Mergers & Acquisitions
Key Contacts
Finn Dixon & Herling advises private equity firms, operating companies, strategic investors, and other parties in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other business combination transactions, a mainstay of our practice for more than three decades. Every year since 2003, Chambers USA has awarded FDH its highest ranking (Band One) for corporate and M&A law firms in Connecticut. We are consistently praised for matching the sophistication of the country’s largest M&A practices, while performing with a level of efficiency, value, and personalized services impossible to replicate at scale.
For private equity firms, portfolio companies, and operating companies, we handle the full spectrum of M&A deal types, including leveraged acquisitions, cross-border transactions, and strategic alliances. We advise on deals spanning a wide variety of industries and sizes, covering both ends of the middle market and beyond—from $10 million joint ventures to ten-figure buyouts. For several clients, FDH has nurtured their growth over many transactions from one end of that scale to the other.
We assemble deal teams for our clients that allow for enhanced efficiencies and better results. We assist our private equity clients throughout the lifecycle of their investments—from the initial platform acquisition to add-on acquisitions to debt re-financings (typically with delayed draw term loans and other features to assist with acquisitions) to liquidity events. We pride ourselves on identifying and collaborating with our clients to address legal risks and implementing best practices for a smooth ultimate sale of the portfolio company.
Whatever the size of the transaction, our team members give our clients the level of attention they require. Given the diversity of our deals, we are also able to speak the language of all counterparties, whether they are represented by a global law firm or local lawyers unaccustomed to M&A transactions.
Our M&A lawyers do not act alone. Rather, they are supported by complementary teams in debt finance, tax, real estate, executive compensation, and other areas that stand ready to lend their perspective to any given transaction. They work with our M&A team toward the ultimate goal of bringing transactions to the most successful and efficient resolution possible.
