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Mergers and acquisitions lawyers
Our seasoned team of mergers and acquisitions lawyers has acted in the full spectrum of corporate transactions, be it public company takeovers or contentious buyouts. With offices around the world, we can help you to get the deal done quickly, within regulations and with minimal fuss.
We have extensive experience of advising on public company takeovers, private equity investments, leveraged buyouts and other corporate transactions.
Our mergers and acquisitions solicitors help develop strategies for achieving our clients’ business objectives. Whether you are a public or private company, our team can guide you through the complex negotiations necessary to complete a merger, acquisition, or disposal.Sometimes these negotiations are contentious. For instance, our mergers and acquisitions lawyers advised a minority stakeholder in their bid to buy out other shareholders and gain control over a target company – a move opposed by that company's board. We challenged the board’s actions and won, eventually structuring a deal advantageous to our client.
When acquisitions cross borders, we leverage the full power of our international team. In our capacity as a global global law firm, we get the deal done quickly and in line with regulations in each country.
An international team of mergers and acquisitions lawyers from our offices in London, Milan, Hong Kong and Singapore recently assisted Renault with the $1.5 billion acquisition of Lotus F1. In the nine-month process, we were able to extract Renault from engine supply agreements with other F1 teams without any money changing hands.
We also obtained four separate court adjournments to stave off more than a dozen creditors intent on forcing Lotus into liquidation, which was unprecedented. More than 500 jobs at Lotus were saved, and Renault’s future in Formula 1 was secured. ‘It’s rare to be able to affect people’s lives as directly as we did in that project'.
Additionally, our US team represented one of the world’s largest manufacturers of graphite and carbon-based products in its $150 million convertible preferred stock issuance, followed by a tender offer and merger with a value of $695 million.
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Graham Webster
Partner | London
Michael A. Rueda
Partner | Head of US Sports and Entertainment | New York
Mark Lynch
Partner | London
Patricia M. Lee
Partner | New York
Roberta Crivellaro
Partner | Milan
Polly Chu
Partner | Hong Kong
Daniel Tang
Partner | Hong Kong
Gerald Fujii
Partner | Tokyo
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