Mayer Brown's Mergers & Acquisitions practice provides top-level client service and creative solutions to complex problems in public and private transactions alike. We are regularly ranked among the leading law firms in the United States and the United Kingdom in public company mergers and acquisitions, and we have an equally active practice in representing private companies in buying and selling businesses.
Chambers Global recently reported that Mayer Brown "is consistently recommended for its 'blend of world-class technical skills and user friendly attitude.' [It] undertakes an impressive array of M&A transactions for publicly owned companies."
We represent domestic and foreign corporations and their financial advisors in all facets of mergers and acquisitions, including:
- Asset acquisitions and dispositions
- Leveraged buyouts
- Equity purchases and sales
- Proxy contests
- Consent solicitations
- Recapitalizations
- Contested transactions
- Reorganizations
- International and cross-border matters
- Tender offers
Our Mergers and Acquisitions Finance Practice includes the representation of senior and subordinated lenders and equity participants, and involves leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings and other financings.
Mayer Brown's practice spans all business segments, including the chemicals, energy, pharmaceuticals, insurance and finance, manufacturing, technology, gaming, transportation, food, retail, health care, equipment leasing and telecommunications industries. We also have one of the leading practices advising public real estate clients in connection with major corporate mergers and acquisitions and restructurings.
Our corporate lawyers draw upon the experience of their colleagues in tax, ERISA, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, environmental and labor to address issues that arise in structuring, negotiating and completing complex business combination transactions.
The firm's Antitrust/Competition & Trade Regulation Group works closely with the attorneys in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice to ensure that client transactions are completed without undue regulatory delay. Our US Antitrust Group, which includes former counsel and high-level enforcement officials in the US Department of Justice, provides advice on issues ranging from Hart-Scott-Rodino filings to negotiations and resolutions with the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice.
Our London, Brussels, Paris, Cologne and Frankfurt lawyers have comprehensive European competition law experience.
