Corporate/M&A
USA Guide 2024 : Minnesota
Band 2
Contact number
+1 612 977 8400About
Provided by Taft
Taft’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice guides private and public companies, as well as an array of financial sponsors, through their most demanding and complex business transactions. Our lawyers have successfully navigated billions of dollars of domestic and cross-border transactions in myriad industries. Utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach, we are able to bring the breadth of our collective experience to bear on our clients’ most sensitive and time-constrained transactions.
Our core M&A team, working with subject matter specialists in tax, anti-trust and other areas of the law, regularly work with our clients in structuring, negotiating and completing negotiated acquisitions and divestitures, beginning before a letter of intent is ever signed and continuing through the closing.
Our clients regularly seek our counsel on a variety of complex business transactions, including:
• Leveraged acquisitions and divestitures for private equity funds, venture capital funds, and independent and other equity sponsors.
• Strategic mergers and acquisitions for private and public companies.
• Public company “merger of equal” transactions.
• “Going private” transactions.
• Hostile bids, tender offers and proxy contests.
• Distressed merger and acquisition transactions.
• Transactions involving ESOPs.
• Debt and equity recapitalizations.
We also regularly represent boards of directors, special committees and management teams in specific issues affecting them in merger and acquisition transactions.
Chambers Review
Taft has significant experience representing private equity firms and corporates in M&A and joint ventures, while also demonstrating expertise in acting for mezzanine lenders on high-value transactional matters. The team has notable strength in advising healthcare, sports and food and beverage entities.
Work Highlights
- Taft acted for Spell Capital Partners in the sale of portfolio company Pearson's Candy to Promise Holdings and the sale of Pearson's real estate assets to Tenet Equity.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Taft provide access to deep bench of subject matter expertise lawyers."
"We have a great relationship with the attorneys we work with and they've very responsive to our needs. They put their client's interests ahead of their own legal bill."
"Taft provide access to deep bench of subject matter expertise lawyers."
"We have a great relationship with the attorneys we work with and they've very responsive to our needs. They put their client's interests ahead of their own legal bill."
Notable Practitioners
Christopher Carlisle offers considerable experience in M&A transactions, on both buy and sell side, as well as providing corporate advice.
Steve Ryan's practice encompasses capital markets transactions, corporate finance work and real estate matters.
Timothy Murphy is an experienced M&A law practitioner and adeptly advises clients on sales, acquisitions and investments.
Marcus Laman offers broad corporate law expertise, often advising clients on strategic M&A, private equity investments and broader corporate governance issues.
"Marcus is excellent to work with. He is highly knowledgeable, personable, creative, and responsive."
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