Finn Dixon & Herling was named by Chambers USA 2007 to its top tier, “Band 1”, for Corporate/M&A law firms in Connecticut for the fifth straight year. [Read More] We represent a diverse and extensive base of clients in this area, including:

• Buyout and other private equity funds (including venture funds and hedge funds)
• Operating companies, both public and private, in connection with strategic acquisitions and divestitures
• Management teams acquiring divisions being spun out of larger organizations as well as acquisitions of entire companies
• Portfolio companies of private equity funds making strategic acquisitions

Our M&A team is regularly involved in, among others, mergers, spin-offs, "roll-up" transactions, recapitalizations, leveraged acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances.

Our M&A Group works closely with our Tax, Executive Compensation, Benefits, and Employment, Real Estate and Debt Financing groups to advise our M&A clients.

Our knowledge and experience has allowed us to serve clients in a broad spectrum of industries, including

financial services retail and consumer products construction telecommunications information technology shipping food

high tech equipment manufacturing health care metals and alloys software and hardware mining/aggregates media and communications

A number of recent M & A transactions in which our firm has been lead counsel are listed in Recent Transactions.

Our ability effectively to represent a wide variety of sophisticated clients in these areas is based upon many factors, including structuring advice aimed at optimizing the economics of each transaction, excellent client service, effective and efficient due diligence and responsiveness.

For further information on this practice area, please contact:

• Mike Herling at (203-325-5015) or mherling@fdh.com
• Chuck Downey at (203-325-5023) or cdowney@fdh.com
• David Albin at (203-325-5031) or dalbin@fdh.com