BakerHostetler remains a key contact across the US for domestic middle-market M&A clients, including PE firms and family-owned businesses, as well as handling cross-border inbound transactions, often collaborating with teams in the tax, employment and real estate sectors to offer full-service assistance for transactions. Steven H. Goldberg, located in New York, chairs the firm’s business group and co-leads the firm’s M&A team, handling the firm’s most prominent transactions involving joint ventures, PE and strategic deals alongside Los Angeles-based Will Chuchawat, who handles a variety of M&A matters for companies in the tech, healthcare and life sciences sectors. In Cleveland, John Allotta regularly advises PE firms in the manufacturing and healthcare space. Another key name from the New York practice, Matthew Gases is a key contact for both publicly and privately traded companies.
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Key clients
- ECN Capital Corp.
- Roark Capital Group, Inc.
- MNP Corporation
- Agrinergia SA and Nanzenji SA
- Littlejohn Fund V, L.P.
- Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.
- James R. Nelligan & Associates, LLC
- CBIZ, Inc.
- TransDigm Group Inc.
- DCC plc
- Echelon Capital Management, Inc.
- CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. Inc.
- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Work highlights
Advised the target company in the successful closing of a stock purchase agreement between INEOS Energy and CNOOC. The deal is valued at nearly $2 billion.
Represented independent insurance brokerage and consulting firm Woodruff Sawyer in its sale to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a public global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, for $1.2 billion.
Represented ECN Capital Corp. in its $1.4 billion buyout by private investor group Warburg Pincus. See Law360 and The Deal coverage in attachment
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Matthew Gases
Practice head
Steven H. Goldberg; Will S. Chuchawat
Other key lawyers
Matthew Gases; John Allotta