Mergers & Acquisitions
Contemplating the sale of a business as an exit strategy, acquiring a new business, or merging with another business is a major undertaking. It may also be the most important decision a businessperson or company can make.
Our team of highly experienced corporate lawyers provides the sophisticated advice and technical skills of prior big-firm corporate partners paired with the efficiency and personal attention of a boutique firm to help our clients successfully navigate such transactions. In fact, our M&A team was recently honored by Acquisition International Magazine’s M&A Awards as the “Most Trusted Boutique Law Firm of the Year in the USA.” We routinely assist our clients with all aspects of related business transactions, from advising on structuring the transaction and negotiating the business deal, to preparing legal documents, obtaining necessary regulatory approvals, and seeing the transaction through to completion.
We combine creative thinking with practical implementation. We are experienced in all types of M&A transactions, including asset acquisitions, stock acquisitions, mergers, spin-offs, split-offs, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. Our experience runs the gamut of industries as well, including:
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Our international attorneys have managed mergers and acquisitions in more than a dozen countries outside the United States, including China, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada. In all, we have closed more than $2 billion in international transactions.
Recent Transactions:
- In one of the largest transactions in the Philadelphia technology community in recent years, Lauletta Birnbaum represented iPipeline in its sale to San Francisco private equity firm Thoma Bravo, LLC. iPipeline is a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the life insurance industry and is considered by many to be one of the most prominent tech companies in the Philadelphia region
- Represented Main Line Equity Partners in its acquisition of Tensitron, Inc., a leading tension meter manufacturer based in Longmont, Colorado
- Represented Main Line Equity Partners in its investment of SmarterServices, a provider of data-driven eLearning applications for educational institutions based in Prattville, Alabama
- Represented Internet Pipeline, Inc. in its acquisition of Aplifi, Inc., a Florida-based software company and leading technology provider that focuses on the annuity and financial services markets
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition of a software business from one of its competitors—a $15 million transaction
- Represented the seller in the sale of an historic 100-year old bakery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition of a student transportation company in New Jersey
- Represented the buyer in a $2.6 million management-led acquisition of an industrial nozzle manufacturer
- Management-led acquisition of an Internet advertising agency funded through profits of the business
- $20 million sale of an industrial wire distributor to private equity firms
- $26 million sale of a healthcare information technology company to a private equity firm
- Represented the buyer in an acquisition of a consulting firm in India—a $2.5 million transaction
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