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Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers

Atlanta Mergers and Acquisitions LawyersAtlanta M & A Law Firm (Selling or Buying a Business)

We advise our clients in mergers, acquisitions, and related financial/loan transactions. Anyone selling or buying a business. Our M&A attorneys have experience working with clients through all stages of these transactions, from non-disclosure agreements and letters of intent to due diligence to negotiation, execution and closing of the acquisition agreements.

Our Atlanta M&A lawyers have experience counseling both strategic and financial buyers and sellers in various industries, including, without limitation:

  • Manufacturing
  • Technology
  • Healthcare
  • Distribution
  • Food products
  • Inks and coatings
  • Media
  • Advertising and marketing
  • Industrial gases
  • Software products
  • Medical devices

In addition to our representation of U.S. companies, we have also represented European and other non-U.S. based companies as they enter into or expand within the U.S. market via acquisition. Often the way a foreign entity enters the U.S. market is through the acquisition of an existing U.S. business rather than starting from scratch. There are particular legal and cultural challenges to those acquisitions with which we are familiar.

We focus on the complexities and challenges of our clients’ changing business environments. We help our clients craft creative solutions to the evolving issues they face and always ask what their goals are as they embark on the unique legal journey of buying or selling a business.

We advise clients in various legal aspects of business mergers and acquisitions, including:

  • Selecting the most advantageous structure (in consultation with the client’s CPA and tax counsel)
  • Reviewing due diligence materials
  • Negotiating non-disclosure agreements and letters of intent
  • Negotiating and preparing asset purchase, stock purchase, and merger agreements
  • Preparing ancillary agreements, such as
    • Employment agreements
    • Retainer/bonus agreements
    • Noncompetes
    • Indemnity Escrow agreements
    • Transfer agreements, such as assignments of trademarks
    • Shareholders buy-sell agreements
    • LLC operating agreements
  • Identifying and complying with regulatory issues, particularly any governmental consents required for the transaction to close
  • Preparing seller’s disclosure schedules
  • Where necessary or appropriate, we involve specialists in legal fields, such as tax, securities, employee benefits, or regulatory areas, such as Medicare.

Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers

Types of Mergers and Acquisition Transactions

As mergers and acquisitions lawyers, we have extensive experience counseling clients in the following types of transactions:

  • Business acquisitions ( Learn one of the first things you should do before buying a business » )
  • Asset and stock purchases
  • Mergers
  • Divestitures (e.g. sale of only a division)
  • Strategic business acquisitions or alliances
  • Dissolutions, liquidations and reorganizations
  • Management buy-outs

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