Whether your goal is growth, succession, liquidity, or expansion, Morningstar Law Group provides sophisticated counsel and practical solutions. Our M&A lawyers regularly advise businesses, owners, executives, strategic acquirers, private equity firms, and venture capital investors on mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and ownership successions. From the letter of intent (LOI) through closing, our clients rely on us for disciplined execution, sound judgment, and industry-focused legal advice.
Industry-Focused
At Morningstar Law Group, we maintain a sophisticated and nationally recognized M&A practice serving clients in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, as well as professional service firms in the land surveying, landscape architecture, interior design, and geology industries.
Our work on transactions involving AEC companies and professional service firms in the land surveying, landscape architecture, interior design, and geology industries frequently requires careful analysis of professional licensing laws, ownership restrictions, and regulatory requirements that may materially affect transaction structure. Our M&A attorneys regularly guide clients through these issues, including matters involving statutory grandfather provisions and multi-state licensing considerations, especially in states like North Carolina, New York, and Ohio.
Morningstar Law Group also advises clients on M&A transactions in a variety of other important industries, including manufacturing, technology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and real estate. All of our M&A attorneys take a business-oriented approach, and, in many cases, have served in-house and business roles in the relevant industry, which provides them with a valuable perspective.
Transaction Structuring
Transaction structure can significantly affect economic outcomes. We work closely with our clients and their advisors to implement tax-efficient structures that support their objectives. Our experience includes asset and equity acquisitions, recapitalizations, ownership successions, equity redemptions, ESOP transactions, F-reorganizations, and elections under Section 338(h)(10). Our M&A attorneys also have significant experience forming platform companies, acquiring add-on investments, and structuring rollover equity and profits interests. Regardless of the structure, our focus is on implementing effective, practical solutions that align with client objectives rather than adding unnecessary complexity.
Industries We Serve
- Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC)
- Land surveying, interior design, and geology
- General contractors
- Real estate management and brokerage
- Real estate development
- Security such as alarm
- Restoration
- Technology and software
- Professional services
- Manufacturing and industrial
- Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health product, medical device, and life sciences
- Energy and infrastructure
- Hospitality and restaurant
- Consumer packaged goods and retail
