Businesses today face more challenges than ever in pursuing their strategic goals and protecting the interests of their stakeholders. To compete effectively, companies, both public and private, and their boards need legal advisors focused on real world solutions. Our Mergers & Acquisitions Practice – ranked among the nation’s most active by Chambers USA, Corporate Control Alert, Mergermarket and Thomson Financial – is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of attorneys who deliver responsive and practical solutions on M&A transactions in this increasingly complex and challenging...more »

Businesses today face more challenges than ever in pursuing their strategic goals and protecting the interests of their stakeholders. To compete effectively, companies, both public and private, and their boards need legal advisors focused on real world solutions. Our Mergers & Acquisitions Practice – ranked among the nation’s most active by Chambers USA, Corporate Control Alert, Mergermarket and Thomson Financial – is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of attorneys who deliver responsive and practical solutions on M&A transactions in this increasingly complex and challenging market.

Our attorneys partner with clients to structure, negotiate and execute a broad array of transactions – mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, tender-offers, spinoffs, divestitures and going private transactions as well as unsolicited proposals for signifi cant transactions. We also work closely with institutional investors, including hedge funds and other private funds, to assist in managing the regulatory aspects of their investments in public companies and understanding the corporate governance structures of those companies. Our M&A lawyers blend technical know-how, specifi c industry expertise and practical judgment to ensure deals get done on a timely, costeffi cient basis.

In addition to our transactional work, we advise clients regularly on a range of corporate governance matters. We work with public and private companies, as well as special committees, on such issues as fi duciary duties, takeover defense, director independence and liability risks. We provide our clients with an informed and practical viewpoint on the shifting trends in corporate governance and proxy proposals.

At Goodwin Procter, we employ an integrated approach to addressing our clients’ needs. Our M&A attorneys work closely with a fi rmwide network of specialists in tax, intellectual property, executive compensation, employment, environmental and real estate law to help clients assess opportunities and structure complex, innovative transactions.

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