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Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions

The acquisition or divestiture of an operating unit or entity is a pivotal stage of development in the lifespan of a business. Skilled, sound and timely legal counsel and advice is essential for the successful consummation of any acquisition or divestiture. At Rele & Becker, we pride ourselves on the ability of our attorneys to use their considerable experience, expertise and creativity in structuring, negotiating and managing the successful consummation of acquisition and divestiture transactions.

Our attorneys have advised clients on a full range of merger and acquisition transactions involving domestic and foreign business enterprises at all stages of development. Our attorneys have considerable experience with mergers, asset purchases, stock purchases, divestitures, spin-offs, tender offers and leveraged buy-outs. We also counsel clients on corporate governance, director fiduciary issues and stockholder relations issues related to these transactions.

The dollar value of an acquisition or divestiture often bears little relationship to the level of business or legal complexity involved with the transaction. Our lawyers have played a significant role in planning and executing mergers and acquisitions, representing both buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions for Fortune 500, as well as middle-market and small companies.

Representative Transactions:

Our attorneys have been involved with and have worked on the following transactions:

	Represented one of the largest U.S. pension funds in connection with the tender offer for and the acquisition of a major publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in a deal valued at approximately $2.1 billion.

	Represented a large public utility company in the divestiture of its unregulated electric generation subsidiaries in a deal valued in multibillion dollar range.

	Represented large public company in the acquisition of a publicly traded telephone information service company in a deal valued at approximately $700 million.

	Represented a large strategic opportunity fund in the acquisition of all of the capital stock of an international chemical manufacturing business in a deal valued at approximately $400 million.

	Represented a large public company in a series of acquisitions of technology companies, in transactions each valued in the multi hundred million dollar range.

	Represented a privately held company and its stockholders in their sale of stock to a fortune 200 company in a deal valued at approximately $120 million.

	Represented a television media company in its acquisition of an internet company in a deal valued at approximately $25 million.

	Represented a major fortune 100 company in its acquisition of a privately held technology company through a reverse subsidiary merger in a deal valued at approximately $20 million.

	Represented a privately held company in its acquisition of a technology company through a forward subsidiary merger in a deal valued at approximately $35 million.

	Represented the magazine division of a large public company in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a travel magazine in a deal valued at approximately $15 million.

	Represented an Indian marketing BPO company in the acquisition of a U.S. based marketing company.

	Represented an Indian BPO company in its acquisition of a mortgage origination and service company in the U.S.

	Represented a privately held multimedia company in its sale to a U.S. listed public company.