Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
USA Guide 2024 : Texas
Band 1
Contact number
+1 713 890 5000About
Provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
We work on a broad range of global mergers and acquisitions. Our team counsels sellers and buyers, investors and owners, boards of directors, and sources of financing and intermediaries, including private equity and venture capital funds. We help secure transaction financing, working with investment and commercial banks and other institutional lenders, and we advise entity-level decisionmakers, counseling boards, independent director committees, and management groups in myriad regulated and unregulated industries around the world. Our transactions have ranged in value from a few million dollars to more than $70 billion.
Our team can handle any issues arising from a merger, acquisition, or divestiture, whether environmental, labor, employment, and compensation matters or government contracts, regulatory obligations, intellectual property rights, and tax matters. We help clients negotiate purchase and divestiture agreements, tender offers, restructurings, joint ventures, spin-offs, leveraged buyouts, and public-to-private transactions, and acquire distressed assets. We also advise public company targets and would-be acquirers regarding implementing or overcoming takeover defense mechanisms.
Chambers Review
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has an impressive practice that counsels clients on the full spectrum of deals. The team advises a host of well-known corporates and individuals in a broad variety of sectors, including oil and gas, life sciences and technology.
Work Highlights
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP represented MPLX LP in a joint venture with WhiteWater Midstream, West Texas Gas, and Cheniere Energy regarding the construction, ownership and operation of the ADCC Pipeline.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' depth and breath of team is excellent. One of the reasons we utilize the firm is its geographic reach and subject matter expertise."
"As a top-tier full-service law firm, Morgan Lewis has the team depth to handle any matter we throw at them, regardless of type of complexity."
"The team is knowledgeable, thorough and thoughtful. They provide excellent service, advice and responsiveness."
"I enjoy working with Morgan Lewis. They are experienced and astute lawyers who provide solid, prudent advice."
"Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' depth and breath of team is excellent. One of the reasons we utilize the firm is its geographic reach and subject matter expertise."
"As a top-tier full-service law firm, Morgan Lewis has the team depth to handle any matter we throw at them, regardless of type of complexity."
"The team is knowledgeable, thorough and thoughtful. They provide excellent service, advice and responsiveness."
"I enjoy working with Morgan Lewis. They are experienced and astute lawyers who provide solid, prudent advice."
Notable Practitioners
Tara McElhiney is praised by clients for her excellent work on complex M&A transactions. She is recognized as an associate to watch.
"If you want things done, Tara is the lawyer you want. She's the driving force on our deals."
"Tara really stands out. She is brilliant and always goes above and beyond for clients."
"Tara is wonderful to work with. She's incredibly efficient, works well with the client and is very flexible on figuring out commercial arrangements that make sense."