Corporate/M&A
USA Guide 2024 : Utah
Band 2
Contact number
+1 801 257 1900About
Provided by Snell & Wilmer LLP
Faced with increasingly tenuous economic and regulatory environments, companies and individuals pursuing acquisitions, divestitures or other corporate reorganizations need experienced counsel who can negotiate and guide financially sound, growth-oriented and defensible transactions.
Snell & Wilmer’s mergers and acquisitions attorneys are well-versed in providing strategic, innovative legal and business services for complicated corporate transactions. We have extensive experience with transactions in a variety of industries, including highly regulated industries where the intersection of business and government requires a particularly strategic and risk-sensitive approach. Our experience, coupled with deep industry knowledge, allows us to provide thoughtful, innovative and comprehensive solutions.
Our M&A attorneys provide a range of services:
- Government and regulatory agency compliance
- Due diligence review
- Drafting and negotiation of acquisition and related agreements
- SEC registration
- Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filings
- Preparing prospectuses and offering memoranda
- Stockholder rights plans
- Stock option and severance plans
- Confidentiality agreements
- Intellectual property asset management
Our clients include sellers, buyers, investors, banks, bankers, venture capital firms, private equity firms, institutional lenders, independent directors, committees, management groups, creditors and creditor committees. We handle transactions in both regulated and unregulated industries.
Chambers Review
Snell & Wilmer has a compact team with experience acting as buyer and seller-side counsel on commercial acquisitions, with further expertise in the field of domestic and international mergers, joint ventures and corporate reorganizations. The firm also regularly assists clients with corporate spin-outs and related tax and structuring issues. It is often active on real estate deals.
Notable Practitioners
John Weston is a highly respected corporate law attorney. He advises on debt and equity investments, as well as handling high-value real estate M&A.
Brad Merrill acts for clients in the energy and healthcare sectors, among others, on M&A mandates. He offers further experience in joint ventures and corporate restructuring.