Perkins Coie’s M&A practice consists of more than 100 dedicated lawyers representing the gamut of parties involved in public and private company transactions. These include domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, JVs, carveouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, and other transactions. Our Economic Opportunity & Recovery lawyers also guide clients in acquisition programs and roll-up strategies, as well as founder-owned exit transactions.

Parties seeking to buy assets out of distressed situations, including in bankruptcy cases, turn to Perkins Coie for experienced guidance. Working with both strategic and financial buyers, as well as debtors, trustees, lenders, and creditors, our lawyers evaluate the risks associated with these acquisitions and pursue preemptive mitigation measures. Our knowledge extends to stalking horse bids, break-up fees, and other bid protections, and credit bidding, in a sale or Chapter 11 plan process.

With decades of experience representing companies throughout all phases of the business cycle, Perkins Coie’s restructuring lawyers provide thoughtful, strategic advice to clients facing distressed situations, both in and out of bankruptcy courts. Companies turn to us to help them develop and carry out creative, results-oriented, and cost-effective plans to achieve their goals. This may include executing transactions for specific assets or divisions, or for entire businesses, as well as amending existing contracts in ways that preserve key relationships, create opportunities, and minimize risk.

Lawyers in our Corporate Finance practice represent market leaders in a wide range of industries, including wireless technology, hardware, software, telecommunications, internet, aerospace, biotechnology, e-commerce, and manufacturing. We advise clients in a wide range of public and private debt and equity financings. In addition, our lawyers lead in venture capital (VC) transactions, initial public offerings (IPO) and follow-on public offerings and have substantial experience in virtually all major aspects of public and private finance, including Rule 144A transactions and other public and private placements of debt and preferred and convertible securities.

The Perkins Coie Real Estate Workouts practice represents lenders, borrowers, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), loan servicers, and receivers in a variety of transactions related to real property secured loans. From the first notice of default through the final conveyance of property, the team draws on knowledge from thousands of secured loan workouts, including loan modifications and forbearance agreements, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, and foreclosure sales. With both depth and breadth of experience in transactions with properties across the country, they assist clients with single- and multi-asset workouts and multistate transactions.

Representing lenders and borrowers, our real estate finance lawyers advise clients in public and private financings ranging from single-asset financings to large, multistate transactions. Our team regularly counsels clients on acquisitions, construction and development loans, affordable housing financing, agricultural and timber financing, healthcare-specific issues, and commercial and real estate secured loans. We advise clients in connection with the full spectrum of real estate debt structures.