Introduction

Dickinson attorneys regularly assist businesses in formulating strategies for expanding or selling their businesses through merger and acquisition transactions. We are able to aid our clients through every stage of the process, including pre-transaction planning, negotiations, preparing merger and acquisition agreements and related documents, conducting due diligence, and following up with post-closing matters. We assist clients with a variety of merger and acquisition transactions, including:

• Stock purchases
• Asset purchases
• Spin-off transactions
• Acquisitions of minority interests (such as through reverse stock splits, stock repurchases, or redemptions)
• Due diligence
• Tender offers
• Exchange offers
• Recapitalizations
• Asset dispositions
• Debt restructuring
• Employment agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Bills of sale
• Assumption agreements