Mergers & Acquisitions

Messerli Kramer’s Corporate Law attorneys assist private and public companies across a variety of industries with their M&A deals ranging in size from under $1 million to over $100 million. We help our clients navigate and execute on a wide variety of M&A transactions, including the purchase and sale of business assets and equity interests; mergers; restructurings; spin-off transactions; strategic partnerships; and business combinations. In addition to negotiating, structuring and documenting a transaction from the letter of intent through closing, our attorneys provide creative strategies for transition planning; founder and next generation buy-outs; and acquisitions without third-party interests.

Services

Due Diligence
Acquisitions, Mergers and Business Combinations
Corporate Restructuring
Debt Financing
Equity Financing
Hart-Scott-Rodino Reports
International and Third-Party Business Transactions
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Proxy Statements
Recapitalizations

Representative Experience

Represented client in negotiation and acquisition of dairy-related facilities in California, Utah and South Dakota for business handling more than $1 billion in annual sales.
Represented a privately-held domestic defense industry manufacturer in its $70M acquisition by a publicly-traded United Kingdom defense industry manufacturer.
Represented a waste management company in the sale of its business for over $60 million to a publicly traded company.
Represented a water treatment solutions company in the sale of its business for over $40 million to a strategic foreign buyer.
Represented a hedge fund in over 10 debt and equity investments of up to $10 million, including preferred stock, stockholder agreements, governance arrangements, warrants, minority stockholder provisions, and subsequent restructures and foreclosures.
Represented a private equity firm in the acquisition of a $60 million plastics and packaging company, including lender and mezzanine financing.
Represented Headwaters Software, a leader in online tools for EMS (emergency medical services) education, on its sale to Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Represented AllOver Media, the largest alternative out-of-home advertising platform in the United States, on its sale to the Audax Group.
Represented Fantasy Flight Publishing, a worldwide-recognized hobby game publisher, on its sale to the Asmodee Group (France).