An attorney associated with the San Diego mergers and acquisitions practice group at the corporate and securities law firm Higgs Fletcher & Mack provides representation to private, closely held and family businesses, including assistance with virtually all types of acquisitions, divestitures and related transactions. The lawyering skills, know-how, and creativity developed by our San Diego mergers and acquisitions lawyers in this practice are applicable to complex, inbound and outbound international transactions and domestic transactions in a wide variety of manufacturing and service industries including technology driven businesses.

Our domestic practice covers a wide range of corporate transactions including private transactions to acquire assets or stock, acquisitions and divestitures of divisions and subsidiaries, computer software and other technology transfers, and joint ventures, strategic alliance and partnerships transactions.

The San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys at Higgs Fletcher & Mack are prepared to handle all aspects of the planning, negotiation, documentation, and financing of transactions including:

• Structuring business combinations to maximize economic benefits
• Negotiating and drafting asset and stock purchase and sale agreements and merger agreements
• Assisting with the due diligence investigation of a business being sold or acquired
• Securing applicable federal, state and local regulatory approvals, licenses, and permits
• Preparation and filing of required state and federal securities filings
• Negotiating and drafting documents for the financing of a transaction, including institutional loan agreements, mezzanine financing, and sales of debt or equity securities
• Providing advice regarding corporate governance matters

Examples of transactions include:

• $17 Million roll-up/divestiture of ink manufacturer and affiliated holding company
• $22.8 Million divisive reorganization/liquidation/sale of a plastics company and an affiliate
• $42 Million asset acquisition of missile defense systems contractor
• $20 Million sale of a construction company to venture fund in roll-up transaction
• $5 Million management buy-out of a construction company
• $32 Million asset sale and real property lease with purchase option
• $200 Million law firm merger transaction yielding a combined firm in the AmLaw100
• $26 Million type C tax-free reorganization/acquisition of a refrigeration company with multiple locations
• $26 Million management buy-out of financial services company

Our San Diego mergers and acquisitions practice is staffed by lawyers and other professionals with a broad range of knowledge and practice skills to address the wide variety of issues that are likely to arise in these transactions. Our team works closely with the firm’s other practice groups to make sure that our mergers and acquisitions clients have access to the best counsel on employment-related issues, insurance and risk management issues, intellectual property concerns, tax-related matters, and the securities law and corporate governance issues that may occur with these types of transactions.

If you need experienced counsel for your advanced business or corporate needs, contact theSan Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys at Higgs Fletcher & Mack today.