Mergers and Acquisitions

Cullen and Dykman’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice advises public international companies, leading private equity firms and sponsors, strategic acquirers, professional service companies, start-ups, founders and investors in complex domestic and cross-border transactions. The firm structures and negotiates mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, minority investments, recapitalizations, debt and equity financings, 363 sales and private equity and venture capital matters with a focus on precision, risk allocation, and execution certainty.

Clients also turn to the practice for comprehensive counsel at every stage of the business life cycle, including guidance on day-to-day operations, tax planning and compliance, equity holder and business relationships, corporate governance, and long-term succession planning. As dependable advisors, the team helps clients navigate complex challenges, realize their professional goals, and position their businesses for successful transactions and sustained growth.

From initial structuring through closing, the attorneys align legal strategy with investment timelines, financing considerations, governance mechanics, and commercial objectives. They operate as disciplined deal managers, not just document drafters, anticipating execution risks and resolving issues efficiently to keep transactions on track.

The practice serves clients across key industries, including professional services, manufacturing, energy, construction, real estate, publishing, higher education, and consumer products.

Due diligence is also a core component of the team’s transactional work. The attorneys routinely conduct and counsel clients regarding diligence reviews of target entities, including representation of potential purchasers, banks, and other financing entities. Drawing on the firm’s legal acumen and resources, the team helps ensure that clients have a comprehensive picture of the risks involved in proposed transactions. The practice also collaborates internally with specialist colleagues in intellectual property, financing, data privacy, real estate, benefits, ERISA, and compensation to provide targeted, integrated, and multidisciplinary counsel.

Representative Experience

• Representation of The LiRo Group (“LiRo”), a preeminent engineering, architecture, and construction management group of companies, in the acquisition of the LiRo Group by Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (“GISI”).
• Representation of Stake, a loyalty company for the rental economy, in the acquisition of Circa, a rent payments company.
• Representation of Bloomfield College in its merger with Montclair State University.
• Representation of Capital District Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, LLC, an oral surgery practice based in Albany, in its sale of substantially all of its assets to Affinity Dental Management. The C&D team also negotiated the employment agreements for Capital District’s dentists’ employment with Affinity Dental Management going forward. Affinity Dental Management is owned by MidOcean Partners.
• Representation of Consolidated Carpet of New York, a floor covering contractor, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Vortex Commercial Flooring of Chicago. C&D also helped form a new business entity, Consolidated Flooring of Chicago, which was formed to be the new operating company in Chicago.
• Representation of N&S Supply of Fishkill, a plumbing, heating, HVAC and bathroom remodeling supply company, in its sale of substantially all of its assets to Watsco, Inc. (WSO), a publicly traded company headquartered in Florida. The C&D team also negotiated the employment agreements for the executives of N&S Supply of Fishkill with Watsco going forward.
• Representation of Urban Resource Institute in affiliation and subsequent merger with Center Against Domestic Violence to create the largest domestic violence service provider in New York City.
• Representation of The LiRo Group in its acquisition of Sidney B. Bowne and Sons and its affiliates (engineering/surveying companies).
• Representation of D&D Power, Inc. in its reorganization and subsequent sale to BHI.
• Representation of SunTrust in its acquisition of part of Capital One’s equipment loan and lease portfolio.