Mergers & Acquisitions

International Transactions

$600 million acquisition by a $3 billion U.K.-based multinational of a worldwide chemical manufacturer which expanded our client’s product range and made it a global player in the printed circuit-board fabrication industry
$250 million acquisition of the U.S., European and Asian electronics businesses of a NYSE-listed company.
Acquisition by a $2 billion Netherlands-based multinational of the assests of a Connecticut software-development company.
Strategic alliance with a group of five companies in the U.S., Thailand and Israel, increasing our client’s vertical integration and access to state-of-the-art international manufacturing facilities.
Sale of the stock of an Australia-based equipment manufacturer to a U.S. publicly traded strategic buyer.
$400 million sale of a Rhode Island-based software development firm to a French-based, publicly traded multinational
sale of a Swedish company and its U.S. subsidiary to a U.S.-based, publicly traded strategic buyer.
sale by a Dublin-based company of one of its U.S. subsidiaries in a management buy-out.

U.S. Transactions

$50 million acquisition of an Ohio-based chemical manufacturing company's assets in a multi-step transaction.
$30 million acquisition of a Minnesota manufacturer of hydraulic shears, structured to qualify as a tax-free reverse triangular merger and as a "pooling of interests" for accounting purposes.
$27 million acquisition of stock of a Georgia-based manufacturer
$33 million disposition by a NYSE-listed manufacturer of "discontinued operations" consisting of manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Texas, Georgia and Illinois.
$165 million sale of a U.S., China and Mexico-based manufacturer to a Providence-based private equity firm.
Creation of a joint venture combining the Northeast-based precious-metals operations of two U.S. entities with a mechanism resulting in 100 percent acquisition by one of the investors.
$42 million sale of a privately-held holding company with operating subsidiaries in Illinois and Utah to the private equity affiliate of an international mutual funds group.

Rhode Island / New England Transactions

$40 million sale of Rhode Island jewelry manufacturer
Acquisition of the assets of a Rhode Island-based manufacturer for $13 million.
Acquisition of a publicly traded Rhode Island community bank by a regional bank holding company
$60 million acquisition of the stock of a New Hampshire-based electronics products company.
$110 million reorganization designed to solve a dispute among the three shareholder groups of a Massachusetts manufacturing company.
Acquisition of a Massachusetts-based public manufacturing company for $45 million.
$80 million sale of the stock of a New England-based manufacturing and distribution company.
$18 million sale of Rhode Island waste hauling business to a Fortune 500 waste management company.
$12 million sale of Rhode Island electronics company to diversified conglomerate.