Many businesses change ownership through mergers; others are sold via asset sales. The Van Winkle Law Firm offers a full range of expertise to help business owners and purchasers accomplish their goals. This team has assisted some of the region’s larger businesses being acquired by national and international firms, and it has helped regional businesses merge in order to meet competition. As Van Winkle has backed clients through these changes, the firm has developed expertise on both sides of the acquisition process, serving private firms and publicly traded companies.
Business Mergers & Acquisitions Law – Types of Services
- Initial Negotiation
- Letters of intent
- Due diligence
- Contracts of purchase and sale
- Hart/Scott/Rodino filings
- Closings
- Post-closing activities
Practice Highlights
- Represented a petroleum product distributor in numerous acquisitions over a period of more than 20 years, resulting in growth into one of the area’s largest distributors.
- Represented a heavy equipment manufacturer in a multi-million-dollar sale of dealership requiring Hart-Scott-Rodino filings.
- Represented a national company transferring all of its company-owned stores.
- Represented a national company in multiple regional acqusitions within its industry.
- Representing a local company in the sale of a regulated division.
- Represented many local companies in asset sales.
- Represented physician practices and other health care providers in acquisition transactions.