 | | Advising clients in the development and formulation of merger, acquisition and |
| | divestiture strategies
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 | | Identifying, screening and initiating discussions with potential buyers/sellers
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 | | Establishing valuation criteria and ranges
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 | | Conducting auctions
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 | | Developing alternatives and recommending appropriate courses of action
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 | | Conducting distressed and §363 sales
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 | | Arranging acquisition financing for buyers, consisting of all types of debt and equity
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 | | Structuring transactions
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 | | Providing valuations and fairness opinions
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 | | Identifying prospective equity and joint venture partners, and working with such partners |
| | to create the necessary arrangements to consummate each transaction
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 | | Structuring internal M&A transactions, including management and employee buyouts
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 | | Assisting in the preparation of confidential information and selling memoranda
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 | | Conducting simultaneous negotiations with multiple prospective buyers
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 | | Coordinating legal, tax, accounting and other closing-related activities |
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