Cozen O'Connor
Law Firm · Updated September 2026
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About Cozen O'Connor
Cozen O'Connor's Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions team acts for corporate and financial buyers of private companies and for the sellers on the other side of those deals. Its lawyers structure each transaction, then draft and negotiate the merger, stock purchase, and asset purchase documents through signing and closing, whether the client is acquiring a business or selling one. The firm's Private Equity practice serves middle-market firms. The team works with the sponsors that buy businesses and with the owners of the companies those sponsors acquire, and it stays with a portfolio company from the first purchase through its add-on acquisitions and the later sale.
Who is a good fit for Cozen O'Connor
- Corporate buyers acquiring a private company.
- Financial buyers purchasing a private company.
- Sellers of a private company arranging a sale.
- Owners of middle-market firms in a private equity transaction.
Service areas
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Frequently Asked Questions
The team represents the owner in the sale of the company to the sponsor. In other deals, it represents the sponsor on the purchase side.
The Mergers & Acquisitions team structures and negotiates the deal agreements, whether its client is a corporate buyer, a financial buyer, or a seller.