Whether our client is an active acquiror (buyer), an entity poised for an acquisition (seller), or part of an organization poised for a restructuring, the experience of your legal team at this critical point in the business will have a tremendous effect on the success of the transaction.  Our team at F&E LLP brings a combined 35 years of experience in preparing, advising, drafting and negotiating M&A/purchase and sale of business transactions in multiple industries and provides a hands-on approach to assisting the client in every phase of the transaction.

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Our attorneys are experienced in developing and implementing creative strategies to help maximize value, minimize exposure and position our clients as advantageously as possible, whether they are a buyer or a seller. Our counsel to private and public companies alike is aimed at structuring transactions and helping maximize leverage to meet our clients' immediate needs and long-term business goals.   We have experience executing transactions of all sizes and across various industries ranging from sub $2 MM to above $200 MM, and everything in between.

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Our attorneys have experience with both U.S.-based and transactions that extend cross border. While, as corporate and transactional attorneys, we take the lead in drafting, counseling and negotiating the transaction, through our robust network, we can call on professionals including accountants experienced in M&A transactions, intellectual property attorneys, employment benefit attorneys and environmental attorneys to create multidisciplinary teams customized to meet the needs of the client and transaction at a more cost-effective price than using a large law firm.

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REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS:

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•  Advised large, privately-held manufacturer in the acquisition of dispenser manufacturer in a transaction that included international components.  

• Advised selling shareholders of interactive marketing agency in connection with the sale of the business to a large, international marketing agency.

• Advised publicly-held SAAS company with respect to the acquisition of a telecommunications expense management company.

• Advised purchaser in connection with the acquisition of a cleanroom manufacturer.

• Advised purchasers in connection with the acquisition of an endodontic practice.

• Advised an aircraft ventilation system company in the sale of its stock to a company catering to aviation products services (private equitybacked).

• Advised selling shareholders of a company performing testing and research relating to environmental toxicology, microbiology and molecular biology to a national laboratory testing company.

• Represented software development government contractor in the sale of its business to a private equity backed information services firm.

• Represented a seller of OEM/automotive parts in the drafting and negotiating of transactional documents; prior restructuring of the business; general legal preparation for sale in a $40 MM transaction. 

• Represented a manufacturer of high-end grills and other outdoor kitchen appliances in a sale of the business to the US subsidiary of a Swedish public company.

• Advised, counseled, negotiated and drafted legal documents in connection with the sale of the largest burial vault cement precaster in California. 

• Advised remaining members of a government contractor welding company in the $25 MM buyout and equity redemption of a minority investment partner.