M. Hill Jeffries

Hill focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and governance matters.

He advises publicly-held and private companies in the acquisition and disposition of businesses in a diverse array of industries, including natural resources companies, technology companies, services businesses, and manufacturers. Whether a merger or a purchase/sale of assets or equity, Hill advises his clients across the full range of matters that arise in connection with the transfer of business enterprises. This includes negotiating the terms of the principal transaction documents and, together with subject matter experts, navigating the antitrust, environmental, human resources, intellectual property, real property, and tax issues that inevitably arise. Hill represents acquirers and sellers, and both strategic and financial participants.

As a member of our Forestry and Climate Solutions Group, Hill has represented clients in purchase and sale transactions covering millions of acres of timberlands located in the U.S. and offshore. He represents several ex-U.S. institutional investors in their ongoing investments in U.S. timberlands. Hill counsels timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) with respect to their day-to-day commercial matters. He negotiates investment management agreements on behalf of both TIMOs and timberland investors. Hill also applies his timber industry experience in representing buyers and sellers of lumber mills.