Corporate & Transactional

Overview

Public and private companies, nonprofits, and tax-exempt organizations trust Epstein Becker Green for corporate and transactional legal advice as they shape the future of their businesses.

By developing a deep understanding of our clients’ operations and strategic business goals, we deliver tailored, practical advice that helps them effectively navigate even the most complex corporate and transactional challenges.

From startups to established companies, clients across industries turn to Epstein Becker Green because of our extensive experience handling:

Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and similar transactions
Joint ventures, partnerships, joint operating arrangements, affiliations, and other business combinations
Private equity and venture capital investments
Nonprofit and tax-exempt entity matters
Commercial contracting
Corporate financing
Tax issues
Antitrust issues
Intellectual property (IP) issues
Financial restructuring and bankruptcy matters
Corporate governance counseling
Entity formation and start-up capitalization
Seconded or outsourced general counsel support

Because every corporate matter presents unique challenges, we assemble targeted teams with multidisciplinary experience in areas such as antitrust, employee benefits, employment, health care, IP, tax, technology, and more.

Comprehensive Solutions for Complex Transactions

Working closely with the C-suite, general counsel, and governing boards, our corporate and transactional lawyers execute financial and strategic middle-market transactions, as well as large-cap, billion-dollar deals, with the right combination of market savvy and deal knowledge. Our decades of experience representing buyers and sellers, along with our close relationships within the investment and financial communities, give clients on either side of a transaction the upper hand. Whether handling domestic or cross-border transactions, we assist clients from start to finish or, when needed, with specific aspects of a deal. Our counseling ensures that our clients’ interests are, at all times, maximized and protected.

Sophisticated Tax Counsel for Transactions

Our multifaceted tax guidance is a centerpiece of nearly every merger, acquisition, joint venture, or business reorganization we handle. By staying current on tax code changes, we help clients across the country strategize and anticipate their federal, state, and local tax obligations.

Investing in the Future Through Private Equity and Venture Capital

When private equity firms contemplate strategic investments in emerging companies, they look to our insight and experience to build their portfolios with minimal risk. Drawing on our deep experience working on both sides of a deal, our corporate and transactional attorneys also frequently advise start-up, emerging, and fast-growth companies that are targets of venture capital investments and counsel them on their future business growth and exit strategies. Additionally, as government scrutiny of private equity transactions intensifies, with new reporting requirements in some states regarding ownership and deals, particularly in sectors such as health care, we help our clients successfully navigate these evolving legal and regulatory landscapes.

Business-Critical Counsel for Technology Transactions

Technology transactions—both corporate and commercial—have become increasingly complex. With our industry savviness, deal-making experience, and nuanced understanding of the data privacy and IP issues that arise in various corporate and commercial contexts, we help clients complete their technology transactions successfully. We are adept at structuring, drafting, negotiating, and providing counsel on a wide array of commercial transactions and contracts, including co-development, outsourcing, manufacturing, and supply agreements. For clients pursuing mergers, acquisitions, investments, restructurings, consolidations, joint ventures, or divestitures, we ensure the smooth transfer of technology and IP assets.

Proactive Corporate Governance Advice

Companies must fulfill their corporate governance obligations to maintain long-term success. Regardless of where a client is in its life cycle, our corporate and transactional lawyers provide the guidance needed to help the client establish effective corporate governance policies and practices and make informed business decisions while avoiding costly mistakes.

General Counsel Services That Work

Fortune 500 companies, startups, health care systems, insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and global financial institutions are just a few of the organizations that have called on our firm to provide key general counsel services. Whether we’re supplementing the capabilities of an existing legal team or serving as outside general counsel, we delve deeply into a client’s business model and objectives to effectively represent its interests in corporate transactions while minimizing litigation risks.

Strategic Advice for Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Entities

We regularly advise clients on forming nonprofit entities and obtaining tax-exempt status. Within our many long-term client relationships, we provide ongoing management and governance advice to nonprofits and exempt entities that is informed by changes to federal and state tax and nonprofit legislation. We also serve as a strategic partner in their joint ventures, affiliation agreements, acquisitions, and other combinations.

Complete Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Solutions

We represent clients in a wide variety of corporate bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters. Our clients include debtors and debtors-in-possession, purchasers of assets, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, indenture trustees, receivers, court-appointed trustees, landlords, factors, and parties doing business with distressed businesses. Our experience extends far beyond Chapter 11 reorganizations to include creditors' rights and sale transactions within bankruptcy proceedings. We also litigate bankruptcy matters, including preferences and fraudulent conveyance claims, and negotiate out-of-court dispute resolutions.

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