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Greenbaum’s Business & Corporate practice advises businesses, owners, and decision-makers on a broad range of transactional and strategic matters across all stages of the business life cycle. The firm represents clients ranging from entrepreneurs and emerging companies to established middle-market, family-owned, regional, and national businesses across industries including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, real estate, renewable energy, finance, transportation, franchising, food and beverage, and retail.
The firm’s M&A work focuses primarily on middle-market transactions and includes the representation of both buyers and sellers, including closely held and family-owned businesses, private equity-backed companies, and other privately owned enterprises. The team advises clients through all phases of M&A transactions, from letters of intent and due diligence through financing, negotiation of purchase agreements, ancillary transaction documents, and closing.
The practice handles sophisticated transaction structures and complex deal issues, including earnouts, rollover equity, and post-closing business relationships between buyers and sellers. The team also has significant experience serving as outside general counsel to small and middle-market companies, providing ongoing day-to-day business and legal guidance in addition to transactional support.
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Strengths
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They understand complex situations and are solution-focused. They always bring recommendations to the table.
Corporate/M&A respondentUSAThe firm offers a quick response with practical business advice.
Corporate/M&A respondentUSA
Notable Practitioners
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W Raymond Felton
Raymond Felton represents both purchasers and target companies in M&A transactions. He is chair of the firm's corporate department.
Ray Felton is very smart, measured, very technically sound and very practical. He's a corporate lawyer's corporate lawyer; very business-savvy.
Corporate/M&A respondentUSARay Felton always takes the time to understand client needs and share insights on what is needed. He is technical and yet easy to work with.
Corporate/M&A respondentUSAI like Ray Felton a lot and think he is very responsive.
Corporate/M&A respondentUSA
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