Mergers and Acquisitions
Overview
Our work in structuring, negotiating, and executing mergers and acquisitions, and other liquidity transactions, is a defining aspect of our business practice and a driver of our reputation in the market. Heston Morton is counted on for providing sophisticated judgment, technical excellence, creative solutions, and vast market knowledge.
How We Help
HM’s transactional attorneys handle mergers and acquisitions, platform deals and rollups, dividend recapitalizations and carveout transactions. We handle transactions involving enterprise values in nine figures, but also represent companies in far smaller deals. Our agility is reflected in leaner staffing, and appropriate rate structures.
We are typically brought into transactions at an early phase, advising on financial advisor engagements, confidentiality agreements and letters of intent. On sell-side transactions, we provide important assistance in the pre-transaction planning stage, helping companies proactively address matters which might otherwise be identified as red flags during purchaser due diligence. Many transactions we handle involve auction processes.
We also represent senior executives in the negotiation and documentation of their unique go-forward arrangements with acquirors.
Our Mindset
In negotiating and carrying out transactions of critical importance to our clients, we take a highly collaborative approach with “opposing” parties and their professional advisors, recognizing common goals such as swift negotiation and focusing on the most material points.
