The more complex the transaction, the more experienced and resourceful your legal team needs to be.

When your deal involves multiple players and issues—foreign participants, debt and equity tranches, complex tax issues, multiple classes of stockholders, exacting due diligence—you need attorneys with a proven track record.

HOW TO MAKE THE DEAL, AND HOW TO MAKE THE DEAL WORK

Clients come to Venable for legal advice. They stay for the business advice.

You know what needs to be done. We deliver the know-how.

We take the time to understand your business—what’s important to you personally and what’s critical for success in the next stage of your enterprise. We bring in exactly the right people—Venable attorneys with the skills and experience needed to create pragmatic solutions grounded in the context of your business and industry.

Working with your team, we knit together complete solutions, drawing on experience throughout Venable—blending the political and regulatory insights of former regulators and policymakers with the real-world experience of Venable business lawyers, including former corporate dealmakers and inside counsel.

Clients come to Venable to get their deals closed on time—and on budget.

Whether your transaction involves the formation and structuring of a new business, the creation of a joint venture, a merger or acquisition, a buyout or the restructuring of a troubled company, Venable attorneys are skilled at moving swiftly to close the deal.  Every aspect, from antitrust analysis to tax strategy to international concerns, is part of a collaborative effort of our team and your advisors, accountants and investment bankers.

We team well with you, with one another and with principals on the other side and their attorneys and other advisors.

We listen, we understand your needs and we respond with deal terms that achieve the goals and address the risks that are crucial to the success of your deal.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Allegis Group acquisition of Computer Horizons’ Commercial Division: $60 million.

Venable recently served as lead counsel to Allegis Group, Inc. and some of its affiliates in their acquisition of the Commercial Division of Computer Horizons Corporation (NasdaqGM:CHRZ), an information technology staffing and consulting company. The acquired assets, which include significant overseas operations in Canada and India, will primarily be integrated into Allegis’ affiliate TEKsystems, Inc., the largest information technology staffing firm in the United States.

Zachry American Infrastructure Project Acquisition

We represented a U.S. - Australian joint venture development company in connection with the structuring, negotiation and documentation of multiple transactions resulting in the acquisition of a majority interest in a liquified natural gas receiving, storage and gassification terminal locatedon the Texas Gulf Coast, which, by virtue of substantial indirect foreign ownership of U.S. infrastructure, required the approval of the Committee on Foreign Investments of the U.S.

Guthy-Renker sale, reorganization and restructuring.

We represented Guthy-Renker in its sale of a minority equity interest. We also provided counsel in a reorganization of Guthy-Renker and its subsidiaries, as well as in the restructuring of Guthy-Renker’s credit facilities with a bank syndicate led by a California regional bank.

Corporate transactions rely on coordinated real-time responsiveness. We’re geared to provide that kind of service. Our knowledge of deal strategies and tactics is one part of this capability. Equally important is our ability to integrate support and solutions across multiple areas of the law. Together, these strengths provide a distinct advantage to Venable clients.