About Vedder
Vedder's mergers and acquisitions and private equity lawyers concentrate on middle-market deals. They act for private equity funds, privately held companies, and family-controlled companies, and they carry a transaction from due diligence and structuring through negotiation and closing, bringing in colleagues from the firm's other practices as a deal requires. Their work spans stock and asset purchases, mergers, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, carve-outs, and sales of distressed businesses, including sales out of bankruptcy. For sponsors, the team supports sponsor-backed companies through platform acquisitions, add-on deals, and the eventual sale. It represents buyers, sellers, and management teams at each stage of an acquisition or an investment, and it negotiates and evaluates sale transactions for owners. Its deal experience covers businesses in transportation, health care, government contracting, and aerospace and defense, among other industries, through to the close of the sale.
Who is a good fit for Vedder
- Private equity funds acquiring a platform company or an add-on business.
- Owners of family-controlled companies planning to sell the business.
- Management teams participating in a leveraged buyout or an investment.
- Buyers acquiring a distressed business.