What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts
Within M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m), tier 5
Based in Pittsburgh, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC has offices throughout the Eastern US. Noted for its integrated approach, projects are staffed with attorneys from the firm’s corporate, tax, employee benefits, labor, antitrust, environmental, litigation and other practice areas on an as-needs basis. The team advised a major publicly owned entertainment company in several transactions, involving aggregate consideration and financing totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, and assisted a private investment firm in the acquisition and divestiture of various food products and manufacturing companies, with an aggregate consideration in excess of $300m. It has also acted in the acquisition and merger of over 100 retail drug stores, with an approximate consideration of $60m. Furthermore, the firm serves as US counsel to many foreign corporations, including companies headquartered in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and Africa. In Philadelphia, ‘smart operator’ Gary Miller has significant experience in M&A-related private investment transactions.