Mergers & Acquisitions

KMK has deep experience in both domestic and international M&A deals, representing a broad array of public and private companies, and KMK can deliver the same or better quality services at significantly lower rates than other firms with similar capabilities.  Attached is a representative listing of KMK’s international engagements as well as a representative listing of domestic M&A and Securities deals.  Notably, KMK’s Securities lawyers are involved in more filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission than any other Cincinnati-based law firm.

Mergers and acquisitions involve multiple disciplines. We have a dedicated team of lawyers that regularly provides assistance in the many issues presented in M&A transactions, including labor and employment, employee benefits, and environmental law issues. Collectively, the group has M&A experience in many industries, including airlines, banking, chemicals, energy, financial services, information technology, retail, telecommunications, utilities and manufacturing.

• Acquisition and divestiture transactions, representing both sellers and purchasers
• Assist clients in raising funds for both taxable and nontaxable acquisition transactions
• Handle large and complex M&A transactions such as tender offers, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, recapitalizations, proxy contests, and asset and stock sales and purchases
• Advise on tax ramifications
• Handle Hart Scott Rodino Act and other regulatory filings
  

experience

• KMK represented Cintas Corporation in a series of 26 stock or asset acquisitions during 2008 and 2009 of business in various industries with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $500 million
• KMK represented Specialty Envelope, Inc. and Miami Systems in a sale of their collective envelope/printing business to a private equity fund in a $23M transaction
• KMK represented Cintas Corporation in 6 divestiture transactions in various business lines for undisclosed purchase prices

Representative Clients

• Cintas Corporation
• Kendle International Inc.
• Miami Systems
• Speacialty Envelope, Inc.
• Wallingford Coffee Mills, Inc.

News

• Keating Muething & Klekamp Advises Multi-Color Corporation in Connection With Its $356 Million Acquisition of York Label Group
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2011 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USA
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2011 "Go-To" Law Firm
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Receives 12 First Tier Rankings in Best Law Firms Survey (Metropolitan Cincinnati) by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers
• KMK Lawyers Recognized in 2009 Chambers USA
• Ten Lawyers from KMK Named Cincy Leading Lawyers by Cincy Magazine

Publications

• INC Research Agrees to Acquire Kendle International for $232 Million, CorporateLiveWire.com, June 6, 2011
• INC Research to Acquire Kendle International for $15.25 per Share in Cash, Bloomberg Businessweek [www.investing.businessweek.com], May 5, 2011