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Business can be made or broken by a single deal. Levenfeld Pearlstein’s corporate law 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 closely-held companies, 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.
Representative Transactions
Some recent transactions include:
- Representation of the seller of a multinational commercial real estate consulting and transaction advisory business to a publicly-traded Australian company for 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 an energy-efficient lighting company to a publicly-traded competitor for approximately $55 million
- Representation of a 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 a private U.S. subsidiary of a publicly-traded foreign manufacturing company in the acquisition of several competitors in the industrial fluid industry
- Representation of a hedge fund in the sale of a direct selling brand in an assignment for the benefit of creditors
- Representation of a private equity fund in the sale of a global marketing portfolio company
- Representation of the owner of a publishing and consulting company in the sale of assets to a publicly-traded company
- Representation of a privately-held ingredients company in the acquisition of several competitors in the food industry
- Representation of a manufacturer of packaging machines in the acquisition of several competitors and the formation of a joint venture with an Israeli partner
- Representation of a U.K.-based financial services company in the acquisition of the assets of a U.S.-based competitor owned by a consortium of private equity funds
- Representation of seven related commodity trading and brokerage firms to restructure their operations into a new “S corporation” holding company in order to facilitate the sale of 100% of the stock of the new holding company to newly-formed ESOP
- Representation of the majority owners of a national commercial laundry company in connection with the formation of a new ESOP and sale of 100% of the stock of the company to the ESOP
- Representation of a major North American insurance broker in numerous roll-up acquisitions across the United States
- Representation of client in the acquisition, along with a joint venture partner, of approximately 7,500 intermodal trailers from a division of General Electric for approximately $32,000,000
- Representation of numerous strategic acquirers in the scrap metal industry
