Buyouts & Acquisitions

The climate for buyouts and acquisitions is constantly changing, demanding a high degree of tax and financial literacy, a commercial negotiating style and market sector expertise. Goodwin consistently answers those challenges, making it one of the premier M&A practices in the United States, with a robust focus on the middle market. And with the breakneck pace of technology disrupting industries around the world, we have a team that is equally proficient in advising the innovators and the investors across the private equity, technology, healthcare and life sciences sectors. We partner with clients to embrace the promise and potential of innovation to make a lasting impact.

Our group consists of more than 100 corporate M&A attorneys and professional staff with significant and substantive expertise and hands-on experience in structuring complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, spinoffs and tender offers. We represent clients on both buy and sell side in a number of transactions, including asset deals, stock deals, mergers, joint ventures and bankruptcy transactions. We have familiarity working with private equity sponsors and investors and represent large public companies acquiring private businesses.