Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings

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Lord, Bissell & Brook corporate attorneys provide top-flight representation to both U.S. and foreign-based clients, in public and private transactions.  Having experience in the industries in which we focus allows us to help plan and implement transactions to advance our clients’ overall business strategies, whether the economy is strong or weak, and whether the client is expanding, contracting or just restructuring its operations.

Our attorneys have handled all aspects of mergers and acquisition transactions, including both equity and asset purchases and sales, contested acquisitions, international transactions, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, and proxy contests. Our representative transactions include:

  • Acquisition by Hartford Financial Services of Fortis Financial Group for $1.12 billion.
  • Sale of Aetna, Inc.’s domestic individual life insurance business to Lincoln National Corp. for $1 billion.
  • Representation of G.E. Capital in its acquisition of the Signature Group for $885 million.
  • Sale by AMCOL International Corporation of its super absorbent polymer business to BASF Aktriengesellschaft for $650 million.

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