Drafting Transfer Provisions in Joint Acquisition Vehicles: Preserving Flexibility, Avoiding Pitfalls

Mr. Coogan advises publicly held and private companies and private equity and other investment firms in mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. He also advises boards of directors and board committees in M&As and other corporate governance matters. Mr. Coogan’s clients invest in and operate companies across a wide variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, business services, energy and consumer products. His experience includes helping private equity firms build out their portfolios with acquisitions, grow their portfolio companies, and successfully execute exits; representing venture capital firms, as well as startups and emerging businesses seeking growth and funding; advising investment banks and issuers in securities offerings; serving as outside general counsel to a variety of enterprises, advising boards, management and controlling stockholders on matters including litigation management, compliance investigations, IP management, human resources issues and strategic planning; helping long-established family businesses and their controlling families through transition and sale situations; and supporting family offices and closely-held investment companies in capital raising and restructuring matters.

Ms. deBeers is head of the M&A/Corporate Group in the firm’s Chicago office and has a diverse corporate practice with extensive experience in the area of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities law and general corporate law matters. She regularly represents private equity firms, as well as various private and public corporate clients, on a wide variety of acquisition and sale transactions, leveraged buyouts, capital transactions, spin-offs and various types of recapitalizations and other financing transactions.