Services

We bring an unparalleled combination of business and financial sophistication, outstanding client service and efficiently maximized value to every M&A engagement we handle for our clients. Throughout the world, Fortune 500 public companies and smaller private companies alike rely on us for assistance with their most strategic merger and acquisition transactions.

Businesses from a broad array of industries, including chemicals, manufacturing, retail, services, software, technology and many others, turn to us for guidance. A small sampling of recent transactions involving $10 million to more than $1 billion includes:

• Representing Griffin Industries in its sale to Darling International.
• Representing Teradata in its acquisition of Aprimo.
• Representing Robbins & Myers in its acquisition of T-3 Energy Services.
• Representing PharMerica in its acquisition of Lone Star Pharmacy.
• Representing Ventyx, an ABB company, in its acquisition of Obvient Strategies.
• Representing Emmi Roth USA in its acquisition of Cypress Grove Chevre.
• Representing Babcock & Wilcox Company in its acquisition of a GE emissions monitoring business.

Our Approach

Whether representing buyers or sellers, we provide cost-effective, business-oriented advice designed to protect value. Our transaction advice consistently features common themes: For sellers, a focus on realizing the full transaction value and minimizing post-closing risk. For buyers, thorough and efficient due diligence to spot deal-killers, confirm value and anticipate post-closing surprises.

We apply these themes to each client’s unique objectives for a particular transaction, listening carefully to derive a comprehensive understanding of key long-term goals as part of our approach to due diligence and negotiations. We measure our success by how well we meet and protect these objectives, not by scoring points in the contract language, and help our clients weigh the costs, risks and benefits that arise in the negotiation process.

As part of our individualized services, we offer innovative fee models designed to manage transaction costs and risks, including fixed fee models, blended rates, termination discounts, success fees and other alternative fee arrangements.

Proven Track Record of Excellence

Our experience spans the full range of M&A transactions and illustrates the strength of our practice and success on behalf of our clients:

• Assisting public and private companies to achieve their strategic objectives, whether through acquisitions to support growth or divestitures to align operations with core competencies.
• Employing a team approach that leverages the in-depth technical expertise of other Thompson Hine practice groups to provide tailored, cost-effective business-focused advice, including Labor & Employment, Pensions & Benefits, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Commercial Finance, Environmental, Tax, Product Liability and International Trade.
• Working with sellers of public and private companies to maximize and preserve value in what is often the most critical transaction in their business life cycles.
• Handling public company control contests, tender offers and other buyouts, implementing creative solutions on behalf of both bidders and target companies.
• Helping private equity funds and their portfolio companies grow their businesses through add-on transactions and realize value in exit transactions.
• Combining our private equity fund formation and financing capabilities to offer a complete solution to a fund’s operational needs.
• Working with our own network of leading local firms in other countries to provide seamless advice and execution of cross-border transactions.