Mergers & Acquisition

Our Services

Sonnenschein represents domestic and non-U.S. companies, funds and financial institutions in their roles as buyers, sellers, investors, and financial advisors.   We focus on understanding our clients’ businesses and effectively partnering with them to help achieve their business objectives.

Our professionals have represented buyers and sellers in friendly and hostile settings in all types of corporate acquisitions and dispositions, including:

• Stock Purchases
• Asset Purchases
• Mergers
• Tender Offers
• Going Private Transactions
• Spin Offs

Our representations range from the most common to the most complex deals spanning diverse industries, including health care, insurance, manufacturing, consumer products, business services, hospitality, technology, media and communications.  

We provide clients with practical, solution-oriented advice, leveraging our collaborative national team of corporate lawyers and immediate access to a multidisciplinary network of experts in other fields, including:

• Public Law and Policy Strategies
• Real Estate
• Taxation
• Insurance
• Health Care
• Labor and Employment
• Intellectual Property
• Bankruptcy & Restrucuring
• Antitrust
• Litigation
• Employee Benefits
• Executive Compensation
• Environmental & Energy

Our Value

We realize that our clients expect and deserve more than technical expertise; they require legal advisors who provide practical solutions to complex issues, are available when needed and have considerable breadth and depth of experience.  Our success at providing this consistently high level of service is evident from the relationship networks we have built with companies, financing sources and financial advisors, as well as from the industry recognition our practice and attorneys receive.  A number of our attorneys are profiled in the corporate law disciplines, including M&A, found in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, an annual guide to the nation’s best lawyers.

The broad range of our specialized knowledge and experience can be found by looking closely at the extensive work we do on behalf of clients.  Our lawyers:

• Customize our services with respect to staffing, structuring and transaction management, recognizing that each client has specific needs and demands and that each transaction presents unique challenges.
• Perform due diligence, in conjunction with our clients and other advisors, to help identify potential issues or impediments and develop business-oriented solutions.
• Advise boards of directors and special committees in connection with the proper exercise of their duties, whether in the context of conflicts of interest, management retention or other business issues.
• Counsel investment banks and others in their role as financial advisors to public companies and board committees.
• Deliver critical advice to help buyers and sellers prepare for potential litigation, including shareholder strike suits and other potentially hostile objections or contests.
• Balance risk management and deal execution based on client-specific criteria.