Buchalter
Law Firm · Medium firm (21 to 100 attorneys) · Founded 1933 · Updated September 2026
About Buchalter
Buchalter's mergers and acquisitions lawyers represent small privately held businesses, private equity firms, and multinational corporations, bringing middle market expertise to each deal. The work spans mergers, purchases and sales of stock or assets, management and leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, and spin-off dispositions, and the firm also acts for bidders, target companies, investment bankers, and financial advisors. Its client list reaches across apparel, banking, hospitality, insurance, entertainment, health care, retail, technology, and manufacturing. From its Los Angeles office, Buchalter also counsels private equity funds and their portfolio companies on initial investments, equity offerings, debt financings, and private placements, and on exits through a public offering or a private sale. Start-ups and emerging companies come to the firm for advice on financing structure and exit strategy, and its lawyers structure and negotiate the joint ventures and strategic alliances that let one business combine forces with another.
Who is a good fit for Buchalter
- Small privately held businesses selling their stock or assets.
- Management teams arranging a management buyout or a leveraged buyout.
- Private equity funds making an initial investment in a portfolio company or planning an exit.
- Start-up and emerging companies arranging angel, venture capital, or equipment financing.