Buchalter’s knowledgeable and highly skilled M&A attorneys handle sophisticated transactions nationally and globally. Our clients include small privately held businesses, private equity firms and multinational corporations whom we advise on M&A transactions, including mergers, purchases and sales of stock and assets, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, going private transactions, recapitalizations, spin-off dispositions, and other corporate restructurings. We also advise bidders, target companies, investment bankers, financial advisors and many others that participate in M&A transactions.
Our clients’ goals are always our primary consideration. To that end, we employ a vast range of acquisition structures and forms of consideration, working through the many subtle and often conflicting layers of complexity that typify these transactions.
We represent companies across industries, among them, apparel, banking, hospitality, insurance, entertainment, healthcare, retail, technology and manufacturing industries.
Representative Matters
Corporate Representative Matters
- Represented Luxury Brands, LLC and the Dodo Group, LLC in their investment and acquisition of PRAI Beauty, a renowned pro-aging skincare brand, and BIA Skin, a premium body care brand known for its science-backed formulations and high-performance beauty products.
- Represented Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, it its strategic acquisition of MonitorBase
- Represented Uscreen TV, a video monetization platform, in its Sale to PSG Equity
- Represented Radiant Services Corp, a premier linen service provider for luxury and premium hotels, in its sale to PureStar
- Represented Taos Footwear, a leading innovative footwear brand, in its investment by Prospect Capital
- Represented Full Glass Wine Co., a leading direct to consumer wine brand, in its acquisition of Splash Wines and Scout & Cellar
- Represented Texollini, a US Textile Manufacturer, in its sale to Hansae International
- Represented Lemon Squeezy, an all-in-one payment, tax, email and affiliate marketing platform, in its sale to Stripe
- Represented AB Airbags, a national supplier of dunnage airbags and accessory tools products, in its sale to Shur-Co
- Represented Salt & Stone, Inc., a skin and body care company, in its investment by Humble Growth Partners
- Represented Irresistible Foods Group, a collection of authentic food and beverage brands, in its investment in Honey Mama’s
- Represented Meaningful Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, in its investment in M2 ingredients Inc.
- Represented Bloom Nutrition, a leading provider of greens and superfoods, in its investment by Nutrabolt
- Represented Roon Labs, an audiophile-grade multi-room and multi-connectivity music streaming platform, in its sale to Samsung subsidiary, Harman
- Represented Sauce Ventures, LLC (dba TRUFF) in its investment by SKKY Partners, a private equity fund co-founded by Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons
- Represented Turbo Wholesale Tires, a national and international tire supplier of proprietary and third party brands, in its strategic investment by Kingswood Capital Management, LP
- Represented Patrick Ta Beauty, a luxury cosmetics line, in its investment by Stride Consumer Partners
- Represented Endeavour Capital and the other equity holders of Johnny Was in the sale of Johnny Was to Oxford Industries
- Represented Lamps Plus, Inc., an omnichannel retailer of lighting, ceiling fans and other home furnishing products, it its strategic investment by Nexus Capital Management LP
- Represented JOCKO FUEL, an energy drink and supplement company co-founded by ex-Navy Seal Team Leader and podcaster, Jocko Wilnick, in its investment by Goode Partners
- Represented Re-Think It, a manufacturer and seller of recycled eating utensils and food storage accessories sold in Target, Amazon and Walmart, in its sale to Monolith Brands
- Represented Inspire Fitness, a leader in state-of-the-art fitness equipment, in its sale to HighPost Capital
- Represented Endeavour Capital in its sale of Wineshipping, a leading provider of direct-to-consumer logistics and fulfillment solutions for the wine and alcoholic beverages industry, to Greenbriar Equity
- Represented MANSCAPED in its business combination agreement with Bright Lights Acquisition
- Represented LaserAway in its strategic investment by Ares Management
- Represented Patrick Ta Beauty in its investment from a private investor group
- Represented Raw Sugar in its sale to WM Partners
- Represented Fifth Sun Holdings in its sale to Platinum Equity
