Mergers and Acquisitions

Assisted client United Oil & Gas PLC (United) in the execution of a conditional asset purchase agreement with Quattro Energy Limited to sell U.K. Central North Sea Licence P2519 containing the Maria oil discovery in Block 15/18e for a maximum consideration including contingent bonus payments of up to £5.7 million.

Represented global health tech company Otto Bock PLC in its acquisition of Pace Rehabilitation, a provider of integrated services to treat people who have sustained limb loss or serious limb injury.

Represented a cannabis client in connection with the formation of a vertically integrated cannabis company, its acquisition of several cultivation, processor, and dispensary companies, the negotiation of a credit agreement, and related regulatory filings in Maryland.

Advised distributor of invisible fences in connection with the sale of the company to a strategic buyer.

Completed a series of four complex, multimillion-dollar transactions in the U.S. and U.K. on behalf of a holding company and its primary portfolio company. In addition to traditional M&A aspects, our team provided guidance on related real estate, environmental, employment, benefits, immigration and international factors. Two of the four transactions closed on the same day on two different continents.

Advising a major industrial conglomerate in relation to the competition law issues in relation to its acquisition of technology and its licensing strategy.

Represented experienced meeting and event organizer in its acquisition of a series of events and the subsequent licensing of its brand, creating a dominant North American brand in its markets.

Negotiated billions of dollars in transactional agreements for a Fortune 100 telecommunications, broadband and media company, including multiple system acquisitions and divestitures to enhance geographical efficiencies. The disposition of rural  systems ultimately positioned the company to complete a merger with another major player in the industry.

Corporate and M&A counsel to a Colorado-based energy exploration and production company in connection with upstream and midstream activities, as well as strategic corporate matters, including a $200 million private equity investment, acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas assets with an aggregate value in excess of $300 million, and the development of gas gathering and processing facilities in the Williston Basin, North Dakota.

Represented privately held real estate investment and development firm in multi-step holding company reorganization, with follow-on equity investment by international strategic investor.

Represented the seller, a manufacturer of specialty home furnishings, in its acquisition by a leading brand aggregator in numerous different consumer products spaces. The sale, for $65 million in cash and equity, represented the buyer’s first acquisition in the home furnishings space. We also provided counsel on employment, employee benefits, tax, patent, and intellectual property aspects of the transaction.

Represented a manufacturer and marketer of pet care and nutrition products in its $135 million acquisition of a wholesaler of small-animal wellness brands. Handled diligence on all intellectual property and information technology aspects of the transaction.

Represented the founders of a Colorado construction company in the divestiture of the business to a top-5 Canadian contractor in a cross-border transaction.

Advised a pizza restaurant and delivery franchise in Poland on its acquisition of a competing business in Poland, its readmission to AIM and an associated equity fundraising.