Mergers and Acquisitions

The firm routinely provides lead counsel for due diligence, negotiation and drafting of purchase and sale documentation and obtaining regulatory approvals for asset or stock acquisitions and mergers. The firm's attorneys have also represented or advised clients regarding litigation that has arisen or may arise in connection with a merger or acquisition.

The firm's attorneys are frequently consulted by out-of-state firms regarding the impact of the state's securities laws and regulations on proposed acquisitions, both friendly and unfriendly. The firm regularly is associated as local counsel by merger and acquisition firms outside of Mississippi concerning the effect of the Mississippi Blue Sky Laws upon a proposed or pending acquisition.

Henry E. Chatham, Jr.
A. Spencer Gilbert
Crane D. Kipp
Margaret H. Williams