Mergers and Acquisitions

In today’s world, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, split-ups and other business transactions have become more complex due to heavier regulations of businesses, difficulties in access to traditional lending markets and differences among investor risk tolerances. Thus, Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP has developed internally and through lateral hires great strength in its business transactions group. It is able to, among other things,

• Structure transactions to satisfy lenders/investor desires with respect to control, type of equity, senior and subordinated debt, warrants, options and other objectives
• Contacts with hundreds of private equity groups across the nation to buy your business in whole or in part
• Prepare and file, where required, Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance papers and work with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission at the Federal and State levels
• Work with environmental agencies at the State and Federal levels
• Handle your transactions from confidentiality agreement through post-closing matters
• Past transactions have ranged from $1 million to several billion dollars with most falling in the $25 to $75 million range