Focus

Business can be made or broken by a single deal.  Levenfeld Pearlstein’s corporate practice group focuses on results, working to get the deal done without ever losing focus on your goals. We pride ourselves in providing practical advice, innovative solutions, unparalleled commitment and years of experience that ensure transactions are completed on your schedule and terms.

The group represents private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, high net worth individuals, unfunded sponsors, portfolio companies and sophisticated private investors in transactions at every level.  We regularly assist our clients with mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, equity and debt financings, fund formations, recapitalizations, and restructurings. Our transaction experience crosses multiple industries and multiple jurisdictions.  Our core transactions range in size from $10 million to $100 million. 

Collaboration

We work collaboratively across practice groups to leverage attorneys experienced in tax; restructuring and insolvency; ERISA; labor and employment; compensation and benefits; ESOP; intellectual property; real estate; estate planning; and any other disciplines that are directly relevant to your deal.

Consistent with the current economic environment, our attorneys have been working on a large number of distressed deals.  Unlike many other firms, our experience in this area extends back decades prior to this downturn. We also regularly advise boards of directors on their fiduciary duties in the context of financial distress and are familiar players in bankruptcy cases throughout the country.

Representative Transactions

Some recent transactions include:

• Representation of the seller of multinational commercial real estate consulting and transaction advisory business to a publicly traded Australian company. The transaction size was approximately $132 million.
• Representation of a private equity fund in connection with its investment in a chain of luxury retail stores exiting Chapter 11.
• Representation of the seller of approximately $55 million in equity of an energy-efficient lighting company to a publicly- traded competitor.
• Representation of purchaser of approximately $12 million of specific assets in the Circuit City bankruptcy.
• Representation of a private equity fund in the acquisition of subordinate debt of a 17 store retail chain, with the eventual acquisition of the target’s assets.
• Representation of the owners of an asset management and brokerage business in a $20 million sale to a Midwestern bank.
• Representation of purchaser of select assets of an eyewear store chain, including the negotiation of discounts with lien holders of target.
• Representation of a $13 million purchase of substantially all assets of industrial fluid company.
• Representation of purchaser of select assets in the Steve and Barry’s bankruptcy.
• Representation of a hedge fund in the sale of a direct selling brand in an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
• Representation of seller of a liquid packaging company in connection with an out-of-court work-out.