Proven Experience

We counsel companies in transactions that are valued from a few million to many billions of dollars, and we have unique experience representing middle market companies in their M&A transactions. These companies often face unique challenges. For example, we have broad experience in working with venture-backed and private equity-owned companies and dealing with the complexities that the various financing structures of these companies pose for M&A transactions. We regularly work with companies that have been operating with understaffed or nonexistent legal departments. In those cases, our multidisciplinary, team oriented approach to transactions becomes even more critical. Additionally, we regularly use our deep nationwide contacts with various investors, debt sources and other players in middle market M&A in order to facilitate transactions.

We are result-oriented, efficient and extremely responsive to our clients. We have always been a business-oriented firm. We have worked hard to maintain a cost structure that allows us to staff deals leanly, while still giving us the bandwidth to attack large, fast moving transactions. We hand pick “client teams” for each client and transaction. We do not staff deals with multitudes of junior “attorneys in training” who have little skills or experience. Clients tell us that our approach results in greater efficiency and improved results from what they have experienced elsewhere.

We are forward-thinking. Unique among law firms, we have developed a patent-pending Legal Project Management System that we bring to bear on M&A transactions when appropriate. The Legal Project Management System improves communication, enhances efficiency, and provides transparency in the delivery of our services, while increasing our clients’ involvement and control over the timing and cost of the project.

Specialized Counsel

We are facilitators of transactions, not impediments. We integrate with our clients’ in house teams and drive deals to a successful conclusion. We are never outpaced and are normally in the role of driving the deal. For this reason, we are often the firm of choice for companies that need to accomplish highly complex transactions under nearly impossible deadlines.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented SolAmerica Energy (six solar projects – 4.7MW) in its acquisition by Duke Energy.

• Represented K1 Investment Management (private equity) in its acquisition of an undisclosed automated content marketing software company.

• Represented BBH Capital Partners (Brown Brothers Harriman) (private equity) in its acquisition of Haven Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

• Represented QGenda, LLC, a healthcare IT company, in its acquisition by Francisco Partners (private equity).

• Represented Aptean Solutions, an enterprise application software company, in its acquisition of Advances Public Safety division of Trimble Navigation.

• Represented Interstate Hotels & Resorts (Thayer Lodging Group asset) in its acquisition by Kohlberg & Co. LLC.

• Represented BuildingIQ (ASX), an energy management company, in its acquisition of Energy WorkSite and Facility WorkSite from NorthWrite, Inc.

• Represented Powerplan, Inc., an energy-focused FinTech company, in its acquisition of Riva Modeling Systems, Inc.

• Represented Courion Corporation, a FinTech company and K1 Investment Management portfolio company, in its acquisition of Core Security Technologies, Inc.

• Represented Paymentus Corporation, a FinTech company, in its acquisition of Billeo, Inc. (d/b/a Xpress-Buy).

• Represented Merchant Link, a cloud-based payment gateway, in its acquisition of Precidia Technologies.

• Represented Aptean Solutions in its acquisition of Medworxx Solutions, a healthcare IT company.

• Represented Courion Corporation in its acquisition of Bay 31 GmbH, a German FinTech company.

• Represented North Highland, a global consulting firm, in its acquisition of ACME Business Consulting.

• Represented Aderant Holdings Inc., a leading management solutions software company, in its acquisition of Timesoft Beheer B.C. & Accola, Inc.

• Represented United Technology Group, an IT support and solutions company, in its acquisition of Magnicom.

• Represented K1 Investment Management in its acquisition of Courion Corporation.

• Represented Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Inc. in its partnership with NorthStar Healthcare Income Inc. to acquire Trilogy Investors LLC and its Midwest senior health care facility portfolio.

• Represented Brickstream Corp., a developer of traffic flow sensors, in its acquisition of Nomi Technlogies.

• Represented Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, in its acquisition of Delta Data Software.

• Represented K1 Investment Management in its acquisition of ChiroTouch, a HealthIT company.

• Represented Azalea Health, a leading HealthIT company, in its acquisition of simplifyMD.

• Represented Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, in its acquisition of PayLease.

• Represented United Technology Group in its acquisition of Viant, LLC, a premier people-based advertising technology company.

• Represented Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRM), a leading HealthIT provider, in its acquisition of Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc.