Mergers & Acquisitions
Stock Purchases & Dispositions | Mergers | Tender & Exchange Offers | Leveraged Buyouts | Restructuring
Duffy & Sweeney’s M&A and business law teams handle major multi-million dollar deals in the national and international M&A marketplace, often in the $50 to $150 million range. In fact, since the 2008 recession, the attorneys have successfully spearheaded numerous, significant mid-market M&A transactions helping family and entrepreneur owners convert billions of dollars of private enterprise value into liquidity.
D&S enjoys a well-earned reputation as a boutique firm representing clients as an M&A powerhouse and successfully facing counterparts at large firms in New York, Boston and beyond.
We advise public and private companies in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions in both the US and internationally, regularly handling asset and stock purchases and dispositions, mergers, tender and exchange offers, leveraged buyouts and restructurings. When litigation issues arise, we represent clients to resolve disputes at any stage of the transactions.
Whether the deal is a public-public merger with the related SEC disclosure and fiduciary requirements, or the unique issues presented by sales of VC-backed private companies, we advise clients on friendly and hostile tender offers, and represent investment banks serving as financial advisors in mergers.
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers understand that transactions are successful only if they accomplish the client’s strategic business objectives.
We know that buyers and sellers need to operate their business throughout the deal with minimal disruption to the customers, shareholders and employees.
Our office is based on South Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island in the rapidly developing waterfront / I-195 region, connecting the East Side to the downtown financial center and the Knowledge District supporting innovation and life sciences. Contact us at 401.455.0700.
See our tombstones of deals here:
- Provided sell-side representation to shareholders of a large printing business (founded in 1893) where individual shareholders sold their interests to a strategic buyer. Duffy & Sweeney was responsible for the negotiation and preparation of all deal documentation, advising the shareholders throughout the process and coordinating with legal counsel to certain of the shareholders. The transaction also involved the sale of the real estate facilities from an affiliate.
- Provided sell-side representation to the shareholders a long-term client that is a leading provider of engineering services and technology to the United States Navy. The deal involved the shareholders’ sale of their interests to the founder of a defense and government technology company. Duffy & Sweeney was responsible for the negotiation and preparation of all deal documentation and advising the shareholders throughout the process. The transaction involved complicated tax matters as well as government contract security matters.
- Represented a jewelry designer and manufacturer in connection with post-closing issues with a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate that had acquired the company including indemnity claims, disputed net working capital adjustments and earn out calculations
- Represented a precious metals refiner and recycler in connection with post-closing issues with a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company that had acquired the company including indemnity claims and disputed net working capital adjustments.
- Represented an industrial valve manufacturer in connection with enforcement of terms of post-closing earn-out and consulting agreement against publicly traded corporation that had acquired company
- Defended the seller-manufacturer of home heating products against claims of breaches of indemnities brought by private equity buyer of company.
