Business Transactions
Senior-led representation of companies, founders, business owners, investors, and acquirers on the transactions that materially shape a business, from term sheet through closing.
Crossbridge Law Group handles sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, licensing transactions, growth and investment matters, and commercial transactions that warrant deal-level structuring and negotiation rather than routine contract review.
For owners preparing to sell, the outcome turns on more than price: how the deal is structured, how much of the value remains at risk after closing, and how the terms hold up in negotiation. Drawing on experience from the institutional side of transactions, Crossbridge knows how sophisticated buyers evaluate, price, and negotiate a deal, and where sellers have room to push back.
Each engagement is led by the Principal Attorney, who sets the strategy, negotiates the key terms, and reviews the key transaction documents. That work draws on transactional training at a global law firm, Wall Street deal-structuring experience gained at a leading investment bank, and the practical perspective of a former senior in-house counsel at a Fortune 100 company.
Transactions We Handle
Crossbridge advises on selected business transactions, including:
Sales and acquisitions: sell-side representation of business owners and founders, buy-side representation of acquirers, stock and asset transactions, divestitures, and other ownership and control transactions.
Joint ventures and strategic partnerships: formation, governance, contribution mechanics, exit rights, and the commercial terms that govern the relationship.
Licensing transactions: technology, healthcare, brand, and content licensing, including exclusivity, royalty and milestone structures, field-of-use limitations, and territorial rights.
Growth and investment matters: minority investments, recapitalizations, convertible instruments, bridge financings, secondary transactions, and equity financings, representing either companies or investors, including investment structures for professional services firms.
Strategic commercial transactions: supply, distribution, development, co-development, and commercialization arrangements where the stakes justify careful structuring and negotiation.
Industries served include technology, healthcare and life sciences, finance, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, consumer products, entertainment, and service businesses.
How We Engage
Transactions at Crossbridge are senior-led from initial structuring through documentation, negotiation, and closing support. The attorney who structures the deal leads its negotiation and remains accountable through closing, directing diligence, documentation, and specialized resources as the transaction requires.
Engagements typically begin with a structuring and scoping discussion before documents are drafted. The objective is to align the legal architecture with the commercial deal, rather than force the transaction into a form that does not fit.
What Clients Receive
Senior judgment on transactions where the structure is as consequential as the terms. Depending on the matter, a Business Transactions engagement may include:
Transaction structuring and term sheet negotiation, including entity and governance design and the post-closing operational consequences of structural choices.
Drafting and negotiation of definitive documents, including purchase agreements, investment documents, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements, license agreements, disclosure schedules, and ancillary closing documents.
Diligence and risk allocation, including identifying material issues, calibrating representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, and closing conditions, and translating diligence findings into negotiating positions.
Closing and post-closing matters, including managing signing and closing mechanics, and advising on earn-out and purchase price adjustments, indemnity claims, and the obligations that follow a closed deal.
If you are contemplating a transaction and want senior-led counsel at every stage, Crossbridge would welcome the conversation.