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
Strategic Clients
- Represented Enpro Inc. (NYSE: NPO), an industrial technology company focused on critical applications across multiple end-markets, in numerous transactions, including the purchase of the equity of Advanced Micro Instruments Inc., a leading provider of highly engineered, application-specific analyzers and sensing technologies for $210 million in cash, and the sale by Enpro of its GGB business line, a mission-critical surface engineering solutions business (including equity of its subsidiaries in the United States and abroad) to The Timken Company and its affiliates in an auction sale process for $305 million.
- Represented Aalberts US Holding Corp., the North American business of Aalberts N.V., a Dutch public company focused on surface technologies, integrated piping systems, hydronic flow controls and advanced mechatronics business sectors, in multiple strategic acquisitions and divestitures including the acquisitions of Paulo Products Company, North America’s largest privately owned thermal processing platform, specializing in industrial heat treatment, brazing and metal finishing, with locations in the U.S. and Mexico; Steel Goode Products LLC, a leading provider of thermal spraying and finishing services; and Geo-Flo Corp., a designer and manufacturer of pumping systems and components for hydronic-based HVAC systems.
- Represented Fresenius Medical Care North America in connection with numerous transactions, including the acquisition and divestiture of dialysis clinics, office-based labs, ambulatory surgery centers and physician practices; and the structuring of joint ventures with physician practices for the ownership of dialysis clinics, office-based labs, ambulatory surgery centers and physician practices, as well as joint ventures with industry leaders in different markets and product areas.
- Represented Advocate Aurora Enterprises Inc., a for-profit affiliate of Advocate Health Inc., in the sale of its Senior Helpers home care and wellness business for seniors, to Waud Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm. Senior Helpers provides services through more than 380 franchised and corporate locations in 44 states, Canada and Australia. Robinson Bradshaw assisted Advocate Health in an auction process, sell-side due diligence and documentation of the sale transaction.
- Represented Amwins Group, a leading global specialty insurance distributor, in numerous transactions, most recently including acquisitions of Risksmith Insurance Services LLC, Connected Risk Solutions LLC and Kilpatrick Companies LLC. Our firm also advised Amwins in connection with an equity recapitalization in which Dragoneer Investment Group, Genstar Capital, SkyKnight Capital L.P. and employee shareholders purchased $1 billion in equity from more than 375 Amwins employee shareholders and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board.
- Represented Comfort Systems USA Inc. (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 the acquisitions of Feyen-Zylstra, Meisner Electric, Right Way Plumbing & Mechanical and other companies from various individual and private equity sellers.
- Represented Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ: HON) 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.
Financial Clients
- Represented Astara Capital Partners L.P., a middle-market private investment firm, and its affiliates, in numerous platform and add-on acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions in a variety of industries, including business services, building products, forest products, and packaging and converting industries.
- Represented Kian Capital Partners LLC, a middle-market private investment firm, and its affiliates, in numerous platform and add-on acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions in a variety of industries, including IT services, petroleum services, e-commerce and landscaping industries.
- Represented Juggernaut Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm, and its affiliates, in numerous platform and add-on acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions in the consumer products space, including hair, beauty and skincare products, over-the-counter health and wellness products, minimally processed snack foods, and vintage and nostalgia-licensed apparel.
- Represented Ulysses Management LLC, a diversified investment firm, and its affiliates, in numerous platform and add-on acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions in a variety of industries, including craft beverages, software in the music industry, security services and AI.
- Represented Alpine Intel, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in multiple add-on acquisitions of businesses in the forensic engineering, and investigative and insurance fraud solutions space.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Band 1 or Band 2 for corporate/M&A, 2003-26
- 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
