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Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts
Within M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m), tier 4
Fielding Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis offices, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC’s typical experience includes the negotiation of mergers, stock and asset purchases and divestitures, both tax-free and taxable, structuring spin-offs, recapitalizations, management buyouts and other going-private transactions, tender offers, tender offer defenses and proxy contests. The practice represented Intergraph, a leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software, in connection with its definitive agreement to be acquired by Hexagon, a leading global measurement technology company, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1bn. Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, was assisted when it acquired eRx Network, a premier provider of electronic pharmacy healthcare solutions, for $75m in cash and 1.85m units of Emdeon membership interests. The team represented First Health Services in its sale to Magellan Health Services for $110m in cash for the stock of First Health Services as well as certain other assets related to the operation of the First Health Services business. Nashville-based Page Davidson focuses on M&A of both public and private companies, as well as strategic relationships, such as joint ventures and corporate partnerships. Also in Nashville, James Cheek III has acted for public companies in successful joint ventures, spin offs and complex corporate reorganization matters.