Inc. and Launch Digital Marketing LLC.
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Represented Tomco2 Systems, a manufacturer of carbon dioxide tanks and equipment, in its sale to Air Water Inc., a publicly traded Japanese company.
Related News & Insights
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Legal Update
11/12/2024
New Rules for HSR Premerger Notification Filings Take Effect February 10, 2025
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Speaking Engagement
11/07/2024
Seyfarth to Host and Suzie Saxman, Aaron Gillett, and Aly Audy to Present ACG Chicago Sunrise Session "What’s 'Market' in Middle Market M&A Deal Terms: Lessons from the Slowdown”
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Speaking Engagement
11/06/2024
Suzanne Saxman, Paul Pryzant, and James Dorough-Lewis to Speak at Strafford Webinar, "M&A Earnouts and Economic Uncertainty"
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Webinar
10/31/2024
Webinar Series: Winning Combinations: Exploring Synergies with Government Contracts Law
Recognition
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Recognition
11/07/2024
Seyfarth Extends Rankings in ‘2025 Best Law Firms’ by Best Lawyers
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Recognition
09/12/2024
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong Team Recognized in IFLR1000 2024 Rankings
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Recognition
06/12/2024
Seyfarth Earns Top Tier Rankings Again in The Legal 500
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Recognition
11/02/2023
Seyfarth Ranked One of ‘2024 Best Law Firms’ by Best Lawyers
In mergers and acquisitions, timing is everything. Whether you are buying or selling, the pressure is on and closing a deal requires careful navigation of business, legal, and financial issues. Increasingly, cross-border transactions are gaining momentum as a way to reach new customers and markets, presenting additional unique risks and opportunities.
HOW WE HELP
Our Mergers & Acquisitions attorneys understand the importance of practical solutions and keep your unique goals as their north star. Our comprehensive, business-driven approach protects the value of your company by assessing the risks that impact value, and managing to minimize those risks to close the deal. We have a cross-departmental, core team of attorneys across our platform to address virtually every issue arising in a transaction, including tax, real estate, labor and employment, employee benefits, intellectual property, privacy and data security, environmental, and antitrust matters.
Our M&A team applies a constructive and proven approach to a broad range of clients, from public and privately held companies to private equity firms and family-owned businesses, with a sweet spot in middle market transactions. Our clients are in diverse industries such as business services, technology, health care, life sciences, food and beverage, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, and cable/telecommunications. During the last two years, our team has handled more than 200 M&A transactions, capturing the attention of The Legal 500 and other independent sources, which consistently recognize our M&A team for quick response times, a practical approach, and flexibility.
Given our team’s presence and contacts in the US, UK, Europe and Asia, we routinely handle cross-border transactions by providing a central point of contact, leveraging our long-standing and reliable relationships with trusted local lawyers globally where needed. With this model, our focus is to ensure our clients receive top quality advice in every market in an efficient and well-coordinated manner.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Our M&A team brings the power of Seyfarth’s innovative service delivery resources to bear for agile, transparent, and predictable outcomes from start to finish. Because M&A transactions and investments often do not unfold exactly as planned, our project management capabilities and budgeting tools allow us to recalibrate when necessary and keep the end goal in sight.
Although closing a deal is cause for celebration, often that is when the real work begins. We support your post-merger integration objectives with The Merger Playbook, a comprehensive communication tool and high-impact training program. Tailored to clients’ workplace needs, values, risk factors, and compliance objectives, this tool helps mitigate risk, while serving as a unique springboard for workforce integration and post-merger success.
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Among the transactions our M&A team has recently handled:
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Represented Smart City Holdings LLC, a provider of telecommunication services to convention centers and other public venues, in an equity sale transaction to a multibillion-dollar private equity firm.
-
Represented Morneau Shepell, a human resource services and technology, in its acquisition of LifeWorks Corporation Ltd., and assisted with the concurrent debt and equity fundraising.
-
Represented Cars.com, a digital automotive platform company, in its simultaneous acquisition of Dealer Inspire, Inc. and Launch Digital Marketing LLC.
-
Represented Tomco2 Systems, a manufacturer of carbon dioxide tanks and equipment, in its sale to Air Water Inc., a publicly traded Japanese company.
Related News & Insights
-
Legal Update
11/12/2024
New Rules for HSR Premerger Notification Filings Take Effect February 10, 2025
-
Speaking Engagement
11/07/2024
Seyfarth to Host and Suzie Saxman, Aaron Gillett, and Aly Audy to Present ACG Chicago Sunrise Session "What’s 'Market' in Middle Market M&A Deal Terms: Lessons from the Slowdown”
-
Speaking Engagement
11/06/2024
Suzanne Saxman, Paul Pryzant, and James Dorough-Lewis to Speak at Strafford Webinar, "M&A Earnouts and Economic Uncertainty"
-
Webinar
10/31/2024
Webinar Series: Winning Combinations: Exploring Synergies with Government Contracts Law
Recognition
-
Recognition
11/07/2024
Seyfarth Extends Rankings in ‘2025 Best Law Firms’ by Best Lawyers
-
Recognition
09/12/2024
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong Team Recognized in IFLR1000 2024 Rankings
-
Recognition
06/12/2024
Seyfarth Earns Top Tier Rankings Again in The Legal 500
-
Recognition
11/02/2023
Seyfarth Ranked One of ‘2024 Best Law Firms’ by Best Lawyers