- Represented Xponential Fitness/Snap Dragon Capital in its acquisition of Rumble, Pure Barre, LLC, AKT (Anne Kaiser Technique), Stride, Stretch Lab, and Row House
- Represented Bocchi Laboratories, a leading manufacturer of beauty products, in its sale to Bright International LLC
- Represented CriticalPoint Capital, LLC in its acquisition of Farm Supply Distribution
- Represented Gas Transmission Systems, Inc. in its sale to Kleinfelder
- Represented Meaningful Partners in its investment in Madison Reed
- Represented Majority Owner in its sale of Able Freight Services to Equity Group Investments
- Represented Leeds Enterprises in its Sale to TAG
- Represented Bonfit America Inc. in its Sale of Steripod® to Ranir, LLC
- Represented Green Fiber International in its sale to Indorama Ventures
- Represented Golden State Distillery in its transaction with Deutsch Family Wine and Spirits
- Represented Southwest Elevator in its majority recapitalization by Align Capital Partners
- Represented Araca in the sale of its music merchandise division to Sony Music Entertainment
- Represented well-known regional grocery chain in its investment from a private equity fund
- Represented Club Pilates, the largest franchisor of Pilates studios in the United States, in its investment from TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG
- Represented Ceilings Plus in its sale to USG Corporation
- Represented mophie inc. in its sale to ZAGG
- Represented LePort Educational Institute Inc. in its sale of private and Montessori elementary schools throughout the country to various buyers
- Represented Discount Tire Centers in its sale to PepBoys
- Represented Too Faced Cosmetics Founders in its sale to General Atlantic
- Represented Markwins International in its acquisition of Physicians Formula (a public NASDAQ company)
- Represented Murad in its sale to Unilever
- Represented Barry’s Bootcamp in its sale to NorthCastle Partners
- Represented La Mexicana Salsa in its sale to Blue Point Capital Partners
- Represented sellers in the sale of Roger CPA Review to strategic buyer
- Represented Pegasus Foods in its investment by New Water Capital
- Represented Venice Baking in its sale to Rich’s Products Corporation
- Represented Ju-Ju-Be in its investment by Bregal Partners*
- Represented Snak Club and New Century Snacks in its acquisition by Insignia Capital
- Represented Fantasy Cookie Corporation in its sale to Encore Consumer Capital
- Represented Envision Plastics and Ecoplast Corporation in its sale to Bain Capital
- Represented Drawloop Technologies in its sale to Ninetex
- Represented Heritage Commerce Corp in its merger with Presidio Bank
- Represented Heritage Commerce Corp and Heritage Bank of Commerce in the acquisition of United American Bank and Tri-Valley Bank
- Represented OP Bancorp, the bank holding company for Open Bank, in its initial public offering of common stock and its listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market
- Represented ADI Strategies in the acquisition of its assets by Huron Consulting Group in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Pune, India. This acquisition represents the second completed transaction between Huron and ADI.
- Represented Hot 8 Yoga in its investment by BBRC Worldwide
- Represented Heritage Commerce Corp in its acquisition of Focus Business Bank
- Represented COOLHAUS in its investments by Solamere Capital, LLC and Sunrise Strategic Partners
- Represented Heritage Bank of Commerce in its acquisition of Bay View Funding in a stock purchase transaction from its shareholders
- Represented Edelbrock Holdings in its sale to Industrial Opportunity Partners
- Represented VEEV Spirits in its sale to Luxco
- Represented Macadamia Beauty in its sale to Star Avenue Capital
- Represented Heritage Commerce Corp in its acquisition of Diablo Valley Bank (a public banking corporation)
- Represented Midnight Oil Agency in its sale to Imagine! Print Solutions
- Represented Open Bank in its recent reorganization into a bank holding company structure resulting in OP Bancorp as the parent bank holding company and Open Bank as its banking subsidiary, including representing OP Bancorp and Open Bank before the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the California Department of Business Oversight, state securities authorities and FINRA
- Represented Sara Enterprises Inc, doing business as Montrose Travel in its sale to CTMA Holdings Limited and its affiliates
- Represented Citrussource, LLC in its sale to SunOpta, Inc.
- Represented Appro International in its sale to Cray, Inc.
- Represented Spencer Industries in its sale to Ancor Capital
- Represented Platinum Equity in its bid for Warner Music
- Represented Southwest Elevator in its sale to Kone, Inc. a division of Southwest Elevator
Apparel Representative Matters
- Represented 360 Sweater LLC, a ready-to-wear women’s apparel business, in its sale to an equity fund
- Represented Vici Collection in its sale to TSG Consumer Partners
- Represented Roger Dunn Worldwide Golf in its sale to Capital Hill Group
- Represented Mad Engine, LLC in Its Sale to Platinum Equity
- Represented BB Dakota in its sale to Steve Madden
- Represented YS Garments, Inc. in its investment by Blue Point Capital Partners
- Represented Rails International in its investment by SK Holdings
- Represented Endeavour Capital in its investment in Johnny Was
- Represented founders in sale of JBrand to Star Avenue Capital, and subsequently in sale to Fast Retailing
- Represented ALC in sale to Interluxe
- Represented Huf in sale to Altamont Capital
- Represented One-Distribution Company, LLC, One-Distribution Europe, SARL, Supra Footwear, LLC, and certain affiliates thereof in a sale to Bertram Capital Management, LLC (footwear and apparel)
- Represented a Hong-Kong-based investor group in the acquisition of Kellwood Company, LLC, a leading apparel manufacturer
- Represented Mydyer / Providence Industries in its recapitalization with East West Bank and equity investment from Alaris Royalty Corporation
- Represented shareholders of Bailey 44 in sale to Norwest
- Represented Apparel Production Services in its acquisition of Active Ride Shop
- Represented Mad Engine, LLC, a leading global licensed apparel company, in its acquisition of Lifted Research Group (LRG), a popular urban streetwear brand, and in its acquisition of Neff Headwear
- Represented Crew Knitwear in sale to Moxie Capital
- Represented BedHead Pajamas, the nearly 20-year-old Los Angeles sleepwear company, in its sale to Komar
- Represented the shareholders of Dreamgirl International in sale of majority interest
- Represented Signorelli in its recapitalization and investment from Black Oak Capital
- Represented One World Apparel in acquisition of Big Strike
- Represented Charles David in sale to N.Y. Transit
- Represented Taryn Rose in sale of interest
- Represented Big Strike, Inc. (leading apparel manufacturer of products marketed under the Heart Soul, Soulmates, Halo, Tracy Evans and other brands) with a recapitalization and investment from The Gores Group
- Represented Ringers Gloves in sale to GEC Capital
- Represented Cynthia Vincent in sale to Gores Group
- Represented sale of Punk Rose to Skechers
- Represented Trina Turk in a recapitalization with an investment from Karpreilly Capital Partners
- Represented Roger Garments, Inc. (leading juniors private label manufacturer) with an investment from Monitor Clipper Partners
- Represented Vince in sale to Kellwood
- Represented Creative Recreation in sale to Rocky Brands
- Represented Haggar Clothing Co. (leading men’s apparel brand) in acquisition of Neema Clothing, Ltd
- Represented Billabong in cash acquisition of Sector 9 (active wear)
- Represented Superba, Inc. and sole shareholder (dress ties) in sale to Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
- Represented Hathaway Licensing Company, LLC and majority unit holder in sale to Piedmont Apparel Corporation
- Represented Xcel Hawaii, Inc. (wetsuits/sportswear) and KEM Hawaii Incorporated (retail stores for Xcel products) in cash sale to Billabong
- Represented The Walking Company in acquisition of Bianca of Nevada
- Represented Marc Wear (distributor of women’s casual sportswear, including the brand Hot Cotton) in a sale to Eureka Growth Capital
- Represented Sweater.com in sale to Hartmarx
- Represented Mossimo, Inc. in its acquisitions and served as general outside counsel
- Represented Adriano Goldschmied in sale to Koo’s Manufacturing
- Represented Shane Hunter, LLC in an acquisition of private label business from Hampshire Group Limited
- Represented Hot Kiss, Inc. (junior apparel brand) with a sale to Bluestar Alliance, LLC
- Represented Unger Fabrik and OneWorld Distribution with an investment from offshore Sino Allied Holdings
- Represented Richard I. Koral and his company Jessica’s in sale to Relativity Fund L.P.
- Represented Blitz Distribution, Inc. (skateboard and surf apparel brand) in sale of assets to House of Hawk, LLC, owned by Tony Hawk
- Represented Rampage in sale to Iconix
- Represented shareholders of Joe Boxer in buy-out
- Represented Treesje, Inc. (contemporary handbag design brand) in sale to Bueno of California
- Represented The Cherokee Group in initial public offering, served as general outside counsel and in several acquisitions until the sale of Cherokee in a leveraged buyout
*Named “Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year” by The M&A Advisor
