Overview
Robinson Bradshaw’s highly active mergers and acquisitions practice is a cornerstone of our firm and serves an international client base consisting of Fortune 500 and other public companies, private companies of all sizes and institutional investors, including private equity funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, family offices, independent sponsors and other private capital providers.
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers have extensive experience in transactions involving tax-free and taxable mergers, equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, auction transactions, leveraged buyouts, add-on/bolt-on acquisitions, roll-up strategies, spinoffs, carve-outs, minority equity investments, joint ventures and distressed transactions, among other matters. We work closely with our clients’ senior management and investment teams to conduct due diligence and structure, negotiate and document transactions in a responsive and cost-efficient manner.
We use our extensive background in securities regulation, corporate law and banking and capital markets to advise boards of directors, investment teams and senior management on all aspects of M&A transactions, including fiduciary duties, Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations, takeover defense tactics, and equity and debt financings. Where needed, we staff our client-focused M&A teams with experienced professionals in tax, antitrust, real estate, environmental law, employment and labor, employee benefits, intellectual property and investment funds, among other areas, to provide our clients with a comprehensive and seamless experience and legal counsel on matters critical to the transaction.
Experience
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Represented Raycom Media Inc., one of the nation's largest privately owned media companies, in its acquisition by Gray Television Inc. for $3.65 billion.
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Represented Amwins Group Inc. in connection with a strategic investment of a one-third interest in Amwins Group by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), a Canadian pension investment manager.
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Represented Ulysses Management, a diversified investment firm with over $1 billion in capital under management, in its sale of Electric Guard Dog, the largest provider of monitored electric security fences in the United States.
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Represented Enpro Inc., a publicly traded leading technology company and materials science business (NYSE: NPO), in the acquisition and disposition of various businesses, including the sale of its Fairbanks Morse division to an affiliate of Arcline Investment Management for $450 million and the acquisition of Alluxa Inc., a privately held company specializing in optical filters and thin-film precision coatings.
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Represented Juggernaut Capital, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm with in excess of $725 million in committed capital, in its acquisition of the assets of Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co., a leading international lifestyle brand specifically within the sports licensed retro authentic apparel and headwear industry.
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Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of First Citizens Bancorporation in the company's merger into First Citizens BancShares, resulting in a combined bank with more than $30 billion in assets.
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Represented Comfort Systems USA Inc., a multibillion-dollar publicly traded company (NYSE: FIX), in multiple strategic acquisitions of electrical, mechanical and plumbing contractors, HVAC installation and maintenance companies, and related businesses throughout the United States, including acquisitions of Feyen-Zylstra LLC, Meisner Electric Inc. and Right Way Pluming & Mechanical LLC.
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Represented Alpine Intel LLC, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in multiple acquisitions of businesses providing investigative and insurance fraud solutions.
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Represented Honeywell in its acquisition of US Digital Designs Inc., a company that delivers alerting and dispatch communications solutions that enhance first responders’ efficacy and enable faster emergency response times.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Band 1 or Band 2 for corporate/M&A, 2003-25
- Best Law Firms, National Tier 2 for litigation - mergers & acquisitions, 2020-26; National Tier 3 for litigation - mergers & acquisitions, 2019; Charlotte Tier 1 for mergers & acquisitions law, 2011-26; Charlotte Tier 1 for litigation - mergers & acquisitions, 2012-26; Raleigh Tier 1 for mergers & acquisitions law, 2025
- IFLR1000, North Carolina Tier 1, mergers & acquisitions, 2019-25
