Public M&A and Contested Transactions

Seasoned Experience with M&A Deals.

Whether it’s The Financial Times in the UK, The Wall Street Journal in the US or The Straits Times in Singapore, the front pages of today’s newspapers highlight public M&A deals as the most visible in the world’s corporate marketplace. Some of the world’s most recognizable corporate names turn to Milbank's Public M&A Group for trusted advice on structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing their M&A transactions around the globe.

We represent all the key participants in M&A transactions, including targets, bidders, sellers, minority shareholders, boards of directors, special committees and financial advisors. We organize our M&A capability around the needs of clients, rather than rigidly by practice group or jurisdiction, allowing each client’s commercial needs to guide us. Our M&A attorneys promote the spirit of teamwork and provide comprehensive services by working not only within Milbank and with our clients but also with investment bankers, accountants and other advisers.

domestic and cross-border expertise

Our expertise, both domestic and cross-border, includes the following types of transactions and advice:

  • Negotiated mergers
  • Contested transactions, including tender offers and proxy contests
  • Public-to-private transactions
  • Strategic alliances / joint ventures
  • PIPE and other minority investments
  • Advisory support to boards of directors and special committees
  • Representation of financial advisors
  • Transaction support alongside our other core practice areas.

Over the years, we have kept our M&A Group balanced in terms of the nature of the services that we provide, and the parties to whom we provide them. As a result, our practice reflects the complex and varied needs of the key participants in M&A transactions, whether the deal be a large, hostile public transaction or a complex, multi-jurisdictional transaction.