Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions: Areas of Practice

A Full Range of Services

  • Advice on structuring mergers and acquisitions transactions
  • Dealing with the SEC, FTC and other governmental authorities
  • Organizing pre-acquisition due diligence investigations of acquisition candidates
  • Negotiating and drafting acquisition agreements and related documents, such as:
    • Letters of intent, confidentiality agreements and no-shop agreements
    • Merger, stock purchase, asset purchase, stock swap, reorganization, re-incorporation, restructuring and auction agreements
    • Spin-offs, roll-ups and leveraged buyouts
    • Prospectuses, offering memoranda, proxy statements, information statements, exchange offer and tender offer documents
    • Antitrust and competition government filings and reports, securities law filings, immigration petitions and other governmental filings
    • Consulting and noncompetition agreements
    • Employment agreements (including golden parachutes), severance plans, stock option plans and other incentive plans
    • Engagement agreements with investment banking firms
    • Voting and standstill agreements
    • Loan commitments and agreements, security agreements and other financing documents
    • Stockholder rights plans (poison pills) and other defensive measures

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