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Navigating M&A Deals, Delivering Results That Help Create Value

Mergers & Acquisitions at DarrowEverett LLP

At DarrowEverett LLP, we provide comprehensive M&A services tailored to businesses at every stage of their life cycle, from emerging startups to mature enterprises. Our experienced team works with private equity and venture capital firms, family-owned businesses, and publicly traded companies across a wide range of industries. Whether structuring an acquisition, navigating a merger, or facilitating a strategic sale, we deliver high-quality, efficient legal solutions designed to achieve your goals and drive success.

Comprehensive M&A Services

We understand that every business transaction is unique. Our M&A Practice Group is dedicated to providing sophisticated legal strategies and solutions that align with your goals. From helping private equity and venture capital investors maximize returns to guiding family-owned businesses through seamless transitions, we bring the expertise and attention to detail your transaction requires.

Our attorneys deliver exceptional value through cohesive, collaborative teams. By understanding the nuances of your business and industry, whether you’re a publicly traded company or a private enterprise, we ensure your transaction is executed seamlessly while keeping your objectives at the forefront.

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Core Services

Our services span the full life cycle of business transactions and extend to critical areas of legal and strategic support:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Comprehensive guidance for all aspects of M&A transactions, from evaluating opportunities to executing deals that maximize value for private equity sponsors, venture capital investors, and other stakeholders.
  • Corporate Governance: Assist family-owned businesses, private companies, and growing enterprises in developing governance structures that support sustainable growth and compliance with complex regulations.
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital: Provide counsel on funding rounds, deal structuring, and fostering partnerships that align with the strategic goals of investors and entrepreneurs alike.
  • Joint Ventures and Strategic Partnerships: Develop innovative legal frameworks that enable businesses, including those backed by private equity or venture capital, to pursue ambitious growth opportunities.
  • Day-to-Day Counsel: Offer proactive advice and ongoing support on contracts, employment matters, and operational challenges for businesses of all sizes and ownership structures.

Industry-Specific Expertise

At DarrowEverett, we recognize that every industry brings its own set of challenges and opportunities. Our attorneys draw upon extensive experience in sectors such as private equity, venture capital, technology, real estate, healthcare, construction, and manufacturing to deliver tailored legal solutions. We work closely with businesses to navigate industry-specific complexities and achieve successful outcomes.

Why Choose DarrowEverett?

Our firm is dedicated to providing high-quality, business-focused legal counsel. Here’s what sets us apart:

  • Customized Solutions: Whether you’re a private equity firm, a family-run business, or a publicly traded corporation, we tailor our advice to meet the unique needs and objectives of your organization.
  • Collaborative Approach: Our attorneys work closely with you and your team to deliver cohesive strategies that drive success for investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.
  • Scalable Expertise: As your business evolves, our services adapt to support you, whether you’re seeking venture capital funding or preparing for a strategic exit.
  • Accessibility and Responsiveness: Our team is committed to building long-term relationships and providing direct access to experienced attorneys invested in your success.

Partner with DarrowEverett LLP

At DarrowEverett, we go beyond legal services to deliver business-oriented solutions that empower growth, innovation, and success. Whether you’re a private equity sponsor, venture capital investor, family-owned business, or publicly traded company, our M&A Practice Group is here to help you achieve your goals.

Contact us today to learn how we can support your business journey.

Representative Matters in Mergers & Acquisitions

Represented a major Canadian private equity firm in the simultaneous closings of two strategic roll-up transactions for a regional waste disposal platform that consolidated two regional waste-disposal and recycling operators in the Northeast. The deals were financed through a senior secured credit facility provided by a large institutional lender and a seller earn-out. Our multidisciplinary team structured the acquisitions of the holding company; negotiated two separate asset purchase agreements and disclosure schedules; conducted accelerated search and payoff diligence for sellers; reviewed loan documents in connection with the upsize senior secured credit facility documents; and closed both acquisitions on an expedited timeline, aligning funding mechanics and post-closing integration milestones for the sponsor’s nationwide growth strategy.

We represented a New York-based private equity/credit sponsor in the roll-up and simultaneous closing of a regional pawn shop, marking the 30th store acquisition for the platform. Our work included structuring the acquisition, coordinating diligence, including in connection with licensing, negotiating the purchase and lease agreements, and shepherding all regulatory filings to closing.

DarrowEverett LLP represented Young American Food Brands, doing business as Miami Beef, a top provider of premium branded protein products to major retailers and food service customers throughout the country, and its investor, Trivest Partners, one of the nation’s leading private equity investment firms, in the strategic add-on acquisition of a highly regarded provider of complementary cooked beef products and its associated real estate, including a production facility.

This add-on acquisition augments our clients’ product offering and diversification in an industry experiencing rapid growth given consumer preference for higher quality protein choices. Our team led all aspects of the transaction, from structuring and negotiating the definitive agreements for both the business and real estate components, spearheading legal, regulatory, and real estate due diligence activities (including various insurance products in support of the transaction), to handling sophisticated labor and employment aspects of the transaction, and to advising on financing arrangements with a prominent national lender, which provided dual loan facilities to support the transaction.

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Practice Leader

Chad J. Gottlieb - Chief Growth Officer, Partner

Overview

Chad J. Gottlieb is the Chair of our Corporate & Business Transactions Practice Group. He focuses primarily on M&A (buy-side and sell-side), private equity, securities law, corporate law, intellectual property (trademark branding, clearance, and prosecution), and marketing and telemarketing compliance (including with respect to federal and state consumer protection laws). Chad also has experience in internal investigations, audits and responses involving government or administrative agency inquiries, investigations or formal legal requests relating to the Telephone...

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