Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Law Firm · Medium firm (21 to 100 attorneys) · Founded 1852 · Updated September 2026
About Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP's mergers, acquisitions and divestitures lawyers act for buyers, sellers, and the owners of businesses, structuring each transaction, negotiating its terms, drawing up the documents, and seeing it through to closing. Their clients run from small, closely held family businesses to venture capital and private equity funds and large public companies, and the firm's private equity and venture capital, transactional tax, and business succession practices sit alongside that deal work. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York, with offices in Buffalo and Albany. It often works with large companies and international businesses, and as a member of Meritas, a global alliance of independent law firms, it can reach counsel in other states and countries when a purchase or sale crosses a border.
Who is a good fit for Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
- Owners of closely held family businesses planning a sale of the company.
- Venture capital and private equity funds participating in an acquisition.
- Public companies preparing a merger, an acquisition, or a divestiture.
- International businesses pursuing a cross border transaction.