
Our firm's Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice is international in scope. The firm represents acquiring and selling companies, private investors, venture capitalists, financial advisors, investment bankers, boards and committees, and numerous others in M&A transactions across the United States and around the world. We represent a wide array of clients in a variety of industries, including the manufacturing, aerospace and defense, life sciences, and services industries, among numerous others. We handle transactions for small and closely held businesses as well as transactions for our larger public and private company clients, where the dollar value can exceed one billion dollars.
Our attorneys routinely represent clients in mergers, acquisitions, sales and divestitures, dispositions of securities and corporate assets, and other types of reorganizations. We assist in all aspects of the transaction, from financing, regulatory approval, due diligence, and valuation to operational issues. We have experience in substantial transactions involving industrial development, leveraged leases, negotiated and hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, spin-offs, going-private transactions, redemptions, recapitalizations, secured and unsecured lending, Eurodollar financings, and interest rate swaps.
Hodgson Russ provides comprehensive services to address corollary legal issues that may arise in the context of M&A transactions, including tax, labor and employment, employee benefits, real estate, intellectual property, and governance matters.
Hodgson Russ has been awarded a prestigious “Best Law Firms” Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report in the Mergers & Acquisitions Law category. | ![]() |
- $200 Million International Sale of Ferrosilicon Company
- $275 Million Manufacturing Company Merger
- $300 Million Joint Venture in Heat Transfer Industry
- $750 Million Acquisition of HVAC Company
- Acquisition of European Chemical Manufacturing Plant Requires Tax Planning, Debt Financing & Environmental Services
- Assisted a Canada-Based Foam Products Manufacturer With a U.S. Asset Purchase
- Assisted Software Company With $80 Million Acquisition
- Counsel to U.S. industrials business in connection with its sale to EU investors.
- Merger on Behalf of Privately Held Confectionery Company
- Representation of Lumber Company in Multiple Acquisitions Per Year
- Representation of Tech Client in Merger With Fortune 100 Company
- Represented a U.S. Publicly-Traded Financial Institution in the Acquisition of a U.S. Equipment Lending Company
- Represented Founders of a U.S. Consumer Products Business in the Sale of the Company to Sponsor Buyer
- Represented Sponsor-Owned European Portfolio Company in the Acquisition of a U.S. Manufacturing Corporation
- Sale of Canadian Company With U.S. Assets to Australian Acquirer
- U.S. Counsel for Calgary-Based Private Equity Firm's Multimillion-Dollar Investments in Companies With U.S. Operations
- U.S. Counsel to Sponsor-Owned EU Industrials Business in Connection with its Sale to a Non-U.S. Publicly-Traded Buyer
- U.S. counsel to sponsor-owned EU industrials business in connection with its sale to a U.S. publicly-traded buyer.
- $150 Million Merger and Tender Offer for Medical Device Manufacturer
In the News
- WGRZ, September 15, 2022
- June 3, 2016
Press Releases
- June 6, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, June 2, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, November 15, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, May 26, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, April 24, 2020
- Press Release, May 1, 2019
- Press Release, June 12, 2017
- Press Release, June 15, 2015
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, January 25, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, January 28, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Antitrust, Trade Regulation & Anticorruption Alert, February 2, 2021
- JD Supra, January 21, 2014
- November 9, 2010
Presentations & Events
- April 28, 2021
- M&A Trends: What You Need to Know When Negotiating and Drafting Commercial LeasesOctober 28, 2015