Administrative Law/Regulatory - Commercial Transactions
In connection with our extensive administrative and regulatory practice, we often have occasion to assist our clients in commercial transactions. These generally arise in one of two ways. First, where an industry remains heavily regulated, we are often called upon to structure transactions and review documents with an eye to the surrounding regulatory climate. Second, as an industry becomes less regulated (such as the natural gas and electric industries in recent years), our expertise in the industry permits us to contribute value to the planning of the competitive commercial transactions that increasingly replace regulated relationships.
Examples of our work in this area include, in the Health Care area, representing hospitals, HMOs, clinics, pharmacies, and ambulatory surgery centers in connection with mergers, joint ventures, loans and other financial transactions; in the FDA area, performing due diligence in purchase transactions and counseling on statements in prospectuses for stock offerings; in the Aviation area, advising airlines on aircraft transactions and the formation of alliances and other cooperative marketing arrangements; in the Environmental area, performing due diligence review in connection with product or business acquisitions; and in the Energy area, preparing contract documents for domestic and international energy projects and arranging for both individual company and cooperative purchases of energy supplies.