Mergers & Acquisitions
Each year we facilitate M&A transactions worth billions of dollars. Recent transactions range in size from a $1 billion acquisition for a New York Stock Exchange listed company, to a $1 million purchase of a distribution business in the Midwest. Our clients include: large public companies with aggressive acquisition programs; a nationally known buyout firm; foreign enterprises expanding into the U.S.; and technology companies and family-owned businesses seeking liquidity. We are known as skillful tax planners and have the demonstrated practice experience to handle the employment, antitrust, intellectual property and real estate issues that M&A transactions involve. Our goal is to provide comprehensive legal advice that enables clients to evaluate, negotiate and successfully close their deals.
Practice Profile (PDF)
Representative Client Work
- Represented Iron Mountain Incorporated in its $112 million acquisition of Mimosa Systems, Inc., a leader in enterprise-class content archiving solutions
- Advised American Tower Corporation in the acquisition of over 70 wireless communications towers and related assets
- Represented Enexis Holding N.V., the largest electric and gas grid operator in the Netherlands, in its de-merger from Essent N.V. In the transaction certain Essent business units were combined under the ownership of Enexis Holding N.V. and spun off to the shareholders of Essent. The de-merger was the result of a Dutch law forcing utilities to separate their generation and transmission businesses
- Advised Hospitality Properties Trust in its approximately $2.6 billion acquisition of TravelCenters of America, Inc., the largest full-service travel center business in the United States
- Advised Where Inc., a Boston-based location media company, in its recent acquisition by PayPal, a division of eBay Inc.
- Represented Emptoris, Inc., a supply and contract management software provider, in its sale by auction to Marlin Equity Partners
News
- January 30, 2012
After 20 Years, New Yorker is in Line for ABA Presidency
New York Law Journal - January 6, 2012
New Trading Platforms For Small Cap Stock Companies
Electronically-In-Touch - October 21, 2011
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - October 20, 2011
S&W Attorneys Named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - June 14, 2011
Sullivan & Worcester LLP Receives Top Rankings in Six Categories in the 2011 Edition of The Legal 500 United States
S&W Press Release - October 19, 2010
S&W Attorneys Named Massachusetts Super Lawyers
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - June 17, 2010
Sullivan & Worcester LLP Receives Top Rankings in Four Categories in the 2010 Edition of The Legal 500 United States
S&W Press Release - May 10, 2010
Consequences of Violating Section 29
TheDeal Magazine - October 26, 2009
S&W Attorneys Named New England Super Lawyers
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - October 26, 2009
Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Selected as Rising Stars
New England Super Lawyers Magazine - October 8, 2009
BofA Ruling Puts M&A Lawyers On The Spot
Law360 - June 25, 2009
Sullivan & Worcester Adds New Partner to the New York Corporate Group
S&W Press Release - November 25, 2008
Harvey Bines Interviewed by Globes
Globes - September 17, 2008
S&W Adds New Senior-Level Corporate Attorney in New York
S&W Press Release - March 14, 2008
Some important do's and don'ts in selling a business
Boston Business Journal - February 5, 2008
Partner Edwin Miller Publishes Book - Practical Advice for Technology Entrepreneurs - February 5, 2008
Partner Edwin Miller Publishes Book - Practical M&A Advice - October 15, 2007
S&W Ranked in The Legal 500 U.S.
Events
- March 22, 2012 (8:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Bloomberg's 2012 Tech/Media/Telecom Seminar - February 15, 2012 (3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.)
The Rule of Law in Singapore - January 25, 2012 (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.)
The New York State Bar Association Town Hall Meeting with Future ABA President James R. Silkenat - December 12-13, 2011
Alternative IPOs & Reverse Mergers for Smaller Companies and Pre-revenue R&D Companies - September 22, 2011
Seminar on Mergers & Acquisitions at the CFO Forum - June 15, 2011 (4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
Your Liquidity: How a CFO Turns the Asset into Cash - April 14, 2011
ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
Publications
- July 26, 2010
The Dodd-Frank Act – What Public Companies Should Be Doing Now
Client Advisory
Related Practices
- Employment & Benefits
- Financings
- Intellectual Property
- Private Equity
- Securities
- Securitization
- Tax
- Venture Capital
Related Industries
Attorneys in This Practice
- Jonathan Achiron
- Susan M. Barnard
- Joseph W. Bartlett
- Harvey E. Bines
- Christopher Cabot
- Charles E. Chambers Jr.
- Robert V. Condon III
- William J. Curry
- Kristen Doughty Danaher
- Harry E. Ekblom, Jr.
- Brian E. Hammell
- Oded Har-Even
- Jon M. Jenkins
- Peter G. Johannsen
- Daniel Kibler-Stearns
- William A. Levine
- Karen L. Linsley
- Edwin L. Miller Jr.
- Patricia Wall Mundy
- Duncan T. O'Brien
- Nicole Rives
- Lewis N. Segall
- James R. Silkenat
- Michael J. Student
- Richard Teller
- Paul D. Trumble
- Carol G. Wolff
- Kristen A. Young
- Shmuel Zysman
