Mergers and Acquisitions

         Concurrently with the corporate practice, our Mergers and Acquisitions team is dedicated to providing committed, innovative and resourceful solutions that reflect our many years of experience and insight into the specialized demands of each transaction. The capability of our firm includes a full range of merger and acquisition activities for listed, public (un-listed) and private companies. Transaction sizes vary from very large mergers to medium and even small private acquisitions and dispositions. We have represented both acquirers and sellers in highly complex and large transactions. We also work very closely with merchant bankers. Our experience includes the full range of Mergers & Acquisitions activity conducting legal due diligences, structuring and negotiating transactions, including amalgamations, mergers, assets and stock transactions in both friendly and hostile takeovers.

         We understand and appreciate clients' need to have responsive, experienced and commercially oriented legal advice in the context of acquisition and investment transactions. PSA lawyers are accustomed to managing projects in order to optimize legal resources in a way that focuses on our clients' immediate objectives which may be identifying deal-breakers or value drivers or potential litigious risks. The breadth and diversity of our practice keeps us in close contact with current market standards. As a result, our lawyers are particularly adept at structuring market-responsive transactions.