Mergers & Acquisitions

When a merger or acquisition is being considered, acquirers, target companies, financial advisers, shareholders and regulators all come to the table with different needs and objectives. Regardless of your position, it is critical to have sophisticated legal counsel at your side to ensure your interests are effectively advanced.

WeirFoulds acts for buyers, sellers, targets, financing sources and investment bankers in all types of acquisitions, divestitures, investments, business consolidations, business reorganizations and liquidity events. Our clients include entrepreneurs, growth companies, private equity firms, financial sponsors, and strategic investors on transactions ranging from minority equity investments to public company acquisitions. We have extensive experience assisting clients with both friendly and hostile takeovers, plans of arrangement and leveraged buyouts.

Our M&A lawyers are regularly called upon to structure, negotiate and implement sophisticated and innovative M&A deals and complex business transactions and arrangements. We bring a multi-disciplinary approach to these transactions so that all issues are recognized and proactively dealt with in a manner that exceeds our clients’ needs and expectations. We provide advice on legal structure, due diligence and transaction documentation and related issues, including tax, restructuring, regulatory compliance, intellectual property and employment matters. We provide clients with access to our results-oriented approach and work toward orderly closings in even the most challenging transactions. We work daily to maintain our long-standing reputation as exceptional deal-makers.