Corporate/M&A

Jones & Keller's mergers and acquisitions practice advises buyers, sellers, and management teams on transactions from middle-market deals to acquisitions exceeding $500 million, including asset and stock deals, public and private transactions, and cross-border matters spanning energy, technology, biotechnology, real estate, and finance.

The practice is led by Adam Fogoros, Reid Godbolt, Brad Hamilton, Melissa Hubbard, Charles Wern, Alan Talesnick, and Don Salcito, with experience in contested and negotiated acquisitions, tender offers, takeover defenses, leveraged buyouts, and strategic acquisition and divestiture programs. As a mid-size Denver firm, Jones & Keller offers direct partner involvement throughout each transaction, paired with the technical depth to handle complex, multi-jurisdictional deals.

Attorneys collaborate closely with the firm's tax, technology, IP, litigation, benefits, antitrust, and real estate practices to structure sophisticated transactions, including Up-C structures for dual-class stock and optimal tax treatment.

Representative matters include a $500 million cash merger between a U.S. public company and an Australian oil and gas company; a $425 million acquisition on behalf of a technology and finance company's management; a public E&P company's $100+ million cash-and-stock acquisition of oil and gas properties; and a $125 million cash-and-stock acquisition of oil and gas well and lease assets.