Mergers & Acquisitions

Fulbright & Jaworski's Mergers and Acquisitions group is an integral part of our international law firm, comprised of nearly 1,000 lawyers in ten offices throughout the United States and six international offices.

Fulbright's M&A group includes corporate partners in our Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Munich, New York, Riyadh, San Antonio and Washington, D.C. offices.

Awards & Rankings

Fulbright puts its commitment to client service into practice every day, and it shows when clients are asked to name the top firms based on service criteria. Recent rankings for Fulbright include:

• For the tenth year in a row, Corporate Board Member listed Fulbright as a top 20 firm in its annual "America's Best Corporate Law Firms" study, based on annual surveys of thousands of directors of publicly-traded companies.
• Ranked first in the mid-market for number of deals and value in mergermarket's 2010 Texas M&A Round-up (mergermarket, 2010)
• Eighth among the top fifteen law firms for merger and acquisition deals in the southern United States (mergermarket, 2010)
• Designated as a part of the Client Service A-Team in BTI's Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance (BTI Consulting, 2011)
• BTI's Client Service 30 list for the ninth year in a row, (BTI Consulting, 2011)
• Ranked first in the Industrials rankings of U.S. Announced Advisors by Target Industry within the Americas M&A section (Thomson Reuters, Q1 2011)
• Ranked top twenty five for America's by number of deals full year 2010 (Thompson Reuters, 2010)

Fulbright Knows the Importance of Every Transaction

Every transaction has strategic importance in the business world.

Fulbright has handled a range of transactions, from multi-billion dollar mergers in the public markets to the privatization of public companies and from the disposition of closely-held companies to the purchase of divisions of companies.

Fulbright's clients range from multi-national corporations with sophisticated business development programs to individuals who engage us for the sale of the family business.

Fulbright's clients benefit from the strategic acumen of the finest M&A lawyers in the business.

Fulbright Knows Teamwork 

Drawing from the best-equipped M&A lawyers, backed by strong supporting benches from each practice area, Fulbright meets the client's goals for each transaction by coordinating a team effort.

Fulbright's M&A Practice executes all aspects of any buy side and sell side deals: from due diligence to disclosure, regulatory planning and analysis, financing, tax structuring and closing.

Fulbright Knows the International Marketplace

Fulbright's experience with transactions around the globe has given us insight into effective means of addressing additional challenges and risks associated with international transactions.

In structuring and negotiating the agreements and contracts comprising the deal, Fulbright's M&A lawyers focus on helping clients achieve their objectives.

Particularly in international deals where agreements may be governed by the laws of different jurisdictions—sometimes in several languages—it is essential that legal counsel be capable of addressing all the issues simultaneously, and frequently, under tight deadlines.

Much of Fulbright's success begins with staffing and deploying the right team and resources to execute a deal in the most cost-effective manner.

For further information or questions regarding Fulbright's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, please contact one of Fulbright's Corporate M&A lawyers.