Complex Business Transactions
The law firm of McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A., protects client interests by facilitating an orderly transition in the buying, selling, merger or consolidation, and restructuring of businesses. Based in Cleveland, we handle complex mergers and acquisitions for corporate clients statewide. We offer sophisticated counsel that allows clients to seize opportunities while minimizing risk and potential liability.
Our lawyers advise clients on matters such as business valuations, due diligence, real estate transactions, environmental and government compliance, financing, tax considerations, liquidation or divestiture of troubled assets, and employment law matters. We also handle mergers or consolidations and corporate restructuring.
Representative Client
McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman represented a private equity fund in purchasing a portfolio company whose interests included an older manufacturing company. Our involvement included valuation of the portfolio, negotiating the purchase price, environmental due diligence on the manufacturing plant, and counsel on acquiring versus leasing property. We set up the acquisitions as independent companies and engineered the financing through private placement memorandum, with an eye to SEC compliance. Our attorneys also drafted the management agreements and distribution structure of each entity, ensuring that the appropriate disclosures were made to investors.
We continue as counsel to that portfolio company. Our representation includes drafting of employment agreements and handling the continuation of employees' benefits under the new ownership. McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman counts that company among the many clients who have stayed with us as their ongoing business consultants.
For information about our M & A practice, contact our Cleveland, Ohio, office.